Section 30-20-119 - Disposal of low-level radioactive waste(1) No person shall dispose of low-level radioactive waste generated through the production of nuclear power or nuclear weapons, or any tools and equipment contaminated with slight amounts of radioactivity at power plants, hospitals, or research laboratories, that the United States nuclear regulatory commission or department of energy classified as low-level radioactive waste as of July 3, 1990, but which may be classified as below regulatory concern after that date, at any solid wastes disposal site and facility without the express written permission of the appropriate governmental entity which has the authority to grant a certificate of designation for such solid wastes disposal site and facility pursuant to section 30-20-102. This prohibition does not apply to products and materials specifically exempted by the United States nuclear regulatory commission prior to July 3, 1990; however, all other federal, state, and local regulations governing any other toxic or hazardous property of these products and materials shall still apply.(2) The appropriate governmental entity described in subsection (1) of this section shall require a technical review by the department of the low-level radioactive waste proposed to be disposed when permission is requested pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, and the department shall make a written recommendation to the governmental entity as to whether such waste should be accepted. The appropriate governmental entity shall charge a fee established pursuant to section 30-20-109(1)(d) to the applicant for such technical review and transmit such fee to the department.L. 91: Entire section added, p. 953, § 1, effective July 1.