California Health and Safety Code 114655 – (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares as …
(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:
(1) Existing law requires the development and maintenance of a nuclear powerplant emergency response program by state and local governments based on federal and state criteria.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 114655
- Department: means the State Department of Public Health. See California Health and Safety Code 114650
- Ingestion pathway phase: means the period beginning after any release of radioactive material from a nuclear powerplant accident when the plume emergency phase has ceased, and reliable environmental measurements are available for making decisions on additional protective actions to protect the food chain. See California Health and Safety Code 114650
- office: means the Office of Emergency Services. See California Health and Safety Code 114650
- Plume emergency phase: means the period beginning at the onset of an emergency at a nuclear powerplant when immediate decisions for public protective actions are needed. See California Health and Safety Code 114650
- Site: means the location of a nuclear powerplant and its surrounding emergency planning zone. See California Health and Safety Code 114650
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(2) The office, in consultation with the department and the counties, has investigated the consequences of a serious nuclear powerplant accident and has established plume emergency phase and ingestion pathway phase planning zones for each site. These zones imply mutually supportive emergency planning and preparedness arrangements by all levels of government.
(3) An integrated emergency planning program is necessary for the benefit of the citizens within the planning zones.
(b) Nothing in this chapter limits the activities of any government in carrying out its general responsibilities pertaining to the public health and the safety aspects of emergency response.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 387. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)