NJ·Resolution·2022-2023 Regular Session
ACR 126
Urges President of United States and United States Congress to annually financially compensate every local unit of government in United States where there is located decommissioned nuclear power plant in which spent nuclear fuel is stored.
Introduced 2022-03-07Last action 2022-03-07
Sponsor
Gove, DiAnne C.
Cosponsors
None⚫
Died in Assembly committee
The 2022-2023 Regular Session ended on 2023-12-31. This bill was introduced when the session adjourned and did not advance to enactment.
Legislative Progress
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Introduced
2
In Committee
3
Passed Chamber
4
Enacted / Signed
Summary
This New Jersey concurrent resolution urges the President and U.S. Congress to enact legislation that would provide annual financial compensation to local governments hosting decommissioned nuclear power plants where spent nuclear fuel remains stored on-site. The resolution specifically calls for payments of $15 per kilogram of spent fuel, modeled after the unsuccessful 2017 "Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act," to compensate municipalities like Lacey Township, New Jersey (home to the shuttered Oyster Creek plant) for lost property tax revenue from these facilities that cannot be redeveloped while storing nuclear waste. The measure addresses the federal government's failure to establish a permanent nuclear waste repository as promised in 1982, which has left local communities as de facto permanent storage sites without compensation.
Note
Historical import. Session: 220
Full Bill Text
https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/ACR/126_I1.PDF