New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 3 - RADIATION PROTECTION › Part 16 - FEES FOR LICENSURE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 20.3.16.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
"Amendment"
means a request made by a licensee to the department
				to approve a change to its license. Examples of amendments include, but are not
				limited to, changes to users, changes in materials, and transfers of
				licenses.
B.
"Application"
means an application for a new license, a renewal of
				a license or an amendment.
C.
"Byproduct material"
means any radioactive material (except
				special nuclear material) yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the
				radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear
				material.
D.
"Department"
means the New Mexico environment department and its
				duly authorized representatives.
E.
"Fee"
means an amount to be charged by the department in
				accordance with the provisions in this Part.
F.
"Fiscal year"
or
"FY"
means a year that begins on July 1 of each calendar year and
				ends on June 30 of the following calendar year. Fiscal years are identified by
				the year in which they end (e.g., fiscal year 2025 begins on July 1, 2024 and
				ends on June 30, 2025).
G.
"Generator"
means a person who produces, uses, stores, transfers,
				or disposes of radioactive materials in any licensable quantity.
H.
"Government agency"
means any
				state or federal executive department, commission, independent establishment,
				corporation, wholly or partly owned by any state or the United States of
				America which is an instrumentality of the state or United States, or any
				board, bureau, division, service, office, officer, authority, administration,
				or other establishment in executive branches of government.
I.
"License"
or
"Materials
				license"
means a license, certificate, approval, registration, or other
				form of permission issued by the department under the various parts of these
				regulations.
J.
"Nonprofit
				educational institution"
means a public or nonprofit educational
				institution whose primary function is education, whose programs are accredited
				by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association, who is legally
				authorized to provide a program of organized instruction or study, who provides
				an educational program for which it awards academic degrees, and whose
				educational programs are available to the public.
K.
"NORM"
means any naturally
				occurring radioactive material subject to the licensing requirements of these
				regulations.
L.
"NRC"
means the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; an officer, employee, or
				authorized representative of the commission.
M.
"Operating license"
means
				having a license issued pursuant to Part 3, Title 20 NMAC.
N.
"Person means"
:
(1) any individual, corporation, partnership,
				firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, or
				Government agency other than the department; any state or any political
				subdivision of, or any political entity within, a state; any foreign government
				or nation or any political subdivision of any such foreign government or
				nation; or other entity; and
(2)
				any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of the
				foregoing.