Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-54 - Radiation Generator and Broker Reporting Requirements › Section 3701:1-54-09 - Land disposal - site selection, design, and environmental assessment

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The primary
			 emphasis in disposal site suitability is given to isolation of wastes, a matter
			 having long-term impacts, and to disposal site features that ensure that the
			 long-term performance objectives are met, as opposed to short-term convenience
			 or benefits.
(1) Suitable disposal site
			 features shall include the following items.
(a) The disposal site shall be capable of
			 being characterized, modeled, analyzed and monitored.
(b) Within the region where the facility will
			 be located, a disposal site should be selected so that projected population
			 growth and future developments are not likely to affect the ability of the
			 disposal facility to meet the performance objectives of this rule.
(c) Areas shall be avoided having known
			 natural resources that, if exploited, could result in failure to meet the
			 performance objectives of this rule.
(d) The disposal site shall be generally well
			 drained and free of areas of flooding or frequent ponding. The disposal site
			 shall not be located in a one hundred year flood plain, coastal high-hazard
			 area, or wetland, as defined in Federal Executive Order 11988, "Floodplain
			 Management Guidelines." The disposal units shall be designed and constructed to
			 be outside the five hundred year floodplain.
(e) Upstream drainage areas shall be
			 minimized to decrease the amount of runoff that could erode or inundate waste
			 disposal units.
(f) The disposal
			 site shall provide sufficient depth to the water table that ground water
			 intrusion, perennial or otherwise, into the waste will not occur.
(g) The hydrogeologic unit used for disposal
			 shall not discharge groundwater to the surface within the disposal site. The
			 soil or rock layers immediately beneath the facility, but above the water table
			 shall have good vertical drainage or be engineered to have good drainage to
			 prevent water from ponding around the base of the facility. The shallowest
			 hydrogeologic unit beneath the facility shall not discharge perennially to the
			 site.
(h) Areas shall be avoided
			 where tectonic processes such as faulting, folding, seismic activity, or
			 vulcanization may occur with such frequency and extent that it may
			 significantly affect the ability of the disposal site to meet the performance
			 objectives of this rule or may preclude defensible modeling and prediction of
			 long-term impacts.
(i) Areas should
			 be avoided where surface geologic processes such as mass wasting, erosion,
			 slumping, landsliding, or weathering occur with such frequency and extent that
			 it may significantly affect the ability of the disposal site to meet the
			 performance objectives of this rule, or may preclude defensible modeling and
			 prediction of long-term impacts.
(j) The disposal site must not be located
			 where nearby facilities or activities could affect the ability of the site to
			 meet the performance objectives of this rule or mask the environmental
			 monitoring program.