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inspection. Subject to the approval of the United States Nuclear
Regulatory Commission and of the facility licensee, access to books
and records that are proprietary, security-related or restricted by
federal law may be granted, if the State Nuclear Safety Inspector,
on behalf of the State, an authorized representative of the State
enters into a nondisclosure agreement. For purposes of this
section, proprietary information includes personnel records,
manufacturers' proprietary information, licensee proprietary
information and trade secrets. For purposes of this subsection,
"trade secrets" means any confidential formula, pattern, process,
device, information or compilation of information, including
chemical name, that is used in any employer's business that gives
the employer an opportunity to obtain any advantage over
competitors who do not know or use it.

 
Sec. B-5. 22 MRSA §664, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 739, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
2. Monitoring. Each facility licensee shall permit
monitoring, for the purposes of this chapter, of the premises,
equipment and materials, including source, special nuclear and
by-product materials, in its possession or use, or subject to its
control and any vehicle or means of transportation used to remove
materials or equipment from the site, including, but not limited
to, by rail, water, roadway or air. Monitoring of vehicles or
other means of transportation used to remove materials or
equipment from the site must be undertaken in a manner that is
safe, that employs properly calibrated instruments and that does
not result in unreasonable delays in the removal of materials or
equipment from the site.

 
For the purposes of this subsection, "monitoring" means any one
or combination of the following:

 
A. Observing the conduct of operations, including
maintenance, quality assurance activities, the preparation,
transportation and handling of radioactive waste, emissions
monitoring, radiation protection and the observation of
emergency preparedness tests and drills;

 
B. Taking analytical radiological measurements using
properly calibrated instruments to confirm:

 
(1) The results of quality assurance activities
undertaken by or on behalf of the facility licensee;

 
(2) That the preparation, transportation and handling
of radioactive waste is undertaken in accordance with
applicable standards;


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