New Hampshire Revised Statutes 162-F:15 – Committee Established
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I. A nuclear decommissioning financing committee shall be established for each facility. The committee shall have jurisdiction to determine the projected cost of decommissioning the facility and the schedule of payments for each owner. The committee shall have jurisdiction to determine what decommissioning is required. The radiological standards of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall apply for purposes of releasing the site for unrestricted use.
II. Each committee shall consist of one person who is a resident of the town or city in which the facility is located and who shall be appointed by the selectmen of the town or the mayor and council of the city, the chairman of the public utilities commission, the commissioner of the department of energy, one senator, to be appointed by the senate president, one house member, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, the state treasurer or designee, the commissioner of the department of health and human services or designee, and the commissioner of the department of safety or designee.
III. The person appointed by the selectmen of the town or the mayor and council of the city shall serve a 3-year term and any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. In the event that more than one facility is licensed to be built in the state, the committee as designated in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 162-F:15, II shall serve in the same capacity, except that the appointed member who is a resident of the city or town shall be selected in the manner prescribed by this section.
II. Each committee shall consist of one person who is a resident of the town or city in which the facility is located and who shall be appointed by the selectmen of the town or the mayor and council of the city, the chairman of the public utilities commission, the commissioner of the department of energy, one senator, to be appointed by the senate president, one house member, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, the state treasurer or designee, the commissioner of the department of health and human services or designee, and the commissioner of the department of safety or designee.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 162-F:15
- Committee: means a nuclear decommissioning financing committee established pursuant to N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 162-F:14
- Decommissioning: means , but is not limited to, any or all of the following, as may be required by any federal or state agency with jurisdiction, when any radioactive portion of the facility is permanently removed from service:
(a) Safe removal of the land, facility, or site from service, including, but not limited to, decontamination, stabilization, removal, relocation, shipment, containment, demolition, dismantling, or storage, or a combination thereof, of any buildings, structures, systems, components, materials, or debris containing activation products or radioactive contamination. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 162-F:14 - Facility: means any nuclear electric generating facility subject to decommissioning pursuant to this chapter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 162-F:14
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- Projected cost of decommissioning: means the amount, as determined by the committee, that is required to fully fund the cost of decommissioning a facility. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 162-F:14
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
- vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term: when used in connection with appointments to the state service by the governor and council shall be construed to mean that the successor shall be commissioned for a term equal in length to the unexpired balance of the term of his predecessor and where an appointee has held over beyond the expiration date of his commission, so far as the appointment of a successor is concerned, a vacancy shall be deemed to have been created. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:34
III. The person appointed by the selectmen of the town or the mayor and council of the city shall serve a 3-year term and any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. In the event that more than one facility is licensed to be built in the state, the committee as designated in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 162-F:15, II shall serve in the same capacity, except that the appointed member who is a resident of the city or town shall be selected in the manner prescribed by this section.