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On the recordMay 5, 2022
Does creating or authorizing emergency planning exemptions while nuclear waste is still cooling in the pool create an unfunded mandate for communities?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey questions the implications of emergency planning exemptions for communities near nuclear plants.

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