HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 149        FILED ON: 1/6/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1131

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James M. Cantwell

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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 twenty mile radius.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

1/6/2017

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/31/2017

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

2/1/2017

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/24/2017

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/3/2017

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

2/3/2017

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/27/2017

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/1/2017

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

1/31/2017

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/26/2017

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

1/30/2017

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

2/3/2017

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

1/23/2017

Kathleen O'Connor Ives

First Essex

2/2/2017

Patrick M. O'Connor

Plymouth and Norfolk

1/31/2017

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/9/2017

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

2/3/2017

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

2/3/2017

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

1/27/2017

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/10/2017

Jack Lewis

7th Middlesex

 

Joan Meschino

3rd Plymouth

 

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

 

William L. Crocker, Jr.

2nd Barnstable

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 149        FILED ON: 1/6/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1131

By Mr. Cantwell of Marshfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1131) of James M. Cantwell 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. 1898 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act increasing nuclear power plant protections to a twenty 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 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following sentence:- The monitoring stations shall be set throughout a 20 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 said section 5K of said chapter 111, as so appearing, 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 20 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: Said section 5K of said chapter 111, as so appearing, 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 20 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 of public health 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.