§ 8-9-805 — Reporting - Hearings

(a) Upon completion of the analysis of the technical and economic feasibility and commercial viability requirements in § 8-9-804 , the Division of Environmental Quality shall present a report on the results of the analysis to the Legislative Council. (b) The Legislative Council shall hold hearings on the technical and economic feasibility and commercial viability of the interim storage and recycling of spent nuclear fuel and include the following committees, the: (1) House Committee on Insurance and Commerce; (2) Senate Committee on Insurance and Commerce; (3) House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; (4) Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and (5) Joint Energy Committee. (c) The Legislative Council shall develop a recommendation based upon the hearings and present the recommendation to the Governor regarding the technical and economic feasibility and commercial viability of the interim storage and recycling of spent nuclear fuel at locations in Arkansas. (d) Upon a finding by the Legislative Council and approval by the Governor that it is technically and economically feasible, commercially viable, and appropriate to declare the state open to the interim storage and recycling of spent nuclear fuel for the purpose of securing federal funds for the interim storage and recycling of spent nuclear fuel, public outreach and education under § 8-9-806 may begin.

Legislative History

Added by Act 2023, No. 259,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.