- (a) The department shall conduct at least one public hearing annually for each proposed high-level radioactive waste shipment route designation.
- (b) The hearing shall be conducted by a hearings examiner from the department.
(c) The purpose of the public hearing shall be to:
- (1) Gather the public’s comments on the proposed shipment route including safety issues, community impact and public health concerns; and
- (2) Answer the public’s questions regarding the route designation process, shipment procedures or other related issues, to the extent possible.
- (d) Any interested agency or political subdivision may provide an official to attend the public hearing in order to answer questions from the public.
- (e) The hearing shall be tape-recorded.
- (f) The department shall allow at least 5 days following the close of the hearing for any person to submit written comments regarding the proposed shipment route.
- (g) The hearing shall be held in the vicinity of the proposed shipment route in a location that is centrally located to all the towns, cities and municipalities that the route will pass through, to the extent possible.
Source. #7287, eff 5-24-00; ss by #9154, eff 5-8-08