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                                  2303

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2013
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Introduced  by M. of A. CRESPO, RODRIGUEZ, CASTRO, JAFFEE, GALEF, ROSEN-
  THAL, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, AUBRY,  BARRON,
  BOYLAND, BROOK-KRASNY, CAMARA, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, CUSICK, DenDEKKER,
  GIBSON,  KAVANAGH,  KELLNER,  V. LOPEZ,  MARKEY,  MOYA,  ORTIZ, PERRY,
  RAMOS, RIVERA, ROBERTS, SCARBOROUGH, SIMOTAS, TITUS -- read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT establishing the nuclear power plant preparedness plans study

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Nuclear power plant disaster preparedness plans  study.  1.
The  Commissioner  of  the  Division  of Homeland Security and Emergency
Services, in consultation with the disaster preparedness commission  and
any  other  entity the Commissioner of the Division of Homeland Security
and Emergency Services deems appropriate, shall study and review  disas-
ter preparedness plans as they relate to nuclear power plants for effec-
tiveness.  The  study of such disaster preparedness plans shall include,
but not be limited to, the following:
  (a) the time necessary to evacuate the area within a fifty mile radius
of the plant, in addition to any other determined radius, with consider-
ation of:
  (i) the severity of the nuclear power plant disaster
  (ii) the population residing in such area
  (iii) existing transportation networks
  (iv) any other considerations that are deemed relevant;
  (b) the amount of area that should be evacuated with consideration of:
  (i) the severity of the nuclear power plant disaster
  (ii) the population residing in such area
  (iii) existing transportation networks
  (iv) any other considerations that are deemed relevant;
  (c) the locations where people may be evacuated to in the event  of  a
disaster;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  (d) the feasibility of evacuating areas near the power plant;
  (e) the role of public safety and school personnel in safely returning
school children with their parents;
  (f) the protection of food and water from contamination;
  (g) the evacuation of people from hospitals and other institutions;
  (h)  the  evacuation  of  individuals  with special needs or those who
require special attention;
  (i) the length of time that an area should be evacuated for;
  (j) the opportunities where state and local agencies and  the  private
sector can coordinate and cooperate in a nuclear power plant disaster;
  (k)  the availability and distribution of potassium iodine to individ-
uals in areas affected by a nuclear power plant disaster;
  (1) the use of technology in disaster preparedness;
  (m) the overall effectiveness of  the  nuclear  power  plant  disaster
preparedness plans; and
  (n)  the  ability  to  communicate  between relevant federal entities,
state and local entities and  power  plant  operators  and  the  general
public.
  2. Such study shall be submitted to the governor, the temporary presi-
dent of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly by December 31, 2014
and  shall  be  publicly posted on the Division of Homeland Security and
Emergency Services' website.
  3. The Commissioner of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency
Services may request, and is authorized to receive, any information from
any state agencies that is relevant and material to  the  completion  of
such  study.  Such information received by the Commissioner of the Divi-
sion of Homeland Security and Emergency Services shall be subject to the
same requirements for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as
are applicable to such state agency's use of such information.
  4. The Commissioner of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency
Services is authorized to use existing Division of Homeland Security and
Emergency Services' funds to carry out the provisions of this section.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.