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SENATE BILL NO. 3799
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State of Washington 49th Legislature 1985 Regular Session
By Senators Stratton and Williams
Read first time 2/6/85 and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.
AN ACT Relating to nuclear energy and materials; amending RCW 70.98.050; and adding a new section to chapter 70.98 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 5, chapter 207, Laws of 1961 as last amended by section 10, chapter 189, Laws of 1971 ex. sess. and RCW 70.98.050 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The department of social and health services is designated as the state radiation control agency, hereinafter referred to as the agency, and shall be the state agency having sole responsibility for administration of the regulatory, licensing and radiation control provisions of this chapter.
(2) The secretary of social and health services shall be director of the agency, hereinafter referred to as the secretary, who shall perform the functions vested in the agency pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(3) The agency shall appoint a state radiological control officer, and in accordance with the laws of the state, fix his compensation and prescribe his powers and duties.
(4) The agency shall for the protection of the occupational and public health and safety:
(a) Develop programs for evaluation of hazards associated with use of ionizing radiation;
(b) Develop a state-wide radiological baseline beginning with the establishment of a baseline for the Hanford reservation;
(c) Implement an independent state-wide program to monitor ionizing radiation emissions from radiation sources within the state;
(d) Develop programs with due regard for compatibility with federal programs for regulation of byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials;
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(e) Formulate, adopt, promulgate, and repeal codes, rules and
regulations relating to control of sources of ionizing radiation;
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(f) Advise, consult, and cooperate with other agencies of the state,
the federal government, other states and interstate agencies, political
subdivisions, and with groups concerned with control of sources of ionizing
radiation;
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(g) Have the authority to accept and administer loans, grants, or other
funds or gifts, conditional or otherwise, in furtherance of its functions, from
the federal government and from other sources, public or private;
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(h) Encourage, participate in, or conduct studies, investigations,
training, research, and demonstrations relating to control of sources of
ionizing radiation, including:
(i) Collection of statistical data on the number of cancer-related illnesses and deaths state-wide; and
(ii) Conducting epidemiological research on diseases that result from exposure to sources of ionizing radiation;
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(i) Collect and disseminate information relating to control of sources
of ionizing radiation; including:
(i) Maintenance of a file of all license applications, issuances, denials, amendments, transfers, renewals, modifications, suspensions, and revocations;
(ii) Maintenance of a file of registrants possessing sources of ionizing radiation requiring registration under the provisions of this chapter and any administrative or judicial action pertaining thereto; and
(iii)
Maintenance of a file of all rules and regulations relating to regulation of
sources of ionizing radiation, pending or promulgated, and proceedings
thereon((.));
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(j) In connection with any contested case as defined by RCW 34.04.010 or
any other administrative proceedings as provided for in this chapter, have the
power to issue subpoenas in order to compel the attendance of necessary
witnesses and/or the production of records or documents.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 70.98 RCW to read as follows:
The agency shall seek federal funding for those activities related to the high-level radioactive waste program at the Hanford reservation.