By Burnam H.B. No. 2370
77R3730 JAT-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to techniques for management of low-level radioactive
1-3 waste.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 402.225, Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 402.225. BELOWGROUND DISPOSAL PROHIBITED [RESTRICTED].
1-8 Low-level radioactive waste may not be disposed of in a landfill
1-9 below the natural level of a disposal site [unless:]
1-10 [(1) federal or state regulatory programs for
1-11 low-level radioactive waste preclude or recommend against
1-12 aboveground disposal, or the authority has by rule determined that
1-13 belowground disposal provides greater protection than aboveground
1-14 disposal for public health and the environment for the period for
1-15 which the low-level waste will continue to pose a hazard to public
1-16 health and the environment;]
1-17 [(2) the low-level radioactive waste is contained
1-18 within a reinforced concrete barrier or within containment
1-19 structures made of materials technologically equivalent or superior
1-20 to reinforced concrete; and]
1-21 [(3) the low-level radioactive waste is contained in
1-22 such a manner that it can be monitored and retrieved].
1-23 SECTION 2. Section 402.154, Health and Safety Code, is
1-24 repealed.
2-1 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
2-2 applies to applications for licenses received by the commission
2-3 before, on, or after that date.