35-11-2001. Authorization to negotiate transfer of certain nuclear regulatory functions to the state; scope of regulated material.
(a) The governor, on behalf of the state, is authorized to contact the nuclear regulatory commission to express the intent of the state of Wyoming to enter into an agreement under section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2021, as amended, with the nuclear regulatory commission providing for the assumption by the state of regulatory authority over source material involved in uranium or thorium recovery or milling and byproduct material, as defined in section 11e.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2014(e)(2), as amended. The nuclear regulatory commission shall maintain regulatory authority over all other source material, section 11e.(1), (3) and (4) byproduct material and special nuclear material as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2014, as amended, and the activities reserved under section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2021, as amended.
(b) The department shall serve as the lead agency for the regulation of source material involved in uranium or thorium recovery or milling and the associated byproduct material. The department is authorized to enforce the requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq., as amended, under the agreement reached between the state and the nuclear regulatory commission as provided in section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2021, as amended.
(c) The governor, through the department, is authorized to negotiate all aspects of a potential agreement under this section between the state of Wyoming and the nuclear regulatory commission. The governor is authorized to enter into a final agreement with the nuclear regulatory commission for the regulation of source material involved in uranium or thorium recovery or milling and the associated byproduct material.
(d) Repealed by Laws 2016, ch. 7, § 3.
(e) The categories of materials governed by this article, as agreed upon by the nuclear regulatory commission and the state, are source material involved in uranium or thorium recovery or milling and the associated byproduct material, as defined in section 11e.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. § 2014(e)(2), as amended. This article does not govern independent or commercial laboratory facilities that possess, use or accept byproduct material. The nuclear regulatory commission shall retain regulatory authority over independent or commercial laboratory facilities.
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