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Indiana Code Title 10. Public Safety § 10-14-8-5

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 5. (a) Under 49 CFR Part 177, the director may require preferred highway routes for transporting high level radioactive waste in Indiana if the director determines under United States Department of Transportation “Guidelines for Selecting Preferred Highway Routes for Highway Route Controlled Quantity Shipments of Radioactive Materials” that alternative routes are safer than proposed routes.

(b) The director shall:

(1) annually review federally approved highway and railway routes for transporting high level radioactive waste in Indiana;  and

(2) select new state designated routes in accordance with 49 CFR Part 172.80 if safety considerations indicate the alternate routes would be preferable.

(c) Before the director may require alternative routes under subsection (a) or select new state designated routes under subsection (b), the director must do the following:

(1) Consult with all of the persons described in section 4(a) of this chapter.

(2) Conduct or engage in substantial consultation with the affected local county authorities.

(3) Notify the:

(A) state health commissioner of the Indiana department of health;

(B) commissioner of the department of environmental management;

(C) superintendent of the state police department;  and

(D) local emergency management agency and applicable local fire and law enforcement agencies in each affected county;

of the director's final decision concerning an alternative route or a new state designated route before the date upon which the alternative route or new state designated route takes effect.

(d) The state is not liable by requiring alternate routes to be used as provided under this section.

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