Storage Facility

(1) The Board hereby finds that there is no requirement for additional storage facility capacity to meet present needs, but that there is a requirement for additional storage facility capacity to meet needs anticipated to arise within the next decade. (2) No determination to proceed with centralized storage facility site selection pursuant to M.G.L. c. 111H, § 17 shall be made unless the Board finds that reliance on future on-site storage of LLRW is not a satisfactory management option due to anticipated expiration of licensee authorization for such storage. In any such determination to proceed with centralized storage facility site selection, the Board shall consider, at a minimum, the following storage facility siting options and choose among those considered: (a) Site a centralized short-term storage facility; (b) Site a centralized long-term storage facility; (c) Site a centralized interim or emergency storage facility.