2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 2-B - State and Local Natural and Man-Made Disaster Preparedness › 29-C - Radiological Preparedness.

§ 29-c. Radiological preparedness. 1. The commission:
(a)   may  monitor  directly  and  record  the  off-site  presence  of
radioactive material in the  vicinity  of  nuclear  electric  generating
facilities located in the state of New York;
(b)  shall obtain from the licensees, United States nuclear regulatory
commission-required  high  range  radiation,  temperature  and  pressure
levels  in  the  containment  buildings  and in the containment building
vents of nuclear electric generating facilities located in the state  of
New York; and,
(c) shall obtain, subject to the approval of the United States nuclear
regulatory  commission, any reactor data provided by the licensee to the
United  States  nuclear  regulatory  commission,  which   the   disaster
preparedness  commission  determines,  as  a result of the report issued
pursuant to section twenty-nine-d of this  article,  to  be  a  reliable
indicator of a possible radiological accident.
Upon  the  occurrence of a radiological accident, the commission shall
promptly provide appropriate and available radioactivity monitoring data
to any chief executive  who  requests  it.  For  the  purposes  of  this
section,  the  term  "radiological  accident"  shall  be  limited  to  a
radiological  accident  occurring  at  a  nuclear  electric   generating
facility.
2. (a) Any licensee of the United States nuclear regulatory commission
for a nuclear electric generating facility shall be liable for an annual
fee  to  support  state  and  local  governmental responsibilities under
accepted  radiological  emergency  preparedness  plans  related  to  the
facility operated by such licensee.
(b)  The  amount  of  such fee shall be one million dollars. Such fee,
which shall be payable to the commission on or  before  December  first,
shall be expended or distributed only by appropriation.
3.  Such  fees  shall  be  expended  by the commission for purposes of
supporting state and local government  responsibilities  under  accepted
radiological emergency preparedness plans, including:
(a)  purchase,  installation,  maintenance  and operation of equipment
used by the commission and local governments to monitor and  record  the
potential  and  actual  presence  of  radioactive  materials  within the
appropriate planning radius from a nuclear electric generating facility;
(b) purchase, storage and distribution by the commission of equipment,
drugs or other material for the purpose of protecting public health  and
safety;
(c) personal service, administrative costs and contractual services;
(d)  emergency services personnel training and the plans, development,
implementation, testing and revisions; and,
(e) the state or local share when applying for matching funds.
3-a. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision three  of  this
section,  the  New York state emergency management office (SEMO) and the
coalition of nuclear counties, which constitutes the counties of Monroe,
Wayne, Oswego, Orange, Putnam,  Rockland  and  Westchester,  shall  each
receive  an  equal  one-half  portion  of  the  total amount of proceeds
resulting from the total assessments and contributions made pursuant  to
this section.
(b)  The  one-half  portion  of  the proceeds resulting from the total
assessments and contributions made pursuant to this section received  by
the  coalition  of nuclear counties shall be distributed pursuant to the
following formula:
Monroe county 12.3%
Orange county 10%
Oswego county 12.5%
Putnam county 9.8%
Rockland county 18%
Wayne county 12.4%
Westchester county 25%