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Re: Californians Please Act
At 07:59 AM 4/30/01 -0700, Otto G. Raabe wrote:
>April 30, 2001
>
>California State Senate Bill 243, introduced by Senator Kuehl, will be
>discussed by the Senate Environmental Quality Committee on Monday, May 7.
>(Chairman is Byron Sher.) It would be helpful to the Committee if each
>Californian radiation safety expert on this list sends a letter to that
>committee and its members with professional evaluations of the proposed
>bill. I believe you will find that the premises are fallacious, and that
>the passage of this bill would disrupt the orderly development of nuclear
>technology and place added burdens on the nuclear power industry. I believe
>that this is an anti-nuclear shark attack.
>
>Address you letters and to those listed at the end of this message. If any
>of the members are from your district, call them by phone as soon as possible.
>
>The Honorable Byron Sher, Chair, and Members
>Senate Committee on Environmental Quality
>Room 2082, State Capitol
>Sacramento, CA 95814
>
>============
>BILL NUMBER: SB 243
>
>INTRODUCED BY Senator Kuehl on FEBRUARY 14, 2001
>
> An act to add Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 115300) to Part 9 of
>Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to radiation.
>
>LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
>
>SB 243, as introduced, Kuehl. Radiation Safety Act of 2001.
>Existing law prohibits a person from burying, throwing away, or in any
>manner disposing of radioactive wastes within the state except in a manner
>and at locations that will result in no significant radioactive
>contamination of the environment. Existing law authorizes the State
>Department of Health Services, by written order,
>to prohibit the disposal of radioactive wastes by any person when,
>upon investigation, it has determined that the disposal violates
>existing provisions concerning radioactive contamination. Existing
>law authorizes the department, by written order, to prohibit the
>storage, packaging, transporting, or loading of radioactive wastes if
>there is a reasonable likelihood that the activities will result in
>significant radioactive contamination of the environment.
> The existing Radiation Control Law requires the department, among
>other things, to issue licenses, and prohibits the department from
>issuing a license to receive radioactive material for disposal unless
>specified requirements are satisfied, including that the land on
>which the radioactive wastes are to be buried is owned by the federal
>or state government. Existing law also requires the department to
>develop an overall plan for the management, treatment, and disposal
>of low-level radioactive waste generated in California.
> This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to do all of
>the following:
> (1) Prohibit shallow land burial of low-level radioactive waste
>and establish minimum qualifications for operators of low-level
>radioactive waste disposal facilities.
> (2) Require the separation of the highly dangerous and more benign
>substances in low-level radioactive waste, and authorize the
>department to design and license an engineered facility for the
>temporary storage or disposal of low-level radioactive wastes
>generated by medicine, academia, and biotechnology.
> (3) Require that all radioactive waste be disposed of in a
>facility licensed to receive radioactive waste.
> (4) Require that the disposal of radioactive waste, and the
>remediation of contaminated sites, meet the current goals of the
>federal Environmental Protection Agency limiting exposure to
>radioactivity to a prescribed degree.
> (5) Prohibit any site contaminated by radioactive waste from a
>nuclear reactor from being zoned for residential use.
> Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
>State-mandated local program: no.
>
>
>THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
>
>
> SECTION 1. Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 115300) is added to
>Part 9 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
>
> CHAPTER 10. RADIATION SAFETY ACT OF 2001
>
> 115300. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Radiation
>Safety Act of 2001.
> 115301. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the practice of
>disposing of low-level radioactive waste in shallow trenches has proven to
>be unsafe in numerous locations throughout the country.
> (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to prohibit shallow land burial
>of low-level radioactive waste and establish minimum qualifications for
>operators of low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities.
> 115302. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that low-level
>radioactive waste includes highly dangerous substances as well as more
>benign substances such as those used in medicine, academic research, and
>biotechnology.
> (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to separate the waste streams
>and authorize the State Department of Health Services to design and license
>an engineered facility for the temporary storage or disposal of low-level
>radioactive wastes generated by medicine, academia, and biotechnology.
> 115303. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the proposed policy
>of the State Department of Health Services to deregulate certain
>radioactive waste would inadequately protect the public health.
> (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to require that all radioactive
>waste be disposed of in a facility licensed to receive radioactive waste,
>and to require that the disposal of all radioactive waste, and the
>remediation of all sites contaminated with radioactivity, meet the current
>goals of the federal Environmental Protection Agency limiting exposure to
>radioactivity to the extent that it will cause no more than one additional
>fatal cancer in one out of every million people.
> 115304. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the National
>Academy of Sciences has determined that restrictions on the use of property
>contaminated by radioactivity intended to protect the public from radiation
>exposure will not last as long as many radioactive substances remain
>dangerous, which may be hundreds of thousands of years.
> (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to prohibit any site
>contaminated by radioactive waste from a nuclear reactor from being zoned
>for residential use.
>*******************************************************************
>
>SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE
>Meets every 1st and 3rd Monday, 1:30 pm in Room 112.
>JURISDICTION: Bills relating to environmental quality, air quality,
>water quality, integrated waste management, toxics, and hazardous waste.
>
>Members:
>Senator Byron Sher (Chair), D
>Senator Bruce McPherson (Vice Chair), R
>Senator Wesley Chesbro, D
>Senator Liz Figueroa, D
>Senator Sheila Kuehl, D
>Senator Tom McClintock, R
>Senator Jack O'Connell, D
>
>Addresses & Staff:
>Staff Director:
>Kip Lipper
>Consultants:
>Arnie Peters and Randy Pestor
>Assistant:
>Ann Boone
>Phone:
>(916) 324-0894, Room 2203
>
>MEMBERS
>
>SENATOR BYRON D. SHER (Chair)
>Democrat, Stanford
>Senate District 11
>Parts of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. Main Cities: Atherton,
>Cupertino, Half Moon Bay, Los Gatos, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Redwood City, San
>Jose, Saratoga, Sunnyvale, and Woodside.
>
>Capitol office:
>State Capitol, Room 2082
>Sacramento, CA 95814
>Phone: (916) 445-6747
>Fax: (916) 323-4529
>Senator.Sher@sen.ca.gov
>
>In San Mateo County use:
>(650)364-2080
>Fax (650)364-2102100
>
>San Jose office:
>Paseo de San Antonio, Ste. 206
>San Jose, CA 95113
>(408) 277-9460
>Fax (408) 277-9464
>
>
>SENATOR BRUCE McPHERSON (Vice Chair)
>Republican, Santa Cruz
>Senate District 15
>Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties. Part of Santa Clara County.
>Main Cities: Gilroy, Hollister, Monterey, Morgan Hill, Salinas, Santa Cruz,
>Watsonville.
>
>Capitol office:
>State Capitol, Room 3076
>Sacramento, CA 95814
>Phone: (916) 445-5843
>senator.mcpherson@sen.ca.gov
>
>Santa Cruz Office:
>701 Ocean St., Room 318
>Santa Cruz, CA 95060
>Phone: (831) 425-0401
>FAX: (831) 425-5124
>
>Salinas Office:
>25 San Juan Grade Rd., Ste 150
>Salinas, CA 93906
>Phone: (831) 443-3402
>FAX: (821) 443-3407
>
>
>SENATOR WESLEY CHESBRO
>Democrat, Arcata
>Senate District 2
>Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, and Solano. Main Cities:
>Eureka, Napa, Santa Rosa, Ukiah, Vallejo.
>
>Capitol Office:
>State Capitol, Room 4081
>Sacramento, CA 95814
>Phone: (916) 445-3375
>FAX: (916) 323-6958
>Senator.Chesbro@sen.ca.gov
>
>Santa Rosa office:
>50 D St., Ste 120A
>Santa Rosa, CA 95404
>Phone: (707) 576-2771
>FAX: (707) 576-2773
>
>
>SENATOR LIZ FIGUEROA
>Democrat, Fremont
>Senate District 10
>Parts of Alameda and Santa Clara counties. Main cities: Castro Valley,
>Fremont, Hayward, Milpitas, Newark, San Jose, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Union
>City
>
>Capitol office:
>State Capitol, Room 2057
>Sacramento, CA 95814
>(916) 445-6671
>Fax (916) 327-2433
>
>District offices:
>43271 Mission Blvd.
>Fremont, CA 94539
>Phone: (510) 413-5960 and (408) 286-0329
>Fax: (510) 413-5965
>
>313 W. Winton Ave., Ste 277
>Hayward, CA 94544
>Phone: (510) 780-1393
>FAX: (510) 780-1395
>
>
>SENATOR SHEILA KUEHL
>Democrat, Los Angeles
>Senate District 23
>Part of Los Angeles county. Main Cities: Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Encino,
>Hollywood, Santa Monica, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Tarzana, Topanga, West
>Hollywood, West Los Angeles, Westlake Village, Woodland Hills
>
>Capitol office:
>State Capitol, Room 4032
>Sacramento, CA 95814
>Phone: (916) 445-1353
>Fax: (916) 324-4823
>
>District office:
>10951 W. Pico Blvd. Ste 202
>Los Angeles, CA 90064
>Phone: (310) 441-9084
>Fax: (310) 441-0724
>
>
>SENATOR TOM McCLINTOCK
>Republican, Thousand Oaks
>Senate District 19
>Parts of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Main Cities: Camarillo, Canoga
>Park, Castaic, Chatsworth, Fillmore, Granada Hills, Los Angeles, Moorpark,
>Northridge, Oak Park, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Simi Valley, Stevenson Ranch,
>Thousand Oaks
>
>Capitol office:
>Room 3070, State Capitol
>Sacramento, CA 95814
>Phone: (916) 445-8873
>Fax: (916) 324-7544
>Tom.McClintock@sen.ca.gov
>
>District office:
>223 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Ste 326
>Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
>Phone: (805) 494-8808
>Fax: (805) 494-8812
>
>
>SENATOR JACK O'CONNELL
>Democrat, Santa Barbara
>Senate District 18
>San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Part of Ventura County. Main
>cities: Atascadero, Buellton, Carpinteria, Lompoc, Morrow Bay, Ojai, Paso
>Robles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Paula, Santa Maria, Solvang,
>Ventura.
>
>Capitol office:
>State Capitol, Room 5035
>Sacramento, CA 95814
>Phone: (916) 445-5405
>Fax: (916) 322-3304
>Senator.O'Connell@sen.ca.gov
>
>District offices:
>228 W. Carrillo, Suite F
>Santa Barbara, CA 93101
>Phone: (805) 966-2296
>Fax: (805) 966-3707
>
>1260 Chorro St., Suite A
>San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
>Phone: (805) 547-1800
>Fax: (805) 547-1871
>
>89 S. California St., Ste E
>Ventura, CA 93001
>Phone: (805) 641-1500
>Fax: (805) 641-3647
>**********************************************
>**********************************************
>Prof. Otto G. Raabe, Ph.D., CHP
>Institute of Toxicology & Environmental Health
>(Street Address: Bldg. 3792, Old Davis Road)
>University of California, Davis, CA 95616
>E-Mail: ograabe@ucdavis.edu
>Phone: (530) 752-7754 FAX: (530) 758-6140
>***********************************************
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Dear Otto and Radsafers:
Anyone wishing a copy of the letter sent by ACNP-California, e-mail me a
request. I agree entirely with Otto that this is very important. I will be
out of town and out of touch for several weeks beginning this weekend, so
send me your requests as early as possible. In a pinch, Al Pasternak has a
copy <apasconslt@aol.com>.
Ciao, Carol
Carol S. Marcus, Ph.D., M.D.
<csmarcus@ucla.edu>
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