Illinois Administrative Code › Title 32 - ENERGY › Part 609 - ACCESS TO FACILITIES FOR TREATMENT, STORAGE, OR DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE › Section 609.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Except when otherwise indicated, or when the context clearly
				requires a different definition, the following terms shall have the following
				meanings for purposes of this Part.
"Acceptance" means taking possession of waste. Waste is not
				"accepted" for purposes of this Part if it is delivered to a facility, and the
				owner or operator of the facility refuses to take possession and promptly so
				informs both the person sending the waste and the Agency of the refusal.
"Agency" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
"Broker" means any person who takes possession of low-level
				radioactive waste for purposes of consolidation and shipment. [420 ILCS 20/3
				]
"Carrier" means a person who transports low-level radioactive
				waste into, out of or within the State of Illinois.
"Commission" means the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level
				Radioactive Waste Commission.
"Compact" means the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level
				Radioactive Waste Compact.
"Consolidated Waste" means waste from more than one generator
				that has been consolidated into a single shipment of waste. However, separate
				containers of waste would not be classified as "consolidated waste".
"Dispose" or "Disposal" means the isolation of waste from the
				biosphere in a permanent facility designed for that purpose. [45 ILCS 141/15
				]
"Electronic Data Transmission" or "EDT" means files that are
				comprised of a variety of record types, which are used based on the type and
				source of the shipment of low-level radioactive waste (original shipment versus
				a consolidated shipment, in or out-of-state shipment, etc.). These files are
				ASCII files with comma delimited records.
"Facility" means a parcel of land or site, together with the
				structures, equipment and improvements on or appurtenant to the land or site,
				that is used or is being developed by the owners or operators for the
				generation, collection, treatment, storage or disposal of low-level radioactive
				waste. [45 ILCS 141/15
				]
"Generator" means any person who produces or possesses
				low-level radioactive waste in the course of or incident to manufacturing,
				power generation, processing, medical diagnosis and treatment, research,
				education or other activity. [420 ILCS
				20/3 ]
"Low-Level Radioactive Waste" or "LLRW" or "Waste" means
				radioactive waste not classified as:
high-level radioactive waste,
transuranic waste,
spent nuclear fuel, or
by-product material as defined in Section 11e(2) of the Atomic
				Energy Act (
				42 USC
				2021 ).
This definition shall apply notwithstanding any declaration by
				the federal government or any state that any radioactive material is exempt
				from any regulatory control. [45 ILCS
				141/15 ]
"Permit" means the license authority issued by the Agency upon
				application which authorizes the person identified by that number to either
				send waste to a facility for treatment, storage, consolidation or disposal or
				to receive waste at a facility for treatment, storage, consolidation or
				disposal.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, business enterprise
				or other legal entity, public or private and any legal successor,
				representative, agent or agency of that individual, corporation, business
				enterprise or legal entity. [45 ILCS 141/15]
"Region" means the geographical area of the State of Illinois
				and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. [45 ILCS 141/15]
"Regional Facility" means any facility as defined in the
				Radioactive Waste Compact Enforcement Act that is located in Illinois and
				established by Illinois pursuant to designation of Illinois as a host state by
				the Commission.
"Shipper" means a person, whether located within or outside of
				the Region that offers waste for transportation into, within or out of the
				State of Illinois.
"Storage" means the temporary holding of radioactive material
				for treatment or disposal. [45 ILCS 141/15]
"Transaction Reference Number" means a number issued by the
				Agency under this Part that acknowledges the shipper's submittal of, and the
				Agency's acceptance as complete of, shipment specific information required
				under this Part.
"Transport" means the movement of waste into, within or out of
				the State of Illinois.
"Treatment" means any method, technique or process, including
				storage for radioactive decay, designed to change the physical, chemical, or
				biological characteristics of the radioactive material in order to render the
				radioactive material safe for transport or management, amenable to recovery,
				convertible to another usable material, or reduced in volume. [45 ILCS
				141/15]