42 U.S.C. § 10121 — State and affected Indian tribe participation in development of proposed repositories for defense waste

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10107 of this title, upon any decision by the Secretary^* or the President to develop a repository^* for the disposal^* of high-level radioactive waste^* or spent nuclear fuel^* resulting exclusively from atomic energy defense activities, research and development activities of the Secretary, or both, and before proceeding with any site-specific investigations with respect to such repository, the Secretary shall notify the Governor^* and legislature of the State^* in which such repository is proposed to be located, or the governing body of the affected Indian tribe^* on whose reservation^* such repository is proposed to be located, as the case may be, of such decision.

Following the receipt of any notification under subsection (a), the State or Indian tribe^* involved shall be entitled, with respect to the proposed repository involved, to rights of participation and consultation identical to those provided in sections 10135 through 10138 of this title, except that any financial assistance authorized to be provided to such State or affected Indian tribe under section 10136(c) or 10138(b) of this title shall be made from amounts appropriated to the Secretary for purposes of carrying out this section.