4163.07 Notice to executive director of the emergency management agency prior to shipment of nuclear materials into or through the state.

(A)(1) Prior to transporting any large quantity of special nuclear material or by-product material into or through the state, the carrier or shipper of the material shall notify the executive director of the emergency management agency established under section 5502.22 of the Revised Code of the shipment. The notice shall be in writing and be sent by certified mail and shall include the name of the shipper; the name of the carrier; the type and quantity of the special nuclear material or by-product material; the transportation mode of the shipment; the proposed date and time of shipment of the material into or through the state; and the starting point, termination or exit point, scheduled route, and each alternate route, if any, of the shipment. In order to constitute effective notification under division (A)(1) of this section, notification shall be received by the executive director at least forty-eight hours prior to entry of the shipment into the state.

(2) The carrier or shipper of any shipment subject to division (A)(1) of this section shall immediately notify the executive director of any change in the date and time of the shipment or in the route of the shipment into or through the state.

(B) Upon receipt of a notice of any shipment of a large quantity of special nuclear material or by-product material into or through the state, the executive director of the emergency management agency shall immediately notify the director of public safety, the director of environmental protection, the chairperson of the public utilities commission, and the sheriff of each county along the proposed route, or any alternate route, of the shipment.

(C) The executive director of the emergency management agency shall not disclose to any person other than those persons enumerated in division (B) of this section any information pertaining to any shipment of special nuclear material or by-product material prior to the time that the shipment is completed.

(D) This section does not apply to radioactive materials, other than by-products, shipped by or for the United States department of defense and United States department of energy. Nothing in this section requires the disclosure of any defense information or restricted data as defined in the “Atomic Energy Act of 1954,” 68 Stat. 919, 42 U.S.C.A. 2011, as amended.

(E) No person shall transport or cause to be transported into or through the state any large quantity of special or by-product material without first providing the notice required in division (A) of this section.

Effective Date: 09-29-1999