3.0.0 2224 2023-01-11T20:20:22Z 2023-01-11T20:20:22Z Senate S S 2007-10-24 110 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-10-24T19:53:06Z 2007-10-24 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2007-10-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-10-24 True Energy Administrative procedure Environmental Protection Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fissionable materials Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Independent regulatory commissions Law Licenses Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear power plants Potable water Radiation Radioactive pollution Water Resources Development Energy 00 2007-10-24 Introduced in Senate 2008-02-28T22:13:43Z Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2007 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to promulgate regulations that require civilian nuclear power facility licensees to notify the NRC and affected state and county governments within 24 hours of any release of fission products or other radioactive substances: (1) which exceeds allowable limits for normal operation; or (2) enters into the environment and may cause drinking water sources to exceed a maximum contaminant level established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Requires the NRC, in developing such regulations, also to consider requiring notice to state and county governments if an unplanned release reaches the environment by a path otherwise not allowed or recognized by the facility's operating license, even though the release falls within allowable limits.

]]> Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require a licensee to notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the State and county in which a facility is located, whenever there is an unplanned release of radioactive substances. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2224is/xml/BILLS-110s2224is.xml 2007-10-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.