San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station: emergency planning funding.

The Radiation Protection Act of 1999 requires local governments to develop and maintain radiological emergency preparedness and response plans to safeguard the public in the emergency planning zone around a nuclear powerplant. The California Emergency Services Act requires local costs to carry out activities under the Radiation Protection Act of 1999 that are not reimbursed by federal funds to be borne by an electrical corporation operating a nuclear powerplant with a generating capacity of 50 or more megawatts. The California Emergency Services Act requires each local government to submit to the Office of Emergency Services a statement of its costs in carrying out those activities. Existing law requires an electrical corporation, upon notification by the office of the amount of its share of the actual or anticipated local agency costs, to pay that amount to the Controller for deposit in the Nuclear Planning Assessment Special Account. The California Emergency Services Act requires the Controller, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to reimburse local governments for those costs. Existing law, until July 1, 2019, set the maximum annual amount available for disbursement for local costs for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station site, as specified. This bill would, until the date on which all nuclear waste and radiological fuel have been removed from the San Onofre Site and transported out of the Counties of San Diego and Orange, require the office and the controller to ensure that local governments receive continued funding for costs incurred by them in carrying out activities for the safety and welfare of the communities surrounding the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, as specified. The bill would require, by January 1, 2021, and every 3 years thereafter, an audit conducted by an independent entity on those activities. Existing law requires local jurisdictions within an emergency planning zone to coordinate nuclear power plant emergency response plans and procedures with local governments and to participate in training, drills, and exercises as needed. This bill would require local jurisdictions to plan for and respond to emergency situations at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station; maintain radiological response monitoring teams, alert and warning capabilities, and emergency response plans and procedures; and conduct training, drills, and exercises. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station.