[en] This report is a study of existing compacts and their commissions. The observations and facts are presented as they might affect low-level radioactive waste compacts and commissions. The study describes three categories of commissions: advisory, technical, and operating. Significant conclusions are: low-level waste commissions will likely be advisory and technical and low-level waste commissions must begin operations with a strong consensus and guiding mandate from their parent states. The study includes description of decision-making methods, staffing options, controls of states and Congress, and accountability and monitoring of commissions. It also makes some general recommendations on initial formation, subsequent organization, and operation of a low-level waste disposal commission, based on several scholarly works and experience of existing interstate compacts and commissions