Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985

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The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 is a U.S. federal law that established a framework for states to manage and dispose of low-level radioactive waste, notably leading to constitutional challenges over federalism in New York v. United States (1992).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
radioactive waste management law ⓘ
affects medical and industrial users of radioactive materials ⓘ
nuclear power plant operators ⓘ
state-level radioactive waste management programs ⓘ
allocatesResponsibilityTo individual U.S. states ⓘ
amends Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 ⓘ
appliesTo low-level radioactive waste ⓘ
associatedCourtCase New York v. United States (1992) ⓘ
branchOfGovernment United States Congress ⓘ
challengedIn New York v. United States, 505 U.S. 144 (1992) ⓘ
codifiedIn United States Code ⓘ
constitutionalIssue Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
anti-commandeering doctrine ⓘ
containsProvisionType deadlines for state compliance ⓘ
federal backstop measures ⓘ
incentive mechanisms for state compliance ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
encourages state development of disposal capacity by specified dates ⓘ
encouragesFormationOf regional low-level radioactive waste compacts ⓘ
encouragesUseOf interstate compacts approved by Congress ⓘ
heldUnconstitutionalInPartBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
implementsPrinciple state responsibility for waste generated within their borders ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalSignificance key precedent for limits on federal coercion of states ⓘ
landmark in U.S. federalism jurisprudence ⓘ
policyGoal to encourage development of regional disposal facilities ⓘ
to ensure safe disposal of low-level radioactive waste ⓘ
to establish a framework for state responsibility for low-level radioactive waste ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Ronald Reagan ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 99-240 ⓘ
regulates disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within states ⓘ
regulatoryContext nuclear safety and environmental protection ⓘ
relatedTo Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ
sector nuclear energy sector ⓘ
radioactive materials use in medicine and research ⓘ
signedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
subjectMatter federalism ⓘ
interstate compacts ⓘ
radioactive waste disposal ⓘ
typeOfWasteDefined Class A low-level radioactive waste ⓘ
Class B low-level radioactive waste ⓘ
Class C low-level radioactive waste ⓘ
unconstitutionalProvisionCharacterization take-title provision ⓘ
yearEnacted 1985 ⓘ

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New York v. United States (1992) → relatedStatute → Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 ⓘ
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 → relatedTo → Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 ⓘ
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 → wasAmendedBy → Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 ⓘ