[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 24]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR191.04]



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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 A_Environmental Standards for Management and Storage

 

Sec.  191.04  Alternative standards.



    (a) The Administrator may issue alternative standards from those 

standards established in Sec.  191.03(b) for waste management and 

storage activities at facilities that are not regulated by the 

Commission or Agreement States if, upon review of an application for 

such alternative standards:

    (1) The Administrator determines that such alternative standards 

will prevent any member of the public from receiving a continuous 

exposure of more than 100 millirems per year dose equivalent and an 

infrequent exposure of more than 500 millirems dose equivalent in a year 

from all sources, excluding natural background and medical procedures; 

and

    (2) The Administrator promptly makes a matter of public record the 

degree to which continued operation of the facility is expected to 

result in levels in excess of the standards specified in Sec.  

191.03(b).

    (b) An application for alternative standards shall be submitted as 

soon as possible after the Department determines that continued 

operation of a facility will exceed the levels specified in Sec.  

191.03(b) and shall include all information necessary for the 

Administrator to make the determinations called for in Sec.  191.04(a).

    (c) Requests for alternative standards shall be submitted to the 

Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.



[50 FR 38084, Sept. 19, 1985, as amended at 65 FR 47325, Aug. 2, 2000]