Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 345 CMR - LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD › Title 345 CMR 4.00 - Low-level Radioactive Waste Management Fund › Section 4.03 - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Fund Assessments

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
General
. Annual assessments shall be payable by all licensees and registrants in the amounts set forth in 345 CMR 4.03(2). Amounts assessed shall be deposited in the Fund and may be expended by the Board, subject to appropriation, to carry out the duties and powers conferred by M.G.L. c. 111H.
(2)
Assessment amounts.
(a) The total amount to be assessed shall be apportioned annually by vote of the Board in accordance with the schedule set forth in 345 CMR 4.03.
(b) Each licensee or registrant shall pay a flat assessment of $150.00 per year, except for those licensees or registrants performing lead paint analysis using x-ray fluorescence analyzers. Licensees or registrants using x-ray fluorescence analyzers to perform lead paint analysis shall pay a flat assessment of $100.00 per year. These assessments apply whether or not such licensee or registrant has produced and shipped waste off site or stored waste for later disposal.
(c) In addition to the flat assessment established pursuant to 345 CMR 4.03(2)(b), proportional assessments shall be calculated in accordance with 345 CMR 4.03, as follows:
1. For each licensee and registrant, the volume of Class A, B and C waste shall be measured by the average annual amount of waste produced and shipped for disposal off site or stored for later disposal by such licensee or registrant. To establish this average, the Board shall utilize the yearly production figures given in the Board's annual survey for the most recent calendar year for which, in the judgment of the Board, data sufficient for these purposes have been produced, except that, if the Board determines that such survey have not produced one years' data sufficient for these purposes, it shall substitute whatever data, in its judgment, best approximates the data required. Class A waste thus measured shall be subclassified either as high volume, low activity waste or as other Class A waste.
2. The volumes established for each licensee or registrant pursuant to 345 CMR 4.03(2)(c)1 shall be multiplied by the weighting factor assigned in 345 CMR Table 4.03A to each waste classification and then summed.
TABLE 4.03A
Waste Classification
Weighting Factor
High volume, low activity
0
Class A
1
Class B
3
Class C
5
3. The sum established for each licensee or registrant pursuant to 345 CMR 4.03(2)(c)2 shall then be multiplied by the classification of radioactivity factor assigned in 345 CMR Table 4.03B to such licensee or registrant who has shipped waste for disposal off site or stored waste for later disposal.
TABLE
4.03B
Radioactivity of Waste Shipped for Disposal Off Site or
Stored for Later Disposal
Classification of Radioactivity Factor
Less than 1.0 curies/year
1.0
1.0 curies/year or more but less than 10.0 curies/year
1.1
10.0 curies/year or more but less than 100.0 curies/year
1.2
100.0 curies/year or more
1.3
4. The volume of high volume, low activity waste established for each licensee or registrant pursuant to 345 CMR 4.03(2)(c)1 shall be multiplied by the classification of radioactivity factor assigned in 345 CMR Table 4.03B to such licensee or registrant who has shipped waste for disposal off site or stored waste for later disposal.
(d) The proportional assessment for each licensee or registrant shall be $5.10 per cubic foot of the weighted volume calculated for such licensee or registrant pursuant to 345 CMR 4.03(2)(c)3 plus $1.275 per cubic foot of the weighted volume of high volume, low activity waste calculated for such licensee or registrant pursuant to 345 CMR 4.03(2)(c)4.