[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: 40CFR192.01]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 192_HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR URANIUM AND 

THORIUM MILL TAILINGS--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart A_Standards for the Control of Residual Radioactive Materials 

                 from Inactive Uranium Processing Sites

 

Sec.  192.01  Definitions.



    (a) Residual radioactive material means:

    (1) Waste (which the Secretary determines to be radioactive) in the 

form of tailings resulting from the processing of ores for the 

extraction of uranium and other valuable constituents of the ores; and

    (2) Other wastes (which the Secretary determines to be radioactive) 

at a processing site which relate to such processing, including any 

residual stock of unprocessed ores or low-grade materials.

    (b) Remedial action means any action performed under section 108 of 

the Act.

    (c) Control means any remedial action intended to stabilize, inhibit 

future misuse of, or reduce emissions or effluents from residual 

radioactive materials.

    (d) Disposal site means the region within the smallest perimeter of 

residual radioactive material (excluding cover materials) following 

completion of control activities.

    (e) Depository site means a site (other than a processing site) 

selected under Section 104(b) or 105(b) of the Act.

    (f) Curie (Ci) means the amount of radioactive material that 

produces 37 billion nuclear transformation per second. One picocurie 

(pCi) = 10 -12 Ci.

    (g) Act means the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 

1978, as amended.

    (h) Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency.

    (i) Secretary means the Secretary of Energy.

    (j) Commission means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    (k) Indian tribe means any tribe, band, clan, group, pueblo, or 

community of Indians recognized as eligible for services provided by the 

Secretary of the Interior to Indians.

    (l) Processing site means:

    (1) Any site, including the mill, designated by the Secretary under 

Section 102(a)(1) of the Act; and

    (2) Any other real property or improvement thereon which is in the 

vicinity of such site, and is determined by the Secretary, in 

consultation with the Commission, to be contaminated with residual 

radioactive materials derived from such site.

    (m) Tailings means the remaining portion of a metal-bearing ore 

after some or all of such metal, such as uranium, has been extracted.

    (n) Disposal period means the period of time beginning March 7, 1983 

and ending with the completion of all subpart A requirements specified 

under a plan for remedial action except those specified in Sec.  192.03 

and Sec.  192.04.

    (o) Plan for remedial action means a written plan (or plans) for 

disposal and cleanup of residual radioactive materials associated with a 

processing site that incorporates the results of site characterization 

studies, environmental assessments or impact statements, and engineering 

assessments so as to satisfy the requirements of subparts A and B of 

this part. The plan(s) shall be developed in accordance with the 

provisions of Section 108(a) of the Act with the concurrence of the 

Commission and in consultation, as appropriate, with the Indian Tribe 

and the Secretary of Interior.

    (p) Post-disposal period means the period of time beginning 

immediately after the disposal period and ending at



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termination of the monitoring period established under Sec.  192.03.

    (q) Groundwater means water below the ground surface in a zone of 

saturation.

    (r) Underground source of drinking water means an aquifer or its 

portion:

    (1)(i) Which supplies any public water system as defined in Sec.  

141.2 of this chapter; or

    (ii) Which contains a sufficient quantity of groundwater to supply a 

public water system; and

    (A) Currently supplies drinking water for human consumption; or

    (B) Contains fewer than 10,000 mg/l total dissolved solids; and

    (2) Which is not an exempted aquifer as defined in Sec.  144.7 of 

this chapter.



[48 FR 602, Jan. 5, 1983, as amended at 60 FR 2865, Jan. 11, 1995]