PRINTER'S NO. 2117
No. 1707 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, DeLUCA, CIVERA, CALTAGIRONE, TRELLO,
BATTISTO, KASUNIC, VAN HORNE, FOX, MURPHY, GAMBLE, SALOOM,
GRUPPO, STAIRS, WAMBACH, MELIO, McCALL, LaGROTTA, STUBAN,
HUTCHINSON, DUFFY, LEVDANSKY, PICCOLA, SIRIANNI,
J. L. WRIGHT, VEON, GODSHALL, RICHARDSON, WIGGINS, TELEK,
JADLOWIEC, BALDWIN, OLASZ, WASS, HALUSKA, KOSINSKI,
YANDRISEVITS, HAYES, MANDERINO, S. H. SMITH, LASHINGER,
TRUMAN, BUSH, DININNI, SERAFINI, ARTY, CHADWICK, EVANS, COY,
BURD, RIEGER, PRESTON, LAUGHLIN, LESCOVITZ, BRANDT, BOWSER,
ACOSTA, OLIVER, CAPPABIANCA, BELARDI, PETRONE, SEVENTY,
MICOZZIE, B. SMITH, PISTELLA, BLACK, COLAFELLA, DISTLER,
PITTS, REINARD, HAYDEN, DAWIDA, MILLER, NAHILL, BOOK, FARMER,
CLYMER, HONAMAN, COLE, WILSON, SHOWERS, LLOYD, CARN, BORTNER,
DALEY, STEVENS, MAINE, TIGUE, FOSTER, LINTON, HERSHEY,
KENNEY, MARKOSEK, CARLSON, KUKOVICH, MAYERNIK, HUGHES, GEIST,
DONATUCCI, MOEHLMANN, FARGO, DURHAM, MERRY AND LUCYK, JULY 2,
1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, JULY 2, 1987
AN ACT
1 Protecting the health and welfare of the citizens of this
2 Commonwealth by regulating the siting of commercial volume
3 reduction facilities.
4 The General Assembly hereby finds as follows:
5 (1) That there may be an increase in cancer and death
6 rates occurring in populations situated near these
7 facilities, as indicated by certain statistics of the
8 Department of Health.
9 (2) That it is of the utmost importance to safeguard the
10 safety, health and welfare of the citizens of our
11 Commonwealth and that therefore this legislation is necessary
1 for that purpose.
2 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
3 hereby enacts as follows:
4 Section 1. Commercial low-level radioactive waste volume
5 reduction facilities.
6 (a) Disposal site required.--Any commercial low-level
7 radioactive waste volume reduction facility shall be sited
8 immediately adjacent to a low-level radioactive waste disposal
9 facility established pursuant to the provisions of law.
10 (b) Application.--The provisions of this act shall include
11 volume reduction facilities which have been issued requisite
12 State and Federal permits but which have not yet initiated
13 operations.
14 (c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the term
15 "commercial low-level radioactive waste volume reduction
16 facility" means a facility which, for a fee, reduces the volume
17 of low-level radioactive waste by means of incineration. The
18 term does not apply to:
19 (1) Commercial volume reduction facilities which reduce
20 the volume of low-level radioactive waste by means of
21 compaction.
22 (2) Volume reduction facilities which compact,
23 incinerate or otherwise process any low-level radioactive
24 waste generated on the premises of that facility, including,
25 but not limited to, volume reduction facilities situated on
26 the premises of hospitals and research laboratories.
27 Section 2. Effective date.
28 This act shall take effect immediately.
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