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    S. 365                                                    A. 161

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed,  and  when  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Veterans,
  Homeland Security and Military Affairs

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
  to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to disaster preparedness
  plans for nuclear power plants operating within the  state  or  within
  fifty miles of the state's border

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new  section  23-d
to read as follows:
  S  23-D.  NUCLEAR  POWER PLANT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANS. 1. THE NEW
YORK STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  NUCLEAR
POWER  PLANTS  OPERATING  WITHIN THIS STATE OR WITHIN FIFTY MILES OF THE
STATE BORDER, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO COORDINATE A  COMPRE-
HENSIVE  REVIEW  OF  DISASTER  PREPAREDNESS  PLANS FOR SUCH POWER PLANTS
WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION  AND,  UPON
COMPLETION  OF  SUCH  REVIEW,  DEVELOP INDIVIDUAL SITE SPECIFIC DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS PLANS FOR EACH SUCH NUCLEAR POWER  PLANT.  THE  REVIEW  AND
DEVELOPMENT  OF  SUCH DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT
BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:
  (A) THE REASONABLE TIME NECESSARY TO EVACUATE  AN  AREA  WITHIN  FIFTY
MILES  OF  THE  PLANT  GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION RESIDING IN SUCH
AREA;
  (B) THE LOCATION TO WHICH PEOPLE MAY BE EVACUATED IN THE  EVENT  OF  A
DISASTER;
  (C)  THE FEASIBILITY OF EVACUATING AREAS WITHIN FIFTY MILES OF A POWER
PLANT IN THE EVENT OF A SEVERE CORE DAMAGE ACCIDENT;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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  (D) THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL IN SAFELY RETURNING
SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH THEIR PARENTS;
  (E) THE ISOLATION FROM CONSUMPTION OF CONTAMINATED FOOD AND WATER;
  (F)  THE EVACUATION OF PEOPLE FROM HOSPITALS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN
WHICH PATIENTS OR RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS OR REQUIRE SPECIAL ATTEN-
TION; AND
  (G) THE APPROPRIATENESS  AND  USEFULNESS  OF  IMPLEMENTING  ANY  OTHER
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN OR OTHER PLAN IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT DISASTER.
  2.  A  COPY OF THE REVIEW OF SUCH DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANS SHALL BE
SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, AND  THE  SPEAKER
OF  THE ASSEMBLY. WHERE SUCH REVIEW DETERMINES THAT THERE IS NO FEASIBLE
EVACUATION PLAN FOR AREAS WITHIN FIFTY MILES OF SUCH PLANTS, THE  GOVER-
NOR SHALL TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO SEEK CLOSURE OF SUCH PLANTS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.