HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1767        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2031

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sarah K. Peake and Ann-Margaret Ferrante

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act increasing nuclear power plant protections to a fifty mile radius.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/15/2015

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex

1/16/2015

Timothy R. Madden

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

10/11/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

10/11/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

10/11/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

10/11/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

10/11/2019

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

10/11/2019

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

10/11/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

10/11/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

10/11/2019

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

10/11/2019

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

10/11/2019

Daniel A. Wolf

Cape and Islands

10/11/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

10/11/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

10/11/2019

Brian R. Mannal

2nd Barnstable

10/11/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

10/11/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

10/11/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

10/11/2019

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

10/11/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1767        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2031

By Representatives Peake of Provincetown and Ferrante of Gloucester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2031) of Sarah K. Peake, Ann-Margaret Ferrante and others for legislation to increase power plant safety preparedness by the Department of Public Health to twenty miles.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2045 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act increasing nuclear power plant protections to a fifty mile radius.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Subparagraph (1) of Paragraph (B) of Section 5K of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:- The monitoring stations shall be set throughout a 50 mile radius of the nuclear power plant, which shall also include cities and towns located in Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties, as well as in the area known as Cape Ann in Essex county.

SECTION 2.  Paragraph (F) of Section 5K of Chapter 111 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The department of public health shall stockpile thyroid-blocking agents according to regulations promulgated by the department for cities and towns located within a 50 mile radius of a nuclear power plant, which shall also include cities and towns located in Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties, as well as in the area known as Cape Ann in Essex county. 

SECTION 3.  Section 5K of Chapter 111 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

(I)  The plume exposure pathway emergency planning zone, as defined in 44 C.F.R. section 350.2, shall be the area located within a 50 mile radius of the nuclear power plant, which shall also include cities and towns located in Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties, as well as in the area known as Cape Ann in Essex county.  Predetermined protective action plans shall be in place for the Plume Exposure Pathway Emergency Planning Zone which shall include sheltering and evacuation details.

SECTION 4.  The department shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of sections 1 to 3 inclusive within 180 days of the effective date of this act.