SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2074        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1943

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Julian Cyr

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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 responsible emergency planning.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

 

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/23/2019

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

1/29/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2074        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1943

By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1943) of Julian Cyr, Timothy R. Whelan and Sarah K. Peake for legislation relative to responsible emergency planning.  Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to responsible 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 2B of chapter 639 of the acts of 1950 is hereby amended by striking the first paragraph and inserting the following:-

“The director shall designate certain areas of the commonwealth as “nuclear power plant areas.” For the purposes of this section, said areas shall consist of all communities located within a ten mile radius of any nuclear power plant or inactive nuclear power plant; unless all spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste at the facility is stored in dry cask storage systems licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This designation shall apply whether or not said power plant is located within the commonwealth.”

Section 5K of chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended in subpart (E) after “defray the cost of such activities” by inserting following:-

“Such assessments may be made against active facilities, or inactive nuclear power generating facilities that harbor spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or other nuclear material in a spent fuel pool or other storage structure, provided that these costs shall not be assessed against inactive facilities that store all spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in dry cask storage systems licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.”