Bill Text: TX HB7 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the storage or disposal of high-level radioactive waste.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-09 - Effective immediately [HB7 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB7-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the storage or disposal of high-level radioactive waste.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-09 - Effective immediately [HB7 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB7-Introduced.html
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By: Landgraf | H.B. No. 7 |
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relating to the transportation, storage, or disposal of high-level | ||
radioactive waste. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 401.003, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subdivision (12-b) to read as follows: | ||
(12-b) "High-level radioactive waste" has the meaning | ||
assigned by 42 U.S.C. Section 10101(12) and includes spent nuclear | ||
fuel as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 10101(23). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 401.0525, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c) 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 located on university campuses, 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 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 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 401, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Sections 401.072 and 401.073 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 401.072. TRANSPORTATION OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE | ||
WASTE. A person may not transport, or arrange for the | ||
transportation of, high-level radioactive waste on the highways or | ||
railways in this state. | ||
Sec. 401.073. 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 located on university | ||
campuses, a person, including the compact waste disposal facility | ||
license holder, may not dispose of or store high-level radioactive | ||
waste in this state. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 401.0525(c), Health and Safety Code, as | ||
added by this Act, applies only to an application for a permit or | ||
permit amendment submitted on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 5. If any provision of this Act or its application | ||
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does | ||
not affect other provisions or applications of this Act that can be | ||
given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to | ||
this end the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |