The Supervisors of Athens Township shall appoint,
by resolution, an administrative official, the Controlling Officer,
to perform all administrative duties and exercise all administrative
powers of the Township conferred by this chapter or by LLRWDA, Section
502.
The Controlling Officer's duties are as follows:
A. The Controlling Officer may appoint, upon consent
of the Supervisors, one or more local inspectors and delegate to them
all or any powers conferred by this chapter or by LLRWDA, Section
502.
B. The Controlling Officer shall appoint two host municipality
benefits and guarantees teams, with the approval of the Supervisors.
One team shall negotiate only the financial benefits and guaranties
with the operator. The other team shall negotiate only the health,
safety, environmental and other benefits and guaranties with the operator.
It shall be prohibited to trade a benefit or guaranty negotiated by
one team for a benefit or guaranty negotiated by the other team.
C. The Controlling Officer or one designated by the Controlling
Officer shall be notified one month in advance of any meetings being
held that address issues pertaining to the storage, disposal or treatment
of LLRW in Athens Township. That local representative shall have the
right to attend all meetings and all sessions of those meetings and
shall have the same powers and authority as other members of the committees.
The initial salaries of Township administrative
officials allocable to duties involving the evaluation of an application
to operate a radioactive waste facility shall be paid from a fund
established pursuant to LLRWDA, Section 318.
All information concerning the waste site which
would be available under the federal or state right-to-know laws shall
be routinely provided to the Controlling Officer by the operator.
The Controlling Officer shall exercise all powers
under LLRWDA, Section 502. The Controlling Officer shall be empowered to enforce
the provisions of this chapter by appropriate remedy, including injunctions
for the abatement of a nuisance.
The Township Supervisors shall appoint a Local
Clean Air Committee ("local committee") which shall, in accordance
with this chapter and upon notice and hearing, establish standards
for radioactive air emissions, whether in gaseous, particulate, mist,
vapor or other form, or through any pathway, sufficient to protect
the health, safety and welfare of the public with an ample margin
of safety. The operations of the local committee shall be funded from
application and permit fees which shall cover payment of the costs
of experts in monitoring and assessing the health effects of radiation
and the cost of conducting hearings, collecting information and preparing
a final report by the local committee.