(20 ILCS 3310/40)
Sec. 40. Regulation of nuclear safety. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall have primary responsibility for the coordination and oversight of all State governmental functions concerning the regulation of nuclear power, including low level waste management, environmental monitoring, environmental radiochemical analysis, and transportation of nuclear waste. Functions performed by the Illinois State Police and the Department of Transportation in the area of nuclear safety, on the effective date of this Act, may continue to be performed by these agencies but under the direction of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. All other governmental functions regulating nuclear safety shall be coordinated by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
(Source: P.A. 102-133, eff. 7-23-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.) |