Senate Bill S2874

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires operators of nuclear power plants to give notice of scheduled and unscheduled releases of radioactive materials and of breakdowns or malfunctions

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2874 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §29-f, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1530
2011-2012: S3395
2013-2014: S3115
2015-2016: S2572
2019-2020: S3606
2021-2022: S3168
2023-2024: S7967

2017-S2874 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires operators of nuclear power plants (or designee) to give notice of: scheduled releases of radioactive materials at least 24 hours before the release is planned to occur; unscheduled releases of such materials as soon as possible, but not more than 24 hours after discovery of the release; and breakdowns or malfunction; specifies that such notice shall be given to specified parties, including to the public via a toll free number

2017-S2874 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2874 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2874
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to notice of emissions at
   nuclear power plants
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The executive law is amended by adding a new section 29-f
 to read as follows:
   § 29-F. EMISSIONS FROM NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PURPOSE, NOTICE REQUIRED,
 REPORTS AND PENALTIES. 1.  THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS  THAT  NUCLEAR  POWER
 PLANTS ROUTINELY RELEASE RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THESE
 RADIOACTIVE  MATERIALS ARE GENERALLY RELEASED IN A CONTROLLED MANNER AND
 WITHIN THE LIMITS ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED  STATES  NUCLEAR  REGULATORY
 COMMISSION.  SOME OF THESE RELEASES HAVE BEEN UNPLANNED, UNSCHEDULED AND
 INADVERTENT. ON OCCASION, THEY EXCEED  TECHNICAL  SPECIFICATION  LIMITS.
 MOST  AUTHORITIES  AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE ASSUMED THAT RADIATION AT ANY
 DOSE LEVEL HAS A FINITE RISK. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS, THEREFORE, THAT THE
 PUBLIC WELFARE WILL BE BETTER PROTECTED IF THE PUBLIC IS FULLY  INFORMED
 ON ANY RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
   2.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "OPERATOR" SHALL MEAN THE CORPO-
 RATION, OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY, THAT OWNS OR MANAGES A  NUCLEAR  POWER
 PLANT.
   3.  THE  OPERATOR  OF  ANY  NUCLEAR  POWER PLANT IN THIS STATE, OR ITS
 DESIGNEE, SHALL MAINTAIN A TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 MAKING INFORMATION RELATED TO THE EVENTS DETAILED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
 THIS SECTION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.  ANY  SUCH  OPERATOR  OR  DESIGNEE
 SHALL  ALSO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE EVENTS DETAILED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
 THIS SECTION TO:
   (A) THE PUBLIC;
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07397-01-7
              

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