§ 13-29-1-9 — Penalties and enforcement

Indiana § 13-29-1-9

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 29: INTERSTATE COMPACTS
• Ch. 1: Midwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive

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ARTICLE IX. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
a. Each party state shall prescribe and enforce penalties against any
person who is not an official of another state for violation of any
provision of this compact.
b. The parties to this compact intend that the courts of the United
States shall specifically enforce the obligations, including the
obligations of party states and revoked or withdrawn party states,
established by this compact.
c. The Commission, an affected party state, or both may obtain
injunctive relief, recover damages, or both to prevent or remedy
violations of this compact.
d. Each party state acknowledges that the transport into a host state
of waste packaged or transported in violation of applicable laws, rules,
and regulations may result in the imposition of sanctions by the host
state which may include reasonable financial penalties assessed against
any generator, transporter, or collector responsible for the violation, or
suspension or revocation of access to the compact facility in the host
state by any generator, transporter, or collector responsible for the
violation.
e. Each party state has the right to seek legal recourse against any
party state which acts in violation of this compact.
f. This compact shall not be construed to create any cause of action
for any person other than a party state or the Commission. Nothing in
Article IX(f) of this compact shall limit the right of judicial review set
forth in Article III(n)(3) of this compact or the rights of contribution set
forth in Articles III(p), VI(o), VI(s), and VII(g) of this compact.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-5-9-9.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.131-1996, SEC.10.