Amendment ID: S2378-102

Amendment 102

DPH Environmental Monitoring at Nuclear Sites

Messrs. deMacedo, Cyr and O'Connor move to amend the bill by inserting the following new section:-

"SECTION XX. Subpart (E) of section 5K of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the second sentence the following sentence:- 'Such assessments may be made against operating nuclear power plants and non-operating nuclear power plant sites that harbor spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste or other nuclear material in a spent fuel pool, dry cask storage systems or other storage structure; provided, that these costs shall not be assessed against non-operating nuclear power plant sites where all plant facilities have completed the decommissioning process and the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved all areas of the site for unrestricted use, excluding the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, in accordance with 10 CFR Part 50.82 and 10 CFR Part 72; provided further, that no monies from any Decommissioning Trust Fund shall be used to satisfy assessments under this subpart.'."