Section 115092 Of Article 4. Licensing And Regulation Of Sources Of Ionizing Radiation From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 104. >> Part 9. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 4.
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. (a) The department shall deposit all money received from a
financial surety provided pursuant to Section 115091 in the Financial
Surety Account, which is hereby created in the Radiation Control
Fund.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the
money in the Financial Surety Account is hereby continuously
appropriated to the department for expenditure only for the
decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and disposal of
radioactive materials, and for long-term maintenance and surveillance
for the protection of the public health and safety and the
environment, in accordance with subdivision (e), with regard to the
facility or operations of the licensee who provided the financial
surety.
(c) The department may not expend the money in the Financial
Surety Account for normal operating expenses of the department.
(d) The department shall, by regulation, establish a procedure
whereby a licensee may be refunded the amount of the financial surety
provided by the licensee in excess of any amounts expended by the
department and any amounts that are required to be retained to cover
the costs of long-term maintenance and surveillance pursuant to
subdivision (b), with regard to that licensee's facility or
operations. The regulations shall specify that the refund may be
received only after the department has determined that the licensee
has fully satisfied all of its obligations under its license, and all
other obligations which the regulations require to be satisfied
before the licensee may receive a refund.
(e) If the department finds that a radioactive materials licensee
is unable to, or is unwilling to, conduct any decontamination,
decommissioning, reclamation, disposal, or long-term maintenance and
surveillance that may be necessary, the department shall issue an
order directing any action and corrective measures it finds necessary
to protect the public health and safety and the environment. The
department may undertake, or contract for the undertaking of, any
actions or corrective measures which the licensee fails to
satisfactorily complete, and may expend the amount of the financial
surety provided by the licensee to pay the costs of those actions and
corrective measures.