Bill Text: IN SB0186 | 2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Transportation of radioactive materials.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-03-25 - Effective 07/01/2010 [SB0186 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2010-SB0186-Enrolled.html

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Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)

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    SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 186

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     AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning public safety.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 10-11-2-26; (10)SE0186.1.1. -->

    SECTION 1. IC 10-11-2-26, AS AMENDED BY P.L.21-2007, SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 26. (a) The superintendent may assign qualified persons who are not state police officers to supervise or operate permanent or portable weigh stations. A person assigned under this section may stop, inspect, and issue citations to operators of trucks and trailers having a declared gross weight of at least ten thousand one (10,001) pounds and buses at a permanent or portable weigh station or while operating a clearly marked Indiana state police vehicle for violations of the following:
        (1) IC 6-1.1-7-10.
        (2) IC 6-6-1.1-1202.
        (3) IC 6-6-2.5.
        (4) IC 6-6-4.1-12.
        (5) IC 8-2.1.
        (6) IC 9-18.
        (7) IC 9-19.
        (8) IC 9-20.
        (9) IC 9-21-7-2 through IC 9-21-7-11.
        (10) IC 9-21-8-41 pertaining to the duty to obey an official traffic control device for a weigh station.

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        (11) IC 9-21-8-45 through IC 9-21-8-48.
        (12) IC 9-21-9.
        (13) IC 9-21-15.
        (14) IC 9-21-21.
        (15) IC 9-24-1-1 through IC 9-24-1-2.
        (16) IC 9-24-1-7.
        (17) Except as provided in subsection (c), IC 9-24-1-6, IC 9-24-6-16, IC 9-24-6-17, and IC 9-24-6-18, commercial driver's license.
        (18) IC 9-24-4.
        (19) IC 9-24-5.
        (20) IC 9-24-11-4.
        (21) IC 9-24-13-3.
        (22) IC 9-24-18-1 through IC 9-24-18-2.
        (23) IC 9-25-4-3.
        (24) IC 9-28-4.
        (25) IC 9-28-5.
        (26) IC 9-28-6.
        (27) IC 9-29-5-11 through IC 9-29-5-13.
        (28) IC 9-29-5-42.
        (29) IC 9-29-6-1.
         (30) IC 10-14-8.
        (30) (31) IC 13-17-5-1, IC 13-17-5-2, IC 13-17-5-3, or IC 13-17-5-4.
        (31) (32) IC 13-30-2-1.
    (b) For the purpose of enforcing this section, a person assigned under this section may detain a person in the same manner as a law enforcement officer under IC 34-28-5-3.
    (c) A person assigned under this section may not enforce IC 9-24-6-14 or IC 9-24-6-15.

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-1; (10)SE0186.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 10-14-8-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to the following:
        (1) High level radioactive waste transported to or from facilities sited, constructed, or operated in accordance with the federal Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. a site authorized by a government agency to receive, store, reprocess, or dispose of high level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel.
        (2) Low level radioactive waste that is:
            (A) transported to a site authorized by a government agency to receive low level radioactive waste; or
            (B) shipped to a storage or treatment site before disposal.

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    (b) This chapter does not apply to:
         (1) radioactive materials waste shipped by or for the federal government for:         (1) military; (2) national security; or (3) national defense; purposes. United States Department of Defense; or
        (2) the transport of low level radioactive waste between premises owned by or operated under the license of a licensee by a motor vehicle owned by or under contract to the licensee and a facility owned by or operated under the license of a licensee in Indiana.

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-2; (10)SE0186.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 10-14-8-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "high level radioactive waste" means:
        (1) irradiated reactor fuel;
        (2) liquid wastes resulting from the operation of a first cycle solvent extraction system or its equivalent and the concentrated wastes from a subsequent extraction cycle or its equivalent in a facility for reprocessing irradiated reactor fuel; and
        (3) solids into which liquid wastes described in subdivision (2) have been converted; and
        (4) materials produced as a byproduct of the reactions that occur inside a nuclear reactor in either of the following forms:
            (A) Spent nuclear fuel that is accepted for disposal.
            (B) Waste materials remaining after spent nuclear fuel is reprocessed.

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-2.3; (10)SE0186.1.4. -->     SECTION 4. IC 10-14-8-2.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 2.3. As used in this chapter, "licensee" refers to an entity that is licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission to own or use radioactive materials.

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-2.5; (10)SE0186.1.5. -->     SECTION 5. IC 10-14-8-2.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 2.5. As used in this chapter, "low level radioactive waste" means radioactive material from a facility licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission under 10 CFR 50 other than the following:
        (1) High level radioactive waste.
        (2) Spent nuclear fuel.
        (3) Transuranic waste.
        (4) Byproduct material (as defined in 42 U.S.C. 2014(e)).

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-2.7; (10)SE0186.1.6. -->     SECTION 6. IC 10-14-8-2.7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 2.7. As used in this chapter, "spent nuclear fuel"

means fuel:
        (1) that has been withdrawn from a nuclear reactor following irradiation; and
        (2) whose constituent elements have not been separated by reprocessing.

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-2.9; (10)SE0186.1.7. -->     SECTION 7. IC 10-14-8-2.9 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 2.9. (a) A shipper of high or low level radioactive waste in Indiana must submit an application to the department of homeland security in the form and manner prescribed by the department of homeland security.
    (b) The department of homeland security may issue a permit to a person that:
        (1) submits a completed application; and
        (2) pays a fee set by the department of homeland security.
    (c) The permit must:
        (1) specify the purpose for which the permit is issued; and
        (2) contain an expiration date.

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-3; (10)SE0186.1.8. -->     SECTION 8. IC 10-14-8-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 3. (a) Before a person may transport high level radioactive waste in Indiana, the person who is responsible for the shipment shipper must submit the following to the director:
        (1) A notice that includes:
            (A) the highway or railway route, date, and time of the shipment of high level radioactive waste; and
            (B) other information required under 10 CFR 71.5(a) and 10 CFR 73.37(f). An appropriate permit issued under section 2.9 of this chapter.
        (2) A transportation fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each cask of nuclear waste in the shipment. The following fees:
            (A) For each truck shipment, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per truck.
            (B) For each rail shipment:
                (i) four thousand five hundred dollars ($4,500) for the first cask; and
                (ii) three thousand dollars ($3,000) for the second and additional casks.
    (b) The director shall deposit fees collected under this section in the nuclear response fund established by section 6 of this chapter.
     (c) As used in this section, "cask" means a heavily shielded container:

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        (1) used for the shipment of radioactive materials, including high level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel; and
        (2) whose design is approved by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-3.1; (10)SE0186.1.9. -->     SECTION 9. IC 10-14-8-3.1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 3.1. (a) Before a person may transport low level radioactive waste (as defined in IC 13-11-2-121(a)) in Indiana, the person who is responsible for the shipment shipper must submit:
         (1) an appropriate permit issued under section 2.9 of this chapter; and
        (2) a transportation fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for each total shipment of low level radioactive waste;
to the director.
    (b) The director shall deposit fees collected under this section in the nuclear response fund established by section 6 of this chapter.

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-4; (10)SE0186.1.10. -->     SECTION 10. IC 10-14-8-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 4. (a) The director shall consult with:
        (1) the state health commissioner of the state department of health;
        (2) the commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation;
        (3) the commissioner of the department of environmental management;
        (4) the director of the department of natural resources;
        (5) the superintendent of the state police department;
        (6) representatives of the:
            (A) United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
            (B) Federal Emergency Management Agency;
            (C) United States Department of Energy; and
            (D) United States Department of Transportation; and
        (7) a representative of a local emergency management agency designated by the director;
to prepare a plan for emergency response to a high level radioactive waste transportation accident in Indiana. The plan must include provisions for evacuation, containment, and cleanup and must designate the role of each state or local government agency involved in the emergency response plan.
    (b) The director shall report to the general assembly each year on the:
        (1) status of the plan prepared under subsection (a); and
        (2) ability of the state to respond adequately to a high level

radioactive waste transportation accident in Indiana.
A report under this subsection to the general assembly must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-5; (10)SE0186.1.11. -->     SECTION 11. IC 10-14-8-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 5. (a) Under 49 CFR Part 177, the director may require preferred highway routes for transporting high level radioactive waste in Indiana if the director determines under United States Department of Transportation "Guidelines for Selecting Preferred Highway Routes for Large Highway Route Controlled Quantity Shipments of Radioactive Materials" that alternative routes are safer than proposed routes.
    (b) The director shall:
        (1) annually review federally approved highway and railway routes for transporting high level radioactive waste in Indiana; and
        (2) select new state designated routes in accordance with 49 CFR Part 177 172.80 if safety considerations indicate the alternate routes would be preferable.
    (c) Before the director may require alternative routes under subsection (a) or select new state designated routes under subsection (b), the director must do the following:
        (1) Consult with all of the persons described in section 4(a) of this chapter.
        (2) Conduct or engage in substantial consultation with the affected local county authorities.
        (3) Notify the:
            (A) state health commissioner of the state department of health;
            (B) commissioner of the department of environmental management;
            (C) superintendent of the state police department; and
            (D) local emergency management agency and applicable local fire and law enforcement agencies in each affected county;
        of the director's final decision concerning an alternative route or a new state designated route before the date upon which the alternative route or new state designated route takes effect.
        (4) If the director wishes to change the route of a railway shipment of high level radioactive waste, the director must notify the United States Department of Energy and the appropriate rail carrier of any changes the director feels should be made to the route.
    (d) The state is not liable by requiring alternate routes to be used as

provided under this section.

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-6; (10)SE0186.1.12. -->     SECTION 12. IC 10-14-8-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2006, SECTION 177, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 6. (a) The nuclear response fund is established to:
         (1) provide appropriate education, training, and equipment to state and local emergency responders:
            (1) in counties (A) that will be affected by respond to a release of radioactive waste caused by or during the transportation of high level radioactive waste under this chapter; and
            (2) (B) to (A) prevent, (B) prepare for, and (C) respond to acts of terrorism; and
        (2) otherwise enforce this chapter.
    (b) Sources of money for the fund consist of transportation fees deposited under section 3(b) or 3.1(b) of this chapter.
    (c) The department of homeland security shall administer the fund. Money in the fund is annually appropriated to the state emergency response commission department of homeland security to be used for purposes described in subsection (a).
    (d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.
    (e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.
    (f) Money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-9; (10)SE0186.1.13. -->     SECTION 13. IC 10-14-8-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 9. A person that transports: shipper of:
        (1) low level radioactive waste; (as defined in IC 13-11-2-121(a)); or
        (2) high level radioactive waste;
in Indiana shall reimburse each governmental entity that provides security for a shipment for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the governmental entity in providing the security.

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-10; (10)SE0186.1.14. -->     SECTION 14. IC 10-14-8-10 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 10. (a) The state police department may detain, seize, or impound a motor vehicle and its cargo if the state police department determines that the motor vehicle is involved in a violation of this chapter. The state police

department shall observe established state police department guidelines in seizing or impounding the motor vehicle and cargo.
    (b) To obtain possession of a seized or impounded motor vehicle or its cargo, the motor carrier that operates the motor vehicle must correct any violations of this chapter, including without limitation the failure to obtain a permit required under this chapter that resulted in the detention, seizure, or impounding of the motor vehicle or cargo.

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-11; (10)SE0186.1.15. -->     SECTION 15. IC 10-14-8-11 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 11. (a) The following may conduct inspections of motor vehicles and cargo to determine violations of and enforce this chapter:
        (1) The state police department.
        (2) Agents of the state police department.
        (3) Motor carrier inspectors of the state police department.
        (4) Other eligible law enforcement officers.
     (b) With respect to any rail shipment, the following may request from a shipper or carrier a copy of the appropriate permit issued under section 2.9 of this chapter to the shipper:
        (1) The state police department.
        (2) Agents of the state police department.
        (3) Motor carrier inspectors of the state police department.
        (4) Rail safety inspectors.
        (5) Other eligible law enforcement officers.

SOURCE: IC 10-14-8-12; (10)SE0186.1.16. -->     SECTION 16. IC 10-14-8-12 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 12. A person who violates this chapter commits a Class B infraction.

SOURCE: IC 13-25-1-6; (10)SE0186.1.17. -->     SECTION 17. IC 13-25-1-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 6. (a) The commission shall do the following:
        (1) Encourage and support the development of emergency planning efforts to provide:
            (A) state government entities;
            (B) local governments; and
            (C) the public;
        with information concerning potential chemical hazards in Indiana.
        (2) Assist the state in complying with the requirements of SARA.
        (3) Design and supervise the operation of emergency planning districts in Indiana.

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        (4) Gather and distribute information needed for effective emergency response planning.
    (b) A local emergency planning committee shall do the following:
        (1) Satisfy the requirements of SARA.
        (2) Prepare and submit a roster of committee members to the commission at least one (1) time each year.
        (3) Meet at least two (2) times, on separate days, every six (6) months.
        (4) Prepare and submit the report required under IC 6-6-10-8.
     (c) A local emergency planning committee member who is an employee of a unit (as defined in IC 36-1-2-23) may appoint a designee to act on the committee member's behalf under this chapter. An appointment under this subsection must:
        (1) be in writing;
        (2) specify the duration of the appointment; and
        (3) be submitted to the committee at least two (2) calendar days before the first meeting that the designee attends on behalf of the member.

SOURCE: IC 22-12-3-2; (10)SE0186.1.18. -->     SECTION 18. IC 22-12-3-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.101-2006, SECTION 32, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 2. (a) The education board consists of eleven (11) voting members The governor shall appoint nine (9) individuals as voting members of the education board, each to serve a term of four (4) years. as follows:
        (1) The state fire marshal and or the state fire marshal's designee.
        (2) The deputy director of the department's division of preparedness and training shall also serve as voting members of the education board. or the director's designee.
        (3) Nine (9) members appointed by the governor, each serving a four (4) year term.
    (b) Each appointed member of the education board must be qualified by experience or education in the field of fire protection and related fields.
    (c) Each appointed member of the education board must be a resident of Indiana.
    (d) The education board must include the following appointed members:
        (1) Seven (7) individuals who are members of fire departments. Appointments under this subdivision must include the following:
            (A) At least one (1) individual who is a full-time firefighter (as defined in IC 36-8-10.5-3).

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            (B) At least one (1) individual who is a volunteer firefighter (as defined in IC 36-8-12-2).
            (C) At least one (1) individual who is a fire department officer.
        (2) Two (2) citizens who are not members of a fire department.

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