GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 643*

Short Title:  LLRW Disposal Facility Siting.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Dawkins.
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Referred to:  Public Utilities.
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April 10, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT THE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY TO BE LOCATED IN NORTH CAROLINA BE SITED ON OR ADJACENT TO AN EXISTING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 104G-9 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( h)	The Authority shall designate as a preferred site for a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility a site: (i) that is located on land on which there is located a nuclear reactor licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the generation of electric power and that is outside the exclusionary zone established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for such reactor; or, (ii) if there is no such site for which a license can be obtained under rules adopted by the Commission, that is located on land for which a license can be obtained and that is the closest licensable site to the boundary of the exclusionary zone."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.