(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall coordinate all atomic development activities in the state. Said commissioner or his designee shall (1) advise the Governor with respect to atomic industrial development within the state; (2) act as coordinator of the development and regulatory activities of the state relating to the industrial and commercial uses of atomic energy; (3) act as deputy of the Governor in matters relating to atomic energy, including participation in the activities of any committee formed by the New England states to represent their interests in such matters and also cooperation with other states and with the government of the United States; (4) coordinate the studies, recommendations and proposals of the several departments and agencies of the state required by section 16a-103 with each other and also with the programs and activities of the development commission. So far as practicable, he shall coordinate the studies conducted, and the recommendations and proposals made, in this state with like activities in the New England and other states and with the policies and regulations of the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In carrying out his duties, he shall proceed in close cooperation with the development commission.

(b) The several agencies of the state which are directed by section 16a-103 to initiate and pursue continuing studies are directed to keep the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection fully and currently informed as to their activities relating to atomic energy. No regulation or amendment to a regulation applying specifically to an atomic energy matter which any such agency may propose to issue shall become effective until thirty days after it has been submitted to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, unless, upon a finding of emergency need, the Governor by order waives all or any part of this thirty-day period.

(c) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or his designee shall keep the Governor and the several interested agencies informed as to private and public activities affecting atomic industrial development and shall enlist their cooperation in taking action to further such development as is consistent with the health, safety and general welfare of this state.

(d) Within amounts appropriated for the purposes of this section, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may retain on a contractual or other basis such assistance as is required to carry out the purposes of this section.

(June, 1955, S. 1938d; 1967, P.A. 134, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 181, S. 1; P.A. 75-537, S. 51, 55; P.A. 77-614, S. 53, 610; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: 1967 act added Subsec. (f); 1969 act replaced coordinator of atomic development activities with state planning council and commissioner of finance and control, made former Subsec. (b) a Subdiv. of Subsec. (a), deleted Subsec. (e) re per diem and expense reimbursement for abolished coordinator and relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly; P.A. 75-537 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of planning and energy policy and United States Atomic Energy Commission with energy research and development administration and nuclear regulatory commission; P.A. 77-614 replaced state planning council and commissioner of planning and energy policy with secretary of the office of policy and management; Sec. 19-409 transferred to Sec. 16a-102 in 1983; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” and “secretary” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “commissioner”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.