[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: 40CFR197.21]

[Page 63]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 197--PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS 
FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart B--Public Health and Environmental Standards for Disposal
 
Sec. 197.21  Who is the reasonably maximally exposed individual?

    The reasonably maximally exposed individual is a hypothetical person 
who meets the following criteria:
    (a) Lives in the accessible environment above the highest 
concentration of radionuclides in the plume of contamination;
    (b) Has a diet and living style representative of the people who now 
reside in the Town of Amargosa Valley, Nevada. The DOE must use 
projections based upon surveys of the people residing in the Town of 
Amargosa Valley, Nevada, to determine their current diets and living 
styles and use the mean values of these factors in the assessments 
conducted for Secs. 197.20 and 197.25; and
    (c) Drinks 2 liters of water per day from wells drilled into the 
ground water at the location specified in paragraph (a) of this section.

                        Human-Intrusion Standard