N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 21 § 502.1
Chapter 673 of the Laws of 1986, the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act, provides that the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has responsibility for the construction and operation by 1993 of facilities in New York for permanent disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within New York. The act establishes the Commission for Siting Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities and empowers the commission to make site and disposal method selections, sufficient to accommodate low-level radioactive waste generated in New York over at least 30 years. The act also provides related responsibilities for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and New York State Department of Health (DOH). The act provides that the authority shall establish by regulation and collect rates, charges, and other fees upon the disposal of low-level radioactive waste sufficient to recover from generators costs of the State associated with low-level radioactive waste management facilities, and authorizes the authority to establish terms and conditions for receipt, acceptance, and disposal of low-level radioactive waste at the permanent disposal facilities. The act requires the authority to submit annually to the Governor and the Legislature a report summarizing low-level radioactive waste generated within New York during the previous calendar year. In addition, the act requires each generator of low-level radioactive waste within New York to submit to the authority no less frequently than annually a report detailing low-level radioactive waste generated, stored for decay or later transfer, or transferred by the generator. The purpose of these rules is to set forth the requirements for reports to be submitted by generators to the authority. The purpose of the reporting requirements is to assist the authority in constructing low- level radioactive waste management facilities, establishing rates, charges, and other fees for disposal of low-level radioactive waste, and terms and conditions for its receipt, acceptance, and disposal at permanent disposal facilities, and preparing the reports to be submitted annually by the authority to the Governor and the Legislature. In addition, the reports are intended to provide information useful to the DEC, the Commission for Siting Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities, and the Advisory Committee on Permanent Disposal Facilities Siting and Disposal Method Selection in meeting their responsibilities under the act.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21 § 502.1