Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985

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United States federal statute environmental law radioactive waste management law

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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Statements (47)

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 (1992) ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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	United States government ⓘ surface form: 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	United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ surface form: Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ