Section 18-103. Establishment of temporary nuclear waste repositories

1.
  No  person  shall  establish  or  operate  a  temporary  nuclear   waste
  repository within this state unless he has been granted a certificate by
  the  board.  Any such temporary nuclear waste repository with respect to
  which a certificate is issued shall not thereafter be built,  maintained
  or  operated  except  in conformity with such certificate and any terms,
  limitations or  conditions  contained  therein,  provided  that  nothing
  herein  shall  exempt  such  temporary  nuclear  waste  repository  from
  compliance  with  state  law  and  regulations  thereunder  subsequently
  adopted   or   with   municipal  laws  and  regulations  thereunder  not
  inconsistent with the provisions of such certificate. A certificate  for
  a temporary nuclear waste repository may be issued only pursuant to this
  article.
    2.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  no state agency,
  municipality or any agency thereof may, except as  expressly  authorized
  by  this  article  by  the board, require any approval, consent, permit,
  certificate or other condition for the construction or  operation  of  a
  temporary  nuclear waste repository with respect to which an application
  for a certificate hereunder has been filed, other than those provided by
  otherwise applicable state law for the protection of  employees  engaged
  in the construction and operation of such facility, and provided that in
  the  case  of a municipality or an agency thereof, such municipality has
  received notice of the filing of the application therefor.
    3. Neither  the  St.  Lawrence  eastern  Ontario  commission  nor  the
  Adirondack  park  agency  shall  hold  public  hearings  for a temporary
  nuclear waste repository with respect to which an application  hereunder
  has  been  filed,  provided  that such commission or agency has received
  notice of the filing of such application.