HB 122

This bill strengthens New Mexico's control over radioactive waste storage and disposal facilities within the state by requiring explicit state consent before any such facilities can be created or operated. It prohibits the storage or disposal of various types of radioactive waste (including transuranic contaminated waste, low-level waste, spent fuel, and high-level waste) in disposal facilities until the state has formally consented to their creation, with additional requirements that spent fuel and high-level waste facilities can only proceed if a permanent federal repository is also in operation. The bill also updates the composition and duties of the state's Radioactive Waste Consultation Task Force, adding new agency representatives and expanding its oversight role to include private disposal facilities in addition to federal ones, while requiring at least annual meetings with the legislative committee.