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Making officials accountable for their actions or decisions is difficult enough in situations involving high profile actors, but what about agencies that are created through the compact clause of the Constitution? What problems arise in keeping such a bureaucracy politically accountable? This analysis proceeds by examining Nebraska's experience with the Central Interstate Compact, the authorizing legislation for the Compact Commission and a key Supreme Court decision invalidating part of the 1980 Low‐Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act. Powerful to the extent they have limited oversight or conduct their business in "obscure" areas, low‐level radioactive waste compacts are problematic from a political perspective. Granted the force of federal law, compacts operate supra state authority and have the legal authority to compel state action. State legislatures and the Supreme Court failed to appreciate the importance diverting revenues required for participation, the preoccupation with its affairs, and importantly, the lack of political accountability.

Making officials accountable for their actions or decisions is difficult enough in situations involving high profile actors, but what about agencies that are created through the compact clause of the Constitution? What problems arise in keeping such a bureaucracy politically accountable? This analysis proceeds by examining NE's experience with the Central Interstate Compact, the authorizing legislation for the Compact Commission, & a key Supreme Court decision invalidating part of the 1980 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act. Powerful to the extent they have limited oversight or conduct their business in "obscure" areas, low-level radioactive waste compacts are problematic from a political perspective. Granted the force of federal law, compacts operate supra state authority & have the legal authority to compel state action. State legislatures & the Supreme Court failed to appreciate the importance of diverting revenues required for participation, the preoccupation with its affairs, & importantly, the lack of political accountability. 1 Appendix, 30 References. Adapted from the source document.

Examines implementation of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act of 1980 which encourages regional cooperation in burying low-level radioactive waste, and reasons that it has not been effective in opening new facilities; US.