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Californians Please Act
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
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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.
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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
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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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