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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 23, 2023
SENATE BILL NO. 847 By: Dahm of the Senate
and
Boles of the House
An Act relating to nuclear energy; directing
feasibility study to be conducted by D epartment of
Environmental Quality; requiring findings be reported
by certain date and distributed 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 ne w 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, 202 5, the Department of Environm ental
Quality, in coordination with the Office of the Secretary of Energy
and Environment, shall conduct a study pursuant to this sectio n.
The study shall focus on the feasibility of establishing nuclear
facilities to be located in this state. The study shall also
include the state requirement s as specified by the United States
Nuclear Regulatory Commission and any method of federal agen cy
approval. The Department shall issue a report based on the findings
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of the study and shall include any recommendatio ns for the
establishment of a facility. The report shall be delivered to the
Governor, the Secretary of Energy and Environment, the Pre sident Pro
Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
the Chair of the Senate Energy Committee, and the Chair of the House
Energy and Natural Resources Committee no later than February 1,
2025.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
February 23, 2023 - DO PASS