Full Text of SB2644 94th General Assembly
SB2644 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB2644
Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Susan Garrett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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420 ILCS 10/1.5 new |
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420 ILCS 10/2 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4352 |
420 ILCS 10/4 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4354 |
420 ILCS 10/5 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4355 |
420 ILCS 10/7 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4357 |
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Amends the Illinois Nuclear Safety Act to reflect the Illinois Emergency Management Agency's assumption of duties assigned to the Agency's predecessor, the Department of Nuclear Safety.
Effective
immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB094 14571 RSP 49514 b |
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| AN ACT concerning safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act is | 5 |
| amended by adding
Section 1.5 and changing Sections 1.5, 2, 4, | 6 |
| 5, and 7 as follows:
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| (420 ILCS 10/1.5 new)
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| Sec. 1.5. Definition. In this Act, "Agency" means the | 9 |
| Illinois Emergency
Management Agency.
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| (420 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4352)
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| Sec. 2. Policy statement. It is declared to be the policy | 12 |
| of the
State of Illinois to prevent accidents at nuclear | 13 |
| facilities in Illinois
for the economic well-being of the | 14 |
| People of the State of Illinois and for
the health and safety | 15 |
| of workers at nuclear facilities and private citizens
who could | 16 |
| be injured as a result of releases of radioactive materials | 17 |
| from
nuclear facilities. It is the intent of the General | 18 |
| Assembly that this Act
should be construed consistently with | 19 |
| federal law to maximize the role of
the State in contributing | 20 |
| to safety at nuclear facilities in Illinois.
It is the intent | 21 |
| of the General Assembly that the Agency
Illinois
Department of
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| Nuclear Safety should not take any actions which are preempted | 23 |
| by federal
law or engage in dual regulation of nuclear | 24 |
| facilities, unless dual
regulation is allowed by federal law | 25 |
| and policies of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission. In | 26 |
| implementing its responsibilities under this Act, the
Agency
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| Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety shall not take any action
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| which
interferes with the safe operation of a nuclear facility.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-901.)
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| (420 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4354)
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| Sec. 4. Authorization. The Agency
Department is authorized | 2 |
| to enter
into
any and all cooperative agreements with the | 3 |
| federal Nuclear Regulatory
Commission consistent with the | 4 |
| applicable provisions of the Atomic Energy Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-901.)
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| (420 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4355)
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| Sec. 5. Program for Illinois nuclear power plant | 8 |
| inspectors.
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| (a) Consistent with federal law and policy statements of | 10 |
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cooperative agreements with the Nuclear Regulatory | 11 |
| Commission with respect
to State participation in health and | 12 |
| safety regulation of nuclear
facilities, and in recognition of | 13 |
| the role provided for the states by such
laws, policy | 14 |
| statements and cooperative agreements, the Agency
Department
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| shall
develop and implement a program for Illinois resident | 16 |
| inspectors that, when
fully implemented, shall provide for one | 17 |
| full-time Agency
Departmental
Illinois
resident inspector at | 18 |
| each nuclear power plant in Illinois. The owner of each
of the | 19 |
| nuclear power plants to which they are assigned shall provide, | 20 |
| at
its expense, office space and equipment reasonably required | 21 |
| by the resident
inspectors while they are on the premises of | 22 |
| the nuclear power plants. The
Illinois resident inspectors | 23 |
| shall operate in accordance with a cooperative
agreement | 24 |
| executed by the Agency
Department and the Nuclear Regulatory
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| Commission and
shall have access to the nuclear power plants to | 26 |
| which they have been assigned
in accordance with that | 27 |
| agreement; provided, however, that the Illinois
resident | 28 |
| inspectors shall have no greater access than is afforded to a | 29 |
| resident
inspector of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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| (b) The Agency
Department may also inspect licensed nuclear | 31 |
| power
plants that
have permanently ceased operations. The | 32 |
| inspections shall be performed by
inspectors qualified as | 33 |
| Illinois resident inspectors. The inspectors need not
be | 34 |
| resident at nuclear power plants that have permanently ceased | 35 |
| operations.
The inspectors shall conduct inspections in |
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| accordance with a cooperative
agreement executed by the Agency | 2 |
| (or its predecessor agency, the Department
of Nuclear Safety)
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| and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and
shall have access to | 4 |
| the nuclear power plants that have permanently ceased
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| operations; provided, however, that the Illinois inspectors | 6 |
| shall have no
greater access than is afforded to inspectors of | 7 |
| the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission. The owner of each of the | 8 |
| nuclear power plants that has permanently
ceased operations | 9 |
| shall provide, at its expense, office space and equipment
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| reasonably required by the inspectors while they are on the | 11 |
| premises of the
nuclear power plants.
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| (c) The Illinois resident inspectors and inspectors | 13 |
| assigned under
subsection (b) shall each operate in accordance | 14 |
| with the security plan for
the nuclear power plant to which | 15 |
| they are assigned, but in no event shall they
be required to | 16 |
| meet any requirements imposed by a nuclear power plant owner
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| that are not imposed on resident inspectors and inspectors of | 18 |
| the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission. The Agency's
Department's
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| programs and
activities under this
Section shall not be | 20 |
| inconsistent with federal law.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-171, eff. 7-16-99.)
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| (420 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4357)
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| Sec. 7. The Agency
Department shall not engage in any | 24 |
| program of
Illinois resident
inspectors or inspectors assigned | 25 |
| under subsection (b) of Section 5 at any
nuclear power plant in | 26 |
| Illinois except as specifically directed by law.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-171, eff. 7-16-99.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 29 |
| becoming law.
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