Code of Massachusetts Regulations
345 CMR - LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD
Title 345 CMR 1.00 - Low-level Radioactive Waste Management Plan
Section 1.84 - Possible Locations

(1) After the issuance of the Statewide Mapping and Screening Report, the Board shall issue a Report Identifying Possible Locations, which are likely to contain one or more Candidate Sites that will satisfy the criteria set forth in 310 CMR 41.41(1)(a) and (b). The Report shall describe the procedures used to identify such Possible Locations and establish that such procedures conform to any requirements of 310 CMR 41.50 through 41.51.

(2) The Board shall provide a notice, satisfying the requirements of M.G.L. c. 111H, § 19 to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Elected Official of each community in which is located a Possible Location identified in the Report. All communities in which a Possible Location is located shall also receive a second notice of the opportunity to participate in voluntary siting activities, together with information about grant funds available pursuant to 345 CMR 1.82.

(3) The Board shall conduct at least one public meeting on the Report in the vicinity of each Possible Location identified in the Report at times and locations to be determined after consultation with the Public Participation Coordinator, and shall accept written comments thereon. The Board shall consider and evaluate all comments and statements made at a public meeting or submitted in writing.