Bill Text: NY S01774 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the nuclear power plant disaster preparedness plans study.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S01774 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01774-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1774
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 10, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs
        AN ACT establishing the nuclear power plant preparedness plans study
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Nuclear power plant disaster preparedness plans study. 1.
     2  The Commissioner of the Division  of  Homeland  Security  and  Emergency
     3  Services,  in consultation with the disaster preparedness commission and
     4  any other entity the Commissioner of the Division of  Homeland  Security
     5  and  Emergency Services deems appropriate, shall study and review disas-
     6  ter preparedness plans as they relate to nuclear power plants for effec-
     7  tiveness. The study of such disaster preparedness plans  shall  include,
     8  but not be limited to, the following:
     9    (a) the time necessary to evacuate the area within a fifty mile radius
    10  of the plant, in addition to any other determined radius, with consider-
    11  ation of:
    12    (i) the severity of the nuclear power plant disaster
    13    (ii) the population residing in such area
    14    (iii) existing transportation networks
    15    (iv) any other considerations that are deemed relevant;
    16    (b) the amount of area that should be evacuated with consideration of:
    17    (i) the severity of the nuclear power plant disaster
    18    (ii) the population residing in such area
    19    (iii) existing transportation networks
    20    (iv) any other considerations that are deemed relevant;
    21    (c)  the  locations where people may be evacuated to in the event of a
    22  disaster;
    23    (d) the feasibility of evacuating areas near the power plant;
    24    (e) the role of public safety and school personnel in safely returning
    25  school children with their parents;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (f) the protection of food and water from contamination;
     2    (g) the evacuation of people from hospitals and other institutions;
     3    (h)  the  evacuation  of  individuals  with special needs or those who
     4  require special attention;
     5    (i) the length of time that an area should be evacuated for;
     6    (j) the opportunities where state and local agencies and  the  private
     7  sector can coordinate and cooperate in a nuclear power plant disaster;
     8    (k)  the availability and distribution of potassium iodine to individ-
     9  uals in areas affected by a nuclear power plant disaster;
    10    (1) the use of technology in disaster preparedness;
    11    (m) the overall effectiveness of  the  nuclear  power  plant  disaster
    12  preparedness plans; and
    13    (n)  the  ability  to  communicate  between relevant federal entities,
    14  state and local entities and  power  plant  operators  and  the  general
    15  public.
    16    2. Such study shall be submitted to the governor, the temporary presi-
    17  dent of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly by December 31, 2017
    18  and  shall  be  publicly posted on the Division of Homeland Security and
    19  Emergency Services' website.
    20    3. The Commissioner of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency
    21  Services may request, and is authorized to receive, any information from
    22  any state agencies that is relevant and material to  the  completion  of
    23  such  study.  Such information received by the Commissioner of the Divi-
    24  sion of Homeland Security and Emergency Services shall be subject to the
    25  same requirements for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as
    26  are applicable to such state agency's use of such information.
    27    4. The Commissioner of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency
    28  Services is authorized to use existing Division of Homeland Security and
    29  Emergency Services' funds to carry out the provisions of this section.
    30    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.