2023 Texas Statutes › Health and Safety Code › Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality › Subtitle D - Nuclear and Radioactive Materials › Chapter 401 - Radioactive Materials and Other Sources of Radiation › Subchapter D. Licensing and Registration › Section 401.112. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Processing or Disposal License Application and Considerations

Sec. 401.112.  LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING OR DISPOSAL LICENSE APPLICATION AND CONSIDERATIONS.  (a)  The commission, in making a licensing decision on a specific license application to process or dispose of low-level radioactive waste from other persons, shall consider:
(1)  site suitability, geological, hydrological, and meteorological factors, and natural hazards;
(2)  compatibility with present uses of land near the site;
(3)  socioeconomic effects on surrounding communities of operation of the licensed activity and of associated transportation of low-level radioactive waste;
(4)  the need for and alternatives to the proposed activity, including an alternative siting analysis prepared by the applicant;
(5)  the applicant's qualifications, including:
(A)  financial and technical qualifications and  compliance history under the method for using compliance history developed by the commission under Section 5.754, Water Code, for an application to the commission; and
(B)  the demonstration of financial qualifications under Section 401.108;
(6)  background monitoring plans for the proposed site;
(7)  suitability of facilities associated with the proposed activities;
(8)  chemical, radiological, and biological characteristics of the low-level radioactive waste and waste classification under Section 401.053;
(9)  adequate insurance of the applicant to cover potential injury to any property or person, including potential injury from risks relating to transportation;
(10)  training programs for the applicant's employees;
(11)  a monitoring, record-keeping, and reporting program;
(12)  spill detection and cleanup plans for the licensed site and related to associated transportation of low-level radioactive waste;
(13)  decommissioning and postclosure care plans;
(14)  security plans;
(15)  worker monitoring and protection plans;
(16)  emergency plans; and
(17)  a monitoring program for applicants that includes prelicense and postlicense monitoring of background radioactive and chemical characteristics of the soils, groundwater, and vegetation.
(b)  An applicant for the specific license must submit with the application information necessary for the commission to consider the factors under Subsection (a).
(c)  The commission by rule shall provide specific criteria for the different types of licensed low-level radioactive waste activities for the listed factors and may include additional factors and criteria that the commission determines necessary for full consideration of a license.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.223, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 16.17, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1332 (S.B. 1604), Sec. 8, eff. June 15, 2007.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1021 (H.B. 2694), Sec. 4.29, eff. September 1, 2011.