By: Landgraf H.B. No. 4112
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the storage or disposal of high-level radioactive
waste.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 401.0525(c), Health & Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) With the exception of a permit for a storage facility
located at the site of [currently or formerly operating] nuclear
power reactors and [currently or formerly operating] nuclear
research and test reactors operated by a university, the commission
may not under the authority given to the agency under Section 301,
304, or 401 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sections 1311, 1314,
and 1341) issue a general construction permit or approve a
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan under Section 26.040, Water
Code, or issue a permit under the Texas Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System Program under Section 26.027, 26.028, or 26.121,
Water Code, for the construction or operation of a facility that is
licensed for the disposal or storage of high-level radioactive
waste by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission under 10
C.F.R. Part 72. Section 401.005 does not apply to this subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 401.072, Health & Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 401.072. DISPOSAL OR STORAGE OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE
WASTE. With the exception of storage at the site of [currently or
formerly operating] nuclear power reactors and [currently or
formerly operating] nuclear research and test reactors operated by
a university, a person, including the compact waste disposal
facility license holder, may not dispose of or store high-level
radioactive waste in this state.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.