HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1752        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2167

 

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 relative to emergency planning.

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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

10/28/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

10/28/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

10/28/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

10/28/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

10/28/2019

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

10/28/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

10/28/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

10/28/2019

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

10/28/2019

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

10/28/2019

Daniel A. Wolf

Cape and Islands

10/28/2019

Randy Hunt

5th Barnstable

10/28/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

10/28/2019

Gloria L. Fox

7th Suffolk

10/28/2019

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

10/28/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

10/28/2019

Brian R. Mannal

2nd Barnstable

10/28/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

10/28/2019

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

10/28/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1752        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2167

By Representatives Peake of Provincetown and Ferrante of Gloucester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2167) of Sarah K. Peake, Ann-Margaret Ferrante and others for legislation to direct the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency to assess and report on the preparedness plans for a radiological accident at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station and the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2180 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 relative to emergency planning.

 

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.  In order to assess the present preparedness in Barnstable and Essex Counties and to determine the need for, and appropriateness of, any additional specific steps for a radiological accident at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station and Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency shall report to the Governor and the Legislature by January first, two thousand fourteen, its findings, recommendations and proposed legislation and assessments where appropriate concerning:

1. The need for and appropriateness of additional specific state and local activities or programs beyond those required by the accepted radiological emergency preparedness plans or provided for under existing law, including but not limited to:

a)Plume transport and dose assessment models;

b)Radiological and meteorological monitoring equipment; 

c)Emergency Notification, Methods and Procedures;

d)Emergency Communications;

e)Public Information and Education;

f)Emergency Facilities and Equipment;

g)Accident Assessment; 

h)Protective Response, Sheltering: Assessment of Shelters in Barnstable County suitable in a radiological emergency;

i)Protective Response, Evacuation: Evacuation Routes, Evacuation Time Estimates, Traffic Control, Impediment Removal, Security Patrols, Reception Centers, monitoring and decontamination capability, Mass Care Shelters, Ingestion Exposure pathway Protective Measures;

j)Transportation for transportation dependent;

k)Medical and Public Health Support; 

l)Relocation, Re-Entry, and Return Planning and Post Accident Operations;

m)Exercises and Drills;

n)Radiological Emergency Response Training;

o)Responsibility for Planning Effort: development, Periodic review and Distribution of Emergency Plans; and

p)           Maps with prevailing wind speeds around the compass rose.

SECTION 2. Any such recommendations shall be developed in consultation with all concerned public and private parties and shall: 

(a)Take into account proven safety effectiveness; 

(b)Outline any proposed costs and the means for meeting such costs; 

(c)Consider related activities of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or others; and 

(d)When appropriate, discuss alternatives and various implementation stages.

SECTION 3. If at any time following the development, review or approval of state and local radiological plans, the Governor determines that said plans are no longer adequate to protect the public health and safety, he/she shall notify the Federal Emergency Management Agency to secure withdrawal of the plans and call on Nuclear Regulatory Commission to revoke the operating license and begin the decommissioning process.