The Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory shall provide laboratory services for environmental testing and analysis as necessary to implement the radiation protection services of the department conducted pursuant to section 680, subsection 2, paragraph D. Each facility, as defined in section 662, shall pay a fee to the Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory to the special revenue account established in section 568 to carry out the purposes of this section. The fee is $90,000 annually except that for fiscal year 1997-98 the fee is $122,000.

Sec. B-2. 22 MRSA §661, as amended by PL 1999, c. 174, §2, is further amended to read:

§661. Public policy

In the interests of the public health and welfare of the people of this State, it is the declared public policy of this State that a facility licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and situated in the State must be accomplished in a manner consistent with protection of the public health and safety and in compliance with the environmental protection policies of this State. It is the purpose of this chapter, in conjunction with sections 671 to 690; Title 25, sections 51 and 52; and Title 35-A, sections 4331 to 4393, to exercise the jurisdiction of the State to the maximum extent permitted by the United States Constitution and federal law and to establish in cooperation with the Federal Government a State Nuclear Safety Inspector Program for the on-site monitoring, regulatory review and oversight of a facility within the State that holds a license issued by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Nothing in this chapter may be construed as an attempt by the State to regulate radiological health and safety reserved to the Federal Government by reason of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Sec. B-3. 22 MRSA §663, as amended by PL 1997, c. 686, §4 and PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is repealed.

Sec. B-4. 22 MRSA §664, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 57, Pt. B, §1, is further amended to read:

1. Records. Each facility licensee shall permit the inspection and copying, for the purposes of this chapter, of its books and records, maintained in any form, except that books and records that are privileged as a matter of law, proprietary, security-related or restricted by federal law, are not open to