87R7493 JAM-D
By: Goodwin H.B. No. 4095
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the transportation, storage, and disposal of certain
radioactive waste.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 401, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 401.072 to read as follows:
Sec. 401.072. TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL OF
GREATER THAN CLASS C WASTE AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE. (a)
In this section:
(1) "Consolidated interim storage facility" means a
facility operated for the storage of radioactive waste from one or
more sources before disposal, not including a facility located on
the site where the waste is generated.
(2) "Greater than Class C waste" has the meaning
assigned by 10 C.F.R. Section 72.3. Section 401.005 does not apply
to this definition.
(3) "High-level radioactive waste" has the meaning
assigned by 10 C.F.R. Section 72.3. Section 401.005 does not apply
to this definition.
(b) Subject to Subsections (d) and (e), the commission may
not authorize:
(1) the acceptance of greater than Class C waste or
high-level radioactive waste for disposal or for storage at a
consolidated interim storage facility; or
(2) the transportation in this state of greater than
Class C waste or high-level radioactive waste that did not
originate in this state.
(c) Subject to Subsections (d) and (e), a person may not:
(1) accept greater than Class C waste or high-level
radioactive waste for disposal or for storage at a consolidated
interim storage facility; or
(2) transport in this state greater than Class C waste
or high-level radioactive waste that did not originate in this
state.
(d) If federal law requires the acceptance of greater than
Class C waste or high-level radioactive waste for disposal or for
storage at a consolidated interim storage facility in this state,
the commission may deny a license or other authorization for
disposal or for storage of the waste at the facility if the facility
does not satisfy all commission requirements.
(e) If federal law requires the transportation in this state
of greater than Class C waste or high-level radioactive waste that
did not originate in this state, the commission may deny
authorization for the transportation of the waste in this state if
all commission requirements regarding the transportation are not
satisfied.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.