Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part V - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY › Chapter 116 - RADIATION EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND › Section 116.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
Act
-The Radiation Protection Act
				  (35
				  P. S. §
										§
										7110.101-7110.703).
Agency
-The Pennsylvania Emergency Management
				  Agency.
County
-An all inclusive term in that it also
				  refers to all risk and support counties located in this Commonwealth together
				  with all risk municipalities, school districts and volunteer organizations
				  located within those risk and support counties. All of the functions, duties,
				  responsibilities and requirements of this chapter-except for the reporting
				  requirements of §
									116.7 (relating to reporting
				  requirements and disbursement funds)-that apply to a risk or support county
				  also apply in like manner to that county's risk municipalities, school
				  districts and volunteer organizations.
EPZ-Emergency Planning Zone
-A designated
				  area surrounding a nuclear facility to facilitate offsite emergency planning
				  and develop a significant response base.
FEMA
-Federal Emergency Management
				  Agency.
NRC
-Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Person
-An individual, corporation, firm,
				  association, public utility, trust, estate, public or private institution,
				  group, agency, political subdivision of this Commonwealth, another state or
				  political subdivision or agency thereof and a legal successor, representative,
				  agent or agency of the foregoing, other than the NRC or a successor
				  thereto.
RERF-Radiation Emergency Response Fund
-A
				  restricted account created in the General Fund of the Commonwealth for the
				  deposit of fees received from the nuclear industry under sections 402(c)(1)-(3)
				  of the act (35 P. S. §
										7110.402(c)(1)-(3)).
Radiation Emergency Response Program
-The
				  development of a detailed fixed nuclear emergency response plan for areas
				  surrounding each nuclear electrical generation facility, nuclear fabrication
				  and away-from-reactor storage facility located in this Commonwealth, the
				  training and equipping of State and local emergency response personnel, the
				  periodic exercise of the accident scenarios designated in the NRC emergency
				  response plan applicable to each fixed nuclear facility, the procurement of
				  specialized supplies and equipment, and the provisions for providing financial
				  assistance to counties, risk municipalities, school districts, volunteer
				  organizations and State agencies to carry out the purposes of this
				  program.
Risk county
-A county partially or wholly
				  within the plume exposure pathway EPZ of a fixed nuclear facility.
Risk municipality
-A municipality partially
				  or wholly within the plume exposure pathway EPZ of a fixed nuclear
				  facility.
School district
-A school district located
				  within either a risk county or a support county.
State agency
-A department or agency of the
				  Commonwealth government other than the Agency that has a health, safety or
				  emergency response function assigned to it by statute or by the Commonwealth's
				  Radiation Emergency Response Program.
Support county
-The county outside the plume
				  exposure pathway EPZ of a fixed nuclear facility that, through prior agreement,
				  will provide support to a risk county in the event of an incident. Depending on
				  size and location, the same county may be both a risk and support
				  county.
Volunteer organization
-An emergency services
				  organization that has an emergency response mission assigned to it by either
				  its articles of incorporation or by the county Radiation Emergency Response
				  Plan in the county where the volunteer organization is located.
Work plan
-A written narrative explaining how
				  the recipient will use funds received under the Radiation Emergency Response
				  Program. It shall comply with the guidelines in the Agency's program
				  requirements and will become part of a grant agreement.