Kentucky House Bill 90 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-03 - to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
Pending: House Natural Resources & Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

Amend KRS 278.600 to define "plan for storage of high-level nuclear waste," "storage," and "low-level nuclear waste"; amend KRS 278.610 to allow certification if the facility and its plans for waste storage are approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; eliminate requirement that facility have a plan for disposal of high-level nuclear waste; eliminate requirement that cost of waste disposal be known; eliminate requirement that facility have adequate capacity to contain waste; give the Public Service Commission authority to hire consultant to perform duties relating to nuclear facility certification; prohibit construction of low-level nuclear waste disposal sites in Kentucky. except as provided in KRS 211.852; repeal KRS 278.605, relating to construction of nuclear power facilities; direct the Energy and Environment Cabinet to review regulations required for permitting nuclear facilities and report to LRC.

AN ACT relating to nuclear power.

Rep. Gerald Watkins [D]

Rep. Jody Richards [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-03	House	to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
2017-01-03	House	introduced in House
2016-12-08	House	Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB90.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB90/bill.pdf