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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1794 By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to nuclear energy; directing
Department of Environmental Quality conduct study on
feasibility and establishment of nuclear facilities;
requiring findings of study be reported to certain
state officials; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA :
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-9-111 of Title 27A, unless
there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows :
On or before January 1, 2024, the Department of Environmental
Quality, in coordination with the O ffice of the Secretary of Energy
and Environment, shall conduct a study pursuant to th is section.
The study shall focus on the feasibility and establishment of
nuclear facilities located in this state. Th e study shall also
include the state requirements as specified by United States Nuclear
Regulatory Commission and any method of federal agency approval.
The Department shall issue a report based on the findings of the
study and shall include any recommend ations for the establishment of
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a facility. The report shall be delivered to the Governor, the
Secretary of Energy and E nvironment, the President Pro Tempore of
the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chair
of the Senate Energy Commit tee, and the Chair of the House Energy
and Natural Resources Committee no later tha n February 1, 2024.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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