Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-577

EHS 577

Nuclear Monitoring and Oversight

Ms. Moran and Messrs. Cyr, O'Connor and Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section X the following 4 sections:-

"SECTION XX. Section 5K of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as so appearing, 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 United States 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 further 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.".