HB1676: requiring monitoring of certain radioactive air pollutants.

HB 1676-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2020 SESSION

20-2064

08/01

HOUSE BILL 1676-FN

AN ACT requiring monitoring of certain radioactive air pollutants.

SPONSORS: Rep. Somssich, Rock. 27; Rep. Meuse, Rock. 29

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the department of health and human services to monitor the air for certain radioactive air pollutants.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2064

08/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT requiring monitoring of certain radioactive air pollutants.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Airborne Radioactive Material; Monitoring. Amend RSA 125-C by inserting after section 21 the following new section:

125-C:22 Monitoring Airborne Radioactive Material.

I. The department shall develop a network of stations in order to monitor in real-time the movement, dispersal, and re-concentration of any radioactive gaseous, liquid, or solid airborne material. The department shall use the information from such stations to determine the extent and seriousness of radiation doses received by humans and animal life. Such information may be shared with other state agencies or agencies of other states, or with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any other federal agency, or with any other persons or institutions the commissioner deems appropriate.

II. The department shall publish and make available to the general public on a semi-annual basis, a summary and discussion of the information collected under paragraph I for the previous 6 months.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBAO

20-2064

12/20/19

HB 1676-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT requiring monitoring of certain radioactive air pollutants.

FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Expenditures

$0

$151,000+

$99,000+

$101,000+

Funding Source:

[ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to monitor the air for certain radioactive pollutants by developing a network of stations to monitor radioactive airborne material in real time. In addition, the bill requires collected information to be made publicly available in summary form on a biannual basis. The Department assumes the network will consist of six work stations, and will require one additional full-time employee to fulfill the requirements of the bill. The projected costs are as follows:

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

Laboratory Scientist III (LG 20, Step 5)

Salary

$48,700

$48,700

$48,700

Benefits

$28,800

$29,800

$30,900

Other

$15,100

$13,600

$13,600

Position Total:

$92,500

$92,100

$93,200

Non-Position Related Expenses

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

Stations (6)

$23,700

$0

$0

Licenses

$16,000

$0

$0

Software Integration

$11,300

$0

$0

Maintenance

$7,800

$7,800

$7,800

Non-Position Total:

$58,800

$7,800

$7,800

Total of Known Costs:

$151,400

$99,900

$101,000

In addition to the known costs identified above, the Department states that it was unable to receive a quote from the current vendor for the additional equipment needed to meet all of the monitoring requirements specified in the bill. Any additional equipment and software packages needed to perform such monitoring would be in addition to the costs specified here.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Health and Human Services