20 ILCS 3310/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Nuclear Safety Law of 2004. (Source: P.A. 93-1029, eff. 8-25-04.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 20 ILCS 3310 — Nuclear Safety Law of 2004.
Illinois · statute · 20 ILCS 3310 · 22 active provisions
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Cross references
Cross references. The Agency shall exercise, administer, and enforce all rights, powers, and duties vested in Department of Nuclear Safety by the following named Acts or Sections of those Acts: (1) The Radiation Protection Act of 1990. (2) The Radioactive Waste Storage Act. (3) (Blank). (4) The Laser System Act of 1997…
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Definitions
Definitions. In this Act: "IEMA-OHS" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, or its successor agency. "Director" means the Director of IEMA-OHS. "Nuclear facilities" means nuclear power plants, facilities housing nuclear test and research reactors, facilities for the chemical con…
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Nuclear and radioactive materials disposal
Nuclear and radioactive materials disposal. The Agency shall formulate a comprehensive plan regarding disposal of nuclear and radioactive materials in this State. The Agency shall establish minimum standards for disposal sites, shall evaluate and publicize potential effects on the public health and safety, and shall re…
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Radiation sources; radioactive waste disposal
Radiation sources; radioactive waste disposal. The Agency, instead of the Department of Nuclear Safety, shall register, license, inspect, and control radiation sources, shall purchase, lease, accept, or acquire lands, buildings, and grounds where radioactive wastes can be disposed, and shall supervise and regulate the…
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Nuclear waste sites
Nuclear waste sites. (a) The Agency shall conduct a survey and prepare and publish a list of sites in the State where nuclear waste has been deposited, treated, or stored. (b) The Agency shall monitor nuclear waste processing, use, handling, storage, and disposal practices in the State, and shall determine existing and…
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Boiler and pressure vessel safety
Boiler and pressure vessel safety. The Agency shall exercise, administer, and enforce all of the following rights, powers, and duties: (1) Rights, powers, and duties vested in the Department of Nuclear Safety by the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act prior to the abolishment of the Department of Nuclear Safety, to t…
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Powers vested in Environmental Protection Agency
Powers vested in Environmental Protection Agency. (a) The Agency shall exercise, administer, and enforce all rights, powers, and duties vested in the Environmental Protection Agency by paragraphs a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, and r of Section 4 and by Sections 30 through 45 of the Environmental Pro…
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Pollution Control Board regulations concerning nuclear plants
Pollution Control Board regulations concerning nuclear plants. The Agency shall enforce the regulations promulgated by the Pollution Control Board under Section 25b of the Environmental Protection Act. Under these regulations the Agency shall require that a person, corporation, or public authority intending to construc…
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Regulation of nuclear safety
Regulation of nuclear safety. (a) The Agency shall have primary responsibility for the coordination and oversight of all State governmental functions concerning the regulation of nuclear power, including low level waste management, environmental monitoring, environmental radiochemical analysis, and transportation of nu…
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Radiochemistry laboratory program
Radiochemistry laboratory program. The Agency shall implement a comprehensive radiochemistry laboratory program. The Director, in accordance with the Personnel Code, shall employ and direct such personnel, and shall provide for such laboratory and other facilities, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this…
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Appointment of Assistant Director
Appointment of Assistant Director. The Assistant Director shall be an officer appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve for a term of 2 years beginning on the third Monday in January of the odd-numbered year, and until a successor is appointed and has qualified; except that t…
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Personnel transferred
Personnel transferred. Personnel previously assigned to the programs transferred from the Department of Nuclear Safety are hereby transferred to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (now the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security). The rights of the employees, the State, and executive…
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Records and property transferred
Records and property transferred. All books, records, papers, documents, property (real or personal), unexpended appropriations, and pending business in any way pertaining to the rights, powers, and duties transferred by this Act shall be delivered and transferred to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (now the Il…
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Data available to Department of Public Health
Data available to Department of Public Health. All files, records, and data gathered by or under the direction or authority of the Director under the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois shall be made available to the Department of Public Health under the Illinois Health and Hazardous Substances Registry Act. (Source:…
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Nuclear accident plan
Nuclear accident plan. The Agency shall have primary responsibility to formulate a comprehensive emergency preparedness and response plan for any nuclear accident. The Agency shall also train and maintain an emergency response team.(Source: P.A. 103-569, eff. 6-1-24.)
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Nuclear and radioactive materials transportation plan
Nuclear and radioactive materials transportation plan. The Agency shall formulate a comprehensive plan regarding the transportation of nuclear and radioactive materials in Illinois. The Agency shall have primary responsibility for all State governmental regulation of the transportation of nuclear and radioactive materi…
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Saving clause
Saving clause. (a) The rights, powers and duties transferred to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (now the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security) by this Act shall be vested in and shall be exercised by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (now the Illinois Emergency Management…
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Right of entry
Right of entry. (a) As used in this Section, "disaster" and "incident" have the meanings given to those terms in Section 4 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. (b) IEMA-OHS has the right to enter on public and private property in order to take environmental samples in response to a disaster or incident that…
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(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 93-1029, eff. 8-25-04; text omitted.)
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(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 93-1029, eff. 8-25-04; text omitted.)
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Effective date
Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 93-1029, eff. 8-25-04.)