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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 401.113

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS

Known as the Texas Radiation Control Act

The act spans §§ 401–401 (189 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Waste Control Specialists, LLC v. Sierra Club (2014)

Most recently applied in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Waste Control Specialists, LLC v. Sierra Club (December 2014)

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff

(a) Before a hearing under Section 401.114 begins, the commission shall prepare or have prepared a written analysis of the effect on the environment of a proposed licensed activity that the commission determines has a significant effect on the human environment.

(b) The commission shall make the analysis available to the public not later than the 31st day before the date of a hearing under Section 401.114.

(c) The analysis must include:

(1) an assessment of radiological and nonradiological effects of the activity on the public health;

(2) an assessment of any effect on a waterway or groundwater resulting from the activity;

(3) consideration of alternatives to the activities to be conducted under the license; and

(4) consideration of the long-term effects associated with activities, including decommissioning, decontamination, and reclamation impacts, including the management of low-level radioactive waste, to be conducted under the license.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.