Budget Amendment ID: FY2021-S4-235

EHS 235

Nuclear Power Plant Assessment

Ms. Moran, Messrs. Cyr and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section___ the following section: -

“SECTION XX. Section 5K of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 65, the words "existing and proposed"

SECTION XX. Said section 5K of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting, in line 66, after the word "commonwealth", the following words:- , including a nuclear power plant that is no longer operating, until the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved all areas of the site for unrestricted use, excluding the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the unrestricted use areas meet the radiological release criteria established in regulations promulgated pursuant to section 5N. Such assessments shall be.

SECTION XX. Subsection (E) of said section 5K of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the second and third sentences.

SECTION XX. Said section 5K of said chapter 111, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 91 and 92, the words "General Fund and credited to the department" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Radiation Control Trust account.”