Senate Bill S3115

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires operators of nuclear power plants to give notice of scheduled and unscheduled releases of radioactive materials and of breakdowns or malfunctions

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2013-S3115 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง29-f, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1530
2011-2012: S3395
2015-2016: S2572
2017-2018: S2874
2019-2020: S3606
2021-2022: S3168
2023-2024: S7967

2013-S3115 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires operators of nuclear power plants (or designee) to give notice of: scheduled releases of radioactive materials at least 24 hours before the release is planned to occur; unscheduled releases of such materials as soon as possible, but not more than 24 hours after discovery of the release; and breakdowns or malfunction; specifies that such notice shall be given to specified parties, including to the public via a toll free number

2013-S3115 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3115 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3115

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to notice of emissions at
  nuclear power plants

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

  Section  1.  The executive law is amended by adding a new section 29-f
to read as follows:
  S 29-F. EMISSIONS FROM NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PURPOSE, NOTICE REQUIRED,
REPORTS AND PENALTIES. 1.  THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS  THAT  NUCLEAR  POWER
PLANTS ROUTINELY RELEASE RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THESE
RADIOACTIVE  MATERIALS ARE GENERALLY RELEASED IN A CONTROLLED MANNER AND
WITHIN THE LIMITS ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED  STATES  NUCLEAR  REGULATORY
COMMISSION.  SOME OF THESE RELEASES HAVE BEEN UNPLANNED, UNSCHEDULED AND
INADVERTENT. ON OCCASION, THEY EXCEED  TECHNICAL  SPECIFICATION  LIMITS.
MOST  AUTHORITIES  AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE ASSUMED THAT RADIATION AT ANY
DOSE LEVEL HAS A FINITE RISK. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS, THEREFORE, THAT THE
PUBLIC WELFARE WILL BE BETTER PROTECTED IF THE PUBLIC IS FULLY  INFORMED
ON ANY RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
  2.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "OPERATOR" SHALL MEAN THE CORPO-
RATION, OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY, THAT OWNS OR MANAGES A  NUCLEAR  POWER
PLANT.
  3.  THE  OPERATOR  OF  ANY  NUCLEAR  POWER PLANT IN THIS STATE, OR ITS
DESIGNEE, SHALL MAINTAIN A TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THE PURPOSE OF
MAKING INFORMATION RELATED TO THE EVENTS DETAILED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
THIS SECTION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.  ANY  SUCH  OPERATOR  OR  DESIGNEE
SHALL  ALSO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE EVENTS DETAILED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
THIS SECTION TO:
  (A) THE PUBLIC;
  (B) THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06869-01-3
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.