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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3705 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3199
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Mathew J. Muratore
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act updating the decommissioning oversight of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Mathew J. Muratore1st Plymouth1/13/2023Kathleen R. LaNatra12th Plymouth1/23/2023Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/16/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/18/2023 1 of 3
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3705 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3199
By Representative Muratore of Plymouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3199) of
Mathew J. Muratore and others for legislation to update the decommissioning oversight of
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act updating the decommissioning oversight of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1: Chapter 188, section 14 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by deleting paragraph (a) and replacing paragraph (a) with
3the following:- SECTION 14. (a) “There shall be created a Pilgrim Decommissioning State
4Oversight Panel which shall consist of state officials or their staff designee, scientific and
5technical experts, local officials, a retiree of Pilgrim Station with technical expertise in
6environmental areas and/or physical security, a representative of a local environmental group,
7and two at-large appointees as follows: the Governor of the Commonwealth; the Attorney
8General of the Commonwealth; the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs; the
9Commissioner of Public Utilities; the Secretary of Health and Human Services; the Director of
10the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency; the Secretary of Economic Development;
11the Director of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Radiological Control Program;
12the Chairman of the Plymouth Selectboard or Town of Plymouth staff designee; a retiree
13representative of Pilgrim Station with technical expertise in environmental areas and/or physical 2 of 3
14security, appointed by Chairperson of the panel upon majority approval by the panel; a
15representative of the Plymouth Regional Economic Development Foundation; a technical expert
16with knowledge of decommissioning and spent nuclear fuel management issues, appointed by
17the Chairman of the Panel upon majority approval by the panel; a representative of the local
18environmental community, selected by the Plymouth Selectboard; and two at-large appointees,
19one each recommended by the State Senator and State Representative who represent the former
20Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station location and appointed by the Senate President and Speaker of the
21House respectively.”
22 SECTION 2. Said section 14, as so appearing, is further amended in subsection (b) by
23replacing in its entirety a new subsection (b) as follows:- “Each non-designated appointee to the
24Panel shall serve for a 3-year term unless they resign to the appointing authority in writing.”
25 SECTION 3. Said section 14, as so appearing, is further amended by deleting subsection
26(f).
27 SECTION 4. Said section 14, as so appearing, in subsection (i) (2) is further amended by
28striking after the word “operations;” the words “provided the panel may hold additional
29meetings:”
30 SECTION 5. Said section 14, as so appearing, in subsection (i) (5) is further amended by
31striking subsection (5) and replacing it as follows:- “(5) To convey the compliance and status of
32the Comprehensive Agreement between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Holtec
33Decommissioning International signed on behalf of the Commonwealth by the Office of the
34Attorney General on June 16, 2020.” 3 of 3
35 SECTION 6. Said section 14, as so appearing, in subsection (i) (6) is further amended by
36striking subsection (6) in its entirety and replacing it as follows:- "(6) The panel shall meet
37quarterly as set forth in subsection (i) through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC)
38partial site release of the property and annually until the spent fuel is removed from the site and
39the NRC license is terminated."