89R23962 JRR-F
By: Landgraf H.B. No. 4112
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4112:
By: Landgraf C.S.H.B. No. 4112
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disposal or storage of high-level radioactive
waste.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 401.0525, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to
read as follows:
(c) With the exception of a permit for a 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, including a facility that
stores high-level radioactive waste, and subject to Subsection (d),
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.
(d) High-level radioactive waste stored at a facility
excepted from the application of Subsection (c) must originate from
the nuclear power reactors or nuclear research and test reactors
located at the site at which the waste is stored.
SECTION 2. Section 401.072, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 401.072. DISPOSAL OR STORAGE OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE
WASTE. (a) 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, and subject to Subsection (b), a person, including
the compact waste disposal facility license holder, may not dispose
of or store high-level radioactive waste in this state.
(b) High-level radioactive waste stored at a facility
excepted from the application of Subsection (a) must originate from
the nuclear power reactors or nuclear research and test reactors
located at the site at which the waste is stored.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.