Opinion No.

Office of the Attorney General — State of Texas John Cornyn spacer shim The Honorable Gary L. Walker Chair, Land Resource Management Committee Texas House of Representatives P.O. Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78768-2910

Re: Whether development of an assured-isolation facility for low-level radioactive waste would satisfy the requirements of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact, and whether a law enacted for the purpose of precluding private disposal facilities from accepting waste generated by the U.S. Department of Energy would be valid (RQ-0033)

Dear Representative Walker:

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