[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 26]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 40CFR266.210]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 266_STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS WASTES AND 

SPECIFIC TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart N_Conditional Exemption for Low-Level Mixed Waste Storage and 

                                Disposal

 

Sec.  266.210  What definitions apply to this subpart?



    Source: 66 FR 27262, May 16, 2001, unless otherwise noted.



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                                  Terms





    This subpart uses the following special definitions:

    Agreement State means a state that has entered into an agreement 

with the NRC under subsection 274b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended (68 Stat. 919), to assume responsibility for regulating within 

its borders byproduct, source, or special nuclear material in quantities 

not sufficient to form a critical mass.

    Certified delivery means certified mail with return receipt 

requested, or equivalent courier service, or other means, that provides 

the sender with a receipt confirming delivery.

    Director refers to the definition in 40 CFR 270.2.

    Eligible Naturally Occurring and/or Accelerator-produced Radioactive 

Material (NARM) is NARM that is eligible for the Transportation and 

Disposal Conditional Exemption. It is a NARM waste that contains RCRA 

hazardous waste, meets the waste acceptance criteria of, and is allowed 

by State NARM regulations to be disposed of at a low-level radioactive 

waste disposal facility (LLRWDF) licensed in accordance with 10 CFR part 

61 or NRC Agreement State equivalent regulations.

    Exempted waste means a waste that meets the eligibility criteria in 

266.225 and meets all of the conditions in Sec.  266.230, or meets the 

eligibility criteria in 40 CFR 266.310 and complies with all the 

conditions in Sec.  266.315. Such waste is conditionally exempted from 

the regulatory definition of hazardous waste described in 40 CFR 261.3.

    Hazardous Waste means any material which is defined to be hazardous 

waste in accordance with 40 CFR 261.3, ``Definition of Hazardous 

Waste.''

    Land Disposal Restriction (LDR) Treatment Standards means treatment 

standards, under 40 CFR part 268, that a RCRA hazardous waste must meet 

before it can be disposed of in a RCRA hazardous waste land disposal 

unit.

    License means a license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

or NRC Agreement State, to users that manage radionuclides regulated by 

NRC, or NRC Agreement States, under authority of the Atomic Energy Act 

of 1954, as amended.

    Low-Level Mixed Waste (LLMW) is a waste that contains both low-level 

radioactive waste and RCRA hazardous waste.

    Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLW) is a radioactive waste which 

contains source, special nuclear, or byproduct material, and which is 

not classified as high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, spent 

nuclear fuel, or byproduct material as defined in section 11e.(2) of the 

Atomic Energy Act. (See also NRC definition of ``waste'' at 10 CFR 61.2)

    Mixed Waste means a waste that contains both RCRA hazardous waste 

and source, special nuclear, or byproduct material subject to the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

    Naturally Occurring and/or Accelerator-produced Radioactive Material 

(NARM) means radioactive materials that:

    (1) Are naturally occurring and are not source, special nuclear, or 

byproduct materials (as defined by the AEA) or

    (2) Are produced by an accelerator. NARM is regulated by the States 

under State law, or by DOE (as authorized by the AEA) under DOE orders.

    NRC means the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    We or us within this subpart, means the Director as defined in 40 

CFR 270.2.

    You means a generator, treater, or other handler of low-level mixed 

waste or eligible NARM.



       Storage and Treatment Conditional Exemption and Eligibility