Document Citation: 35 P.S. § 7130.312

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PENNSYLVANIA STATUTES
TITLE 35. HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 39C. LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL ACT
CHAPTER 3. LOW-LEVEL WASTE DISPOSAL

Date:
08/31/2009

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§ 7130.312. Low-Level Waste Fund

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.-- There shall be established within the State Treasury a separate account to be known as the Low-Level Waste Fund.

(b) DEPOSITS.-- All fines, penalties, fees and surcharges not designated for other purposes, collected under this act shall be paid into this fund. Additionally, all funds received from the United States Department of Energy or from the Appalachian Compact Commission or Compact States for low-level radioactive waste activities shall be deposited into the fund.

(c) APPROPRIATION AND PURPOSE.-- Moneys in the fund, except those received from the United States Department of Energy, are hereby appropriated to the department on a continuing basis to be used, upon approval of the Governor, solely for the administration and enforcement of this act, for site development, for emergency operations, for any liability of the Commonwealth, and to repay the General Fund for any appropriation made to the fund.