SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 3870

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  MARCH 19, 2026

      The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 3870.

      As reported, this bill would modify the permit review process under the Coastal Area Facility Review Act to require the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection to determine whether a nuclear energy generation facility’s method for the storage or disposal of radioactive waste material that is produced or generated by the facility is safe, conforms to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission standards, and removes danger to life and the environment from such waste material.  Under current law, the commissioner is only required to make this determined related to the disposal of radioactive waste material that is produced or generated by the facility.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      This bill is not certified as requiring a fiscal note.