Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title X - Hazardous Waste › Chapter 152 - Criteria for Siting Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities › Rule 567-152.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
In addition to the definitions in Iowa Code section
				  455B482., the
				  following definitions apply to this chapter:
"Aquifers "
means water-bearing geological
				  formations, group of formations, or part of a formation capable of yielding
				  significant amounts of groundwater for beneficial use.
"Conservation area "
means any park,
				  recreation area, wildlife area, forest, prairie, preserve, natural area, scenic
				  area owned, managed, or under control of any government agency or organized
				  conservation group on or before the effective date of these rules.
"Criterion "
means a test, rule, measure, or
				  model by which judgment will be made.
"Critical wildlife habitat"
means any areas
				  known to be inhabited on a seasonal or permanent basis by, or to be critical at
				  any stage of the life cycle of, any wildlife or vegetation identified as
				  "rare," "threatened," or "endangered" by official federal or state lists of
				  species, or is under active consideration for listing.
"Cultural area"
means any known property of
				  recognized archaeological, architectural, cultural or historical significance
				  as listed in or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, the
				  significant state site records of the Office of Historic Preservation, the
				  office of the state archaeologist, or is under active consideration for
				  listing. Archaeological property shall include, but is not limited to, ancient
				  mortuary sites.
"Dam hazard area"
means any area identified
				  as an area of dynamic flooding below a dam (the inundation zone) or area of
				  static flooding above a dam (flood pool). The inundation zone includes the area
				  that would be flooded by a flood wave generated by dam failure during a
				  100-year flood. The static flooding zone is equal to the pool level reached
				  during a 100-year inflow flood, or the top of the dam, whichever is
				  greater.
"Drinking water source "
means the
				  groundwater or surface water intake of drinking water used for human
				  consumption.
"Facility"
means any hazardous waste
				  management facility including land and structures, appurtenances, improvement
				  and equipment for handling, treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous
				  wastes.
"Floodplain "
means the land adjacent to a
				  stream which has been or may be inundated by a flood having the magnitude of
				  the regional 100-year flood.
"Geological hazard structures "
means any
				  faults, fracture zones, or other structures that may provide pathways to
				  groundwater.
"Karst areas "
means a type of topography or
				  surface area covered by alluvial or colluvial sediments that may form over
				  limestone, dolomite, or gypsum formations by dissolving or solutions, and that
				  are characterized by closed depressions or sinkholes, caves, and underground
				  drainage.
"Mineral and energy resources "
means
				  minerals, construction materials, metals, coal, gas, and oil.
"Mining activity"
means any area of past or
				  present underground or surface mining, mineral extraction, or major exploration
				  or production drilling for oil, gas, or mineral resources, and any area likely
				  to be influenced by mining activity through subsidence or surface
				  deformation.
"Nonattainment area "
means any area not
				  attaining the National Ambient Air Quality Standards as defined in Part D of
				  the Clean Air Act.
"Population area"
means any commercial,
				  school, church, social, medical facility, elderly housing, correctional
				  facility, mobile home park, or incorporated residential area.
"Prevention of significant deterioration "
is defined in Part C of the Clean Air Act.
"Prime farmland"
means any area identified
				  as such by the United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation
				  Service.
"Protected basins "
means any portion of the
				  drainage basin of protected water areas within two miles of the water area.
				  Protected water areas are those classified as such pursuant to Iowa Code
				  chapter 462B, or high-quality waters, high-quality resource waters or Class "C"
				  waters designated in 567-Chapter 61.
"Proximity to major generators"
means within
				  50 miles of the central point of generation based on the latest available RCRA
				  biennial report on hazardous waste generation in Iowa.
"Seismic risk"
means the relative geologic
				  stability of the site based on the likelihood of structural damage due to
				  seismic events. Seismic risk categories, as developed by the National
				  Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, will be used to rate relative
				  stability.
"Site "
means the land area upon which a
				  facility is, or is proposed to be, physically located, including but not
				  limited to adjacent land use for utility systems such as repair, storage,
				  processing, or other areas incident to the facility or operation.
"Siting authority"
means the party with the
				  specific authority to select sites for facilities.
"Transportation routes "
means any public
				  all-weather hard-surfaced road with adequate capacity to carry the type and
				  volume of commercial vehicular traffic serving the facility for the entire year
				  with no embargoes, special permits or other restrictions on roads, overpasses
				  or bridges that would prevent transportation to the facility.
"Utilities and services "
means electricity,
				  gas, water and sewer utilities, and police, fire protection, and emergency
				  medical services.
"Wetlands"
means any area inundated by
				  surface or groundwater with a frequency sufficient to support, under normal
				  circumstances, a prevalence of vegetation or wildlife requiring saturated or
				  seasonally saturated soil conditions for growth or reproduction. These areas
				  include swamps, marshes, bogs, sloughs, wet meadows, mudflats, sandflats,
				  ponds, lakes, and similar areas.