Pursuant to Articles IV.i.(1), (7), (15), and VII.e. of the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact (enacted by the ``Omnibus Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Consent Act of 1985,'' Public Law 99-240, 99 Stat. 1842, Title I) (the ``Compact''), the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission (the ``Commission'') establishes through this part the conditions that it deems necessary and appropriate to be met by a state requesting eligibility to become a party state to this Compact. The Commission shall apply these conditions to evaluate the petition of any state seeking to be eligible to become a party state pursuant to Article VII of the Compact.