Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 163f - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Facility Siting Regulations › Section 22a-163f-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in these regulations:
(a) "Active Part" means that portion of a
			 low-level radioactive waste management facility where handling, management,
			 storage, treatment, recovery, or disposal of low-level radioactive waste will
			 be, is being, or has in the past been conducted;
(b) "Certificate" means the certificate of
			 public safety and necessity required by title 22a, chapter 446a of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes to commence construction or modification of a
			 low-level radioactive waste management facility;
(c) "Closure and Stabilization" means those
			 actions that are taken upon completion of operations that prepare the disposal
			 site for custodial care and that assure that the disposal site will remain
			 stable and will not need ongoing active maintenance;
(d) "Coastal land" means any lands and waters
			 defined as a coastal area in title 22a, chapter 444 of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes;
(e) "Construction" means
			 the fabrication, erection, installation, or excavation of a low-level
			 radioactive waste management facility which does not constitute a
			 modification;
(f) "Disposal" means
			 the permanent isolation of low-level radioactive waste pursuant to applicable
			 requirements of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission under
			 applicable federal laws, and regulations adopted by the commissioner of
			 environmental protection pursuant to Section 22a-163f of the Connecticut
			 General Statutes;
(g) "Groundwater"
			 means subsurface water;
(h) "Local
			 project review committee" means the committee which may be established pursuant
			 to Section 22a-163p of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(i) "Management" means the storage,
			 treatment, or disposal of low-level radioactive waste";
(j) "Modification" means any change or
			 alteration in the approved design, capacity, process, or operation of a
			 low-level radioactive waste management facility constructed or operating
			 pursuant to Title 22a, Chapter 446a of the Connecticut General Statutes, that
			 the council deems significant. Such change or alteration may include but is not
			 limited to a change or alteration in the volume or composition of low-level
			 radioactive waste managed at such facility. The routine maintenance, repair, or
			 replacement of the individual components at a low-level radioactive waste
			 management facility that is necessary for normal operation or change or
			 alteration at a low-level radioactive waste management facility ordered by a
			 federal or state official in the exercise of his statutory authority shall not
			 be deemed to be a modification;
(k)
			 "Neighboring municipality" means any municipality which:
1) shares a common border with the
			 municipality within which the largest portion of the proposed facility is
			 located;
2) occupies any area
			 within a ten-mile radius of the proposed facility site; or
3) has been determined by the council
			 pursuant to Section
			 22a-163f-4
			 of these regulations as the neighboring municipality likely to be most affected
			 by the proposed facility;