[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR191.11]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 191--ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR MANAGEMENT 
AND DISPOSAL OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, HIGH-LEVEL AND TRANSURANIC RADIOACTIVE 
WASTES--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B--Environmental Standards for Disposal
 
Sec. 191.11  Applicability.


    (a) This subpart applies to:
    (1) Radioactive materials released into the accessible environment 
as a result of the disposal of spent nuclear fuel or high-level or 
transuranic radioactive wastes;
    (2) Radiation doses received by members of the public as a result of 
such disposal; and
    (3) Radioactive contamination of certain sources of ground water in 
the vicinity of disposal systems for such fuel or wastes.

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    (b) This subpart does not apply to:
    (1) Disposal directly into the oceans or ocean sediments;
    (2) Wastes disposed of before November 18, 1985; and
    (3) The characterization, licensing, construction, operation, or 
closure of any site required to be characterized under section 113(a) of 
Public Law 97-425, 96 Stat. 2201.

[50 FR 38084, Sept. 19, 1985, as amended at 58 FR 66414, Dec. 20, 1993]