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DEEP seeks staff for NRC 'agreement state' role; lawmakers press on fish‐hatchery cuts and release‑based cleanup rollout
Summary
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection proposed three new positions to take on NRC licensing functions and said the move would produce net revenue; legislators also questioned reductions to fish-hatchery operating funds and asked for details on the new release‑based cleanup system and IT tracking.
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) told a legislative subcommittee it needs three staff positions and $278,315 to assume certain radiation‑materials licensing responsibilities now handled by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission under an ‘‘agreement state’’ delegation.
Why it matters: When the state assumes those NRC responsibilities the department estimates it will collect about $1.7 million annually in license fees that now go to the federal government; DEEP told lawmakers it expects a net revenue gain after hiring staff to run the program.
Jeff Symantec, DEEP’s radiation-division director, said the state currently tracks roughly 20 users of radioactive…
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