New York S 5833: Relates to adopting the Appalachian states radioactive waste compact

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S05833 Summary:

BILL NOS05833 

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Add Art 21 Title 2 §21-0201, En Con L

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Relates to adopting the Appalachian states radioactive waste compact; assures interstate cooperation for the proper management and disposal of low-level radioactive wastes to reduce the volume of low-level radioactive waste.

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03/03/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5833

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 adopting the Appalachian states radioactive waste compact

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Article 21 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 2 by adding a new title 2 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 2
 4 APPALACHIAN STATES RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMPACT
 5 Section 21-0201. Appalachian states radioactive waste compact.
 6 § 21-0201. Appalachian states radioactive waste compact. 1. The appa-
 7 lachian states radioactive waste compact is hereby entered into and
 8 enacted into law with all jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the
 9 form substantially as follows:
 10 Article 1
 11 Definitions
 12 As used in this compact, unless the context clearly indicated other-
 13 wise:
 14 (a) "Broker" means any intermediate person who handles, treats, proc-
 15 esses, stores, packages, ships or otherwise has responsibility for or
 16 possesses low-level waste obtained from a generator.
 17 (b) "Carrier" means a person who transports low-level waste to a
 18 regional facility.
 19 (c) "Commission" means the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive
 20 Waste Commission.
 21 (d) "Disposal" means the isolation of low-level waste from the
 22 biosphere.
 23 (e) "Facility" means any real or personal property within the region,
 24 and improvements thereof or thereon, and any and all plant structures,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10220-01-5

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 1 machinery and equipment acquired, constructed, operated or maintained
 2 for the management or disposal of low-level waste.
 3 (f) "Generate" means to produce low-level waste requiring disposal.
 4 (g) "Generator" means a person whose activity results in the
 5 production of low-level waste requiring disposal.
 6 (h) "Hazardous Life" means the time required for radioactive materials
 7 to decay to safe levels, as defined by the time period for the concen-
 8 tration of radioactive materials within a given container or package to
 9 decay to maximum permissible concentrations as defined by Federal law or
 10 by standards to be set by a host state, whichever is more restrictive.
 11 (i) "Host state" means Pennsylvania or other party state so designated
 12 by the Commission in accordance with Article 3 of this compact.
 13 (j) "Institutional control period" means the time of the continued
 14 observation, monitoring and care of the regional facility following
 15 transfer of control from the operator to the custodial agency.
 16 (k) "Low-level waste" means radioactive waste that:
 17 (1) is neither high-level waste or transuranic waste, nor spent nucle-
 18 ar fuel, nor by-product material as defined in Section 1 1(e)(2) of the
 19 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended; and
 20 (2) is classified by the Federal Government as low-level waste,
 21 consistent with existing law; but does not include waste generated as a
 22 result of atomic energy defense activities of the Federal Government, as
 23 defined in Public Law 96-573, or Federal research and development activ-
 24 ities.
 25 (l) "Management" means the reduction, collection, consolidation, stor-
 26 age, packaging or treatment of low-level