HB 1109

The Nuclear Evacuation Route Determination Act requires North Carolina counties that have communities within 5 miles of a fixed nuclear facility or contain a Plume Exposure Pathway Emergency Planning Zone to develop and maintain evacuation routes and plans for these areas, with updates required every three years. The bill mandates that these plans include evacuation routes for all public and private roads within the designated zones and requires cooperation between counties, municipalities, and the Division of Emergency Management. To support implementation, the legislation appropriates $100,000 from the General Fund to the Division of Emergency Management for the 2022-2023 fiscal year to provide grants to counties for developing these evacuation plans, with the evacuation planning requirement becoming effective October 1, 2022.