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Re: Californians Please Act
>Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 13:37:47 -0700
>To: "Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@UCDAVIS.EDU>, radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
>From: carol marcus <csmarcus@ucla.edu>
>Subject: 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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