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89(R) HB 4112 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
H.B. No. 4112
AN ACT
relating to the disposal or storage of high-level radioactive
waste.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 401.0525, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to
read as follows:
(c) With the exception of a permit for a facility located at
the site of [
currently or formerly operating
] nuclear power
reactors and [
currently or formerly operating
] nuclear research and
test reactors operated by a university
, in accordance with
Subsection (d)
, the commission may not under the authority given to
the agency under Section 301, 304, or 401 of the Clean Water Act (33
U.S.C. Sections 1311, 1314, and 1341) issue a general construction
permit or approve a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan under
Section 26.040, Water Code, or issue a permit under the Texas
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program under Section
26.027, 26.028, or 26.121, Water Code, for the construction or
operation of a facility that is licensed for the
disposal or
storage
of high-level radioactive waste by the United States Nuclear
Regulatory Commission under 10 C.F.R. Part 72. Section 401.005
does not apply to this subsection.
(d)
A facility permitted under the exception provided by
Subsection (c) may store high-level radioactive waste only at the
nuclear power reactor or the nuclear research and test reactor
operated by a university, at which the waste originated.
SECTION 2. Section 401.072, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 401.072. DISPOSAL OR STORAGE OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE
WASTE. With the exception of storage at the site of [
currently or
formerly operating
] nuclear power reactors and [
currently or
formerly operating
] nuclear research and test reactors operated by
a university
, at which the waste originated
, a person, including
the compact waste disposal facility license holder, may not dispose
of or store high-level radioactive waste in this state.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4112 was passed by the House on May
10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 4112 on May 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 2,
1 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4112 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor