What's happening
This bill prohibits the storage of radioactive materials within 1,500 feet of school grounds, with exceptions for medical and research facilities.
Why it matters
Protects children and school communities from potential radiation exposure. by setting a clear buffer zone (1,500 feet) between radioactive material storage sites and all types of schools, reflecting concerns about possible health impacts.
Recognizes essential uses of radioactive materials. by making exceptions for hospitals, medical practices, colleges, and research facilities, ensuring that legitimate medical and scientific work is not disrupted.
Defines key terms like “storage,” “radioactive material,” and “school grounds”. to prevent ambiguity and make enforcement more straightforward, reducing the risk of legal loopholes or misunderstandings.
Could impact site selection for waste facilities and industrial operations. near schools, potentially leading to changes in local development, land use planning, and real estate values in affected communities.
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Who cares
Radioactive waste storage operators
The bill would prohibit temporary storage of radioactive material within 1,500 feet of school grounds unless a listed exception applies.
Public, private and parochial schools
Preschool, elementary and secondary school buildings and grounds would be covered by the storage buffer.
Professional practices, hospitals and outpatient healthcare facilities
Legal storage conducted in the ordinary course of business would be exempt from the prohibition.
Postsecondary institutions and medical or scientific research entities
The bill would exempt their legal storage in the ordinary course of business, with the research exception limited to entities primarily conducting medical or scientific research.
Headline styles
No Radioactive Storage Near Schools
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1773
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL, SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the storage of radioactive materials in proximity to school grounds
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 27-0111 to read as follows: § 27-0111. Storage of radioactive materials in proximity to school
grounds.
1. Definitions.
a. "Storage" means the holding of waste for a temporary period, at the end of which the waste is processed, recovered, disposed of, or stored elsewhere.
b. "Radioactive material" shall have the same meaning as it does in section four hundred eighty-one of the general business law.
c. "School grounds" means any building, structure, and surrounding grounds within the legally defined boundaries, as determined by the appropriate county clerk's office, of a public, private or parochial pre-school, elementary school, or secondary school.
2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the storage of radioactive material shall not be permitted within one thousand five hundred feet of any school grounds, except in those cases where the legal storage of radioactive material is conducted in the ordinary course of business by a professional practice, a public or private hospital or outpatient healthcare facility, a public or private postsecondary institution; or an entity with the primary function of conducting medical or scientific research.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04483-01-9
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