HB2301 Summary

• Amends Illinois law to ratify and approve the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact between Illinois and Kentucky, creating a regional framework for managing low-level radioactive waste generated in both states.

• Establishes the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission with voting commissioners from each party state to oversee waste management policies, designate host states for regional facilities, and regulate waste disposal practices.

• Requires party states to provide adequate facilities for safe waste management, promotes source and volume reduction of radioactive waste, and prohibits shallow-land burial in favor of above-ground or engineered disposal methods.

• Allocates financial responsibility through surcharges on waste users to fund Commission operations, facility development, extended care, and long-term liability costs, with host states liable for costs exceeding available funds.

• Restricts waste from outside the region and prohibits export of regionally-generated waste after January 1, 1986, except as authorized by the Commission, with violations subject to penalties enforced by party states.