WHEREAS, on January 15, 1986, Ronald Regan, President of the United States, signed the Low-level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 which permits the State of Washington to impose surcharges and penalty surcharges on all low-level radioactive waste originating from outside the Northwest Compact Region and disposed of at Richland, Washington; and

WHEREAS, on February 21, 1986, Booth Gardner, Governor of the State of Washington, signed ESSB 4876 which authorized the Governor to implement the Low-level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Booth Gardner, Governor of the State of Washington, pursuant to the powers vested in me, do hereby order that:

1. Effective March 1, 1986, all low-level radioactive waste originating from outside the Norwest Compact Region and disposed of at the low-level radioactive disposal site located at Richland, Washington, shall be subject to surcharges and penalty surcharges at the maximum level allowable under the Low-level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985.

2. The Department of Ecology is hereby directed to administer the collection of such surcharges and penalty surcharges.

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