As Amended
SEC. 57-49-1. Transfer of duties of Mississippi Energy and Transportation Board to Department of Environmental Quality; creation of nuclear waste policy advisory council and nuclear waste technical review committee.
The purposes of this chapter are:
(a) To transfer to the Department of Environmental Quality the duties of the Mississippi Energy and Transportation Board with respect to nuclear-related activities within the state.
(b) To clarify the manner in which the Department of Environmental Quality shall perform its duty to develop, coordinate and review all nuclear-related activities in the state.
In order to assist and advise the Department of Environmental Quality in the implementation of this duty, there is hereby created a nuclear waste policy advisory council and a nuclear waste technical review committee.
SOURCES: Laws, 1982, ch. 474, Sec. 1; 1989, ch. 544, Sec. 136, eff from and after July 1, 1989.