Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 391-3-9-.03 - Definitions

All terms used in these rules or regulations shall be interpreted in accordance with the definitions set forth in the "Georgia Radiation Control Act" as amended, or as herein defined:

(a) "Director" means the Director of the Division of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Georgia.

(b) "Division" means the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Georgia.

(c) "Facility" or "Site" means a radioactive waste material burial, storage, or concentration facility.

(d) "Site of Facility Boundary" means the boundary of that area surrounding a burial, storage, or concentration facility in which the permittee must have the authority to control all activities including exclusion or removal of personnel or property.

(e) "Financial Protection" means the ability to respond in money damages for public liability for damage to property or person, and to meet the cost of investigating and defending claims and settling suits for such damages.

(f) "Georgia Radiation Control Act" or "Act" whenever referred to in these Rule and Regulations means Ga. Laws 1964, p. 499, p. 566, as amended, particularly as amended by Ga. Laws 1976, pp. 1567, 1570, all as amended.

(g) "Person" means the State or any agency or institution thereof, any municipality, political subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, association, or any other entity, including any agency, department, or subagency or entity of the Federal Government, and includes any officer or governing or managing body of any municipality, political subdivision, or public or private corporation.

(h) "Burial Facility" means a structure, facility, or site where radioactive waste materials are permanently disposed of by implacement below the surface of the ground in a manner which indicates that removal or retrieval is not contemplated.

(i) "Concentration Facility" means a structure, facility, or site where radioactive waste materials are consolidated in such a manner that the volume, radioactivity per unit volume (or weight), physical form, or chemical content may be or is intended to be altered. Generally excluded are systems, components or operation at NRC or state licensed facilities which result in concentration of processed material where such concentration is a routine part of a licensed activity or licensed operation and not a disposal operation. Specifically excluded are systems at nuclear power generating stations and research reactors such as radwaste, spent fuel pool cleanup, reactor water cleanup, steam generator blowdown treatment, or similar auxiliary systems.

(j) "Storage Facility" means a structure, facility, or site where radioactive waste materials are held or disposed of in a manner which indicates that removal or retrieval is contemplated and does not include burial facilities. Generally excluded are licensed or nonwaste materials which are temporarily stored while awaiting further processing or operations where such storage is not a waste disposal activity. Specifically excluded are:

(i) any radioactive wastes generated in the State of Georgia which are stored for a period of not more than one year at an NRC or state licensed facility where such stored wastes are awaiting transfer to an authorized or licensed disposal facility, and (ii) any operating nuclear power electric generating station and operating nuclear test and research reactor spent fuel and new fuel storage facilities, where such fuel at said has been or is awaiting utilization in the State of Georgia.

(k) "Radioactive Waste Material" means any solid, liquid, or gas that emits ionizing radiation spontaneously (and includes not only by-product, source and special nuclear materials, but all other naturally-occurring or artificially produced radioactive material in whatever physical or chemical state or form) which is, by the nature of its form, content, or radiation characteristics, either not subject to constructive utilization, or which has no immediate or foreseeable use. Excluded from this definition are naturally-occurring radioactive waste material which are also hazardous wastes and which are regulated under authority of the Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Act.

(l) "Low-Level Radioactive Waste Material" means radioactive waste which does not exceed the limits specified in Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 20, Subpart 304 (a), as revised January 1, 1976.

(m) "Other Than Low-Level Radioactive Waste Material" means any radioactive waste in excess of the limits specified in Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 20, Subpart 304(a), as revised January 1, 1976.

Notes

Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 391-3-9-.03

Ga. L. 1964, p. 566, as amended by particularly as amended by Ga. L. 1976, p. et seq., at p. 1570, as amended. O.C.G.A. Secs. 31-31-2 thru 31-31-15, as amended.

Original Rule entitled "Definitions" was filed on June 14, 1979; effective July 4, 1979. Amended: Filed July 6, 1984; effective July 24, 1984.