[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: 40CFR191.11]



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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]