La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-4201

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Section V-4201 - What definitions apply to this Chapter?
A. This Chapter uses the following special definitions.

Agreement State-a state that has entered into an agreement with the NRC under Section 274. b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (AEA), as amended (68 Stat. 919), to assume responsibility for regulating within its borders by-product, source, or special nuclear material in quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass.

Certified Delivery-certified mail with return receipt requested, equivalent courier service, or other means that provides the sender with a receipt confirming delivery.

Eligible Naturally Occurring and/ or Accelerator-Produced Radioactive Material (NARM)-NARM that is eligible for the transportation and disposal conditional exemption. It is a NARM waste that contains RCRA hazardous waste, meets the waste acceptance criteria of, and is allowed by state NARM regulations to be disposed of at a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility (LLRWDF) licensed in accordance with LAC 33:XV.Chapters 3 and 13, NRC, or NRC agreement state equivalent regulations.

Exempted Waste-a waste that meets the eligibility criteria in LAC 33:V.4205 and meets all of the conditions in LAC 33:V.4207 or meets the eligibility criteria in LAC 33:V.4223 and complies with all the conditions in LAC 33:V.4225. Such waste is conditionally exempted from the regulatory definition of hazardous waste described in LAC 33:V.109.

Hazardous Waste-any material that is defined to be hazardous waste in accordance with LAC 33:V.109, definition of hazardous waste.

Land Disposal Restriction (LDR) Treatment Standards-treatment standards, under LAC 33:V.Chapter 22, that a RCRA hazardous waste must meet before it can be disposed of in a RCRA hazardous waste land disposal unit.

License-a license issued by the department, NRC, or a NRC agreement state to users that manage radionuclides regulated by the department, NRC, or NRC agreement states under authority of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (see LAC 33:XV.102).

Low-Level Mixed Waste (LLMW)-a waste that contains both low-level radioactive waste and RCRA hazardous waste.

Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLRW)-a radioactive waste that is not classified as high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, spent nuclear fuel, or by-product material, as defined in Section 11e.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act (see also the definition of waste at LAC 33:XV.102).

Mixed Waste-a waste that contains both RCRA hazardous waste and source, special nuclear, or by-product material subject to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

NRC-the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Naturally Occurring and/ or Accelerator-Produced Radioactive Material (NARM)-radioactive materials that are:

a. naturally occurring and are not source, special nuclear, or by-product materials, as defined by the AEA; or

b. produced by an accelerator. NARM is regulated by the states under state law or by Department of Energy (DOE), as authorized by the AEA under DOE orders.

We or Us-administrative authority, as defined in LAC 33:V.109. Within this Chapter, the administrative authority is the Office of Environmental Services, unless otherwise indicated.

You-a generator, treater, or other handler of low-level mixed waste or eligible NARM.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-4201

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 28:1004 (May 2002), amended LR 28:2181 (October 2002), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 31:2474 (October 2005), LR 33:2125 (October 2007).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.