Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-92 - Low-level radioactive waste › Section 480-92-021 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The definitions contained in chapter 81.108 RCW and
				RCW
				81.04.010 are incorporated by reference in
				this section. To the extent that any of the definitions in this chapter differ
				from statutory definitions, the statutory definitions shall control.
"Affiliated interest"
means a person or
				corporation as defined in
				RCW
				81.16.010.
"Commission"
means the Washington utilities and
				transportation commission.
"Control"
means the possession, direct or
				indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
				policies of a company, whether through the ownership of voting shares, by
				contract, or otherwise.
"Effective rate"
means the highest permissible
				rate, for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste, calculated as the lowest
				contract rate plus an administrative fee, if applicable, determined pursuant to
				RCW
				81.108.040.
"Extraordinary volume"
means volumes of low-level
				radioactive waste delivered to a site caused by nonrecurring events, outside
				normal operations of a generator, that are in excess of twenty thousand cubic
				feet or twenty percent of the preceding year's total volume at such site,
				whichever is less.
"Extraordinary volume adjustment"
means a
				mechanism that allocates the potential rate reduction benefits of an
				extraordinary volume among all generators and the generator responsible for
				such extraordinary volume as described in
				RCW
				81.108.070.
"Generator"
means a person, partnership,
				association, corporation, or any other entity that, as a part of its
				activities, produces low-level radioactive waste.
"Inflation adjustment"
means a mechanism that
				adjusts the maximum disposal rate by a percentage equal to the change in price
				levels in the preceding period, as measured by a common, verifiable price index
				as determined in
				RCW
				81.108.040.
"Low-level radioactive waste"
means waste material
				that contains radioactive nuclides emitting primarily beta or gamma radiation,
				or both, in concentrations or quantities that exceed applicable federal or
				state standards for unrestricted release. Low-level waste does not include
				waste containing more than ten nanocuries of transuranic contaminants per gram
				of material, nor spent reactor fuel, nor material classified as either
				high-level waste or waste which is unsuited for disposal by near-surface burial
				under any applicable federal regulations nor naturally occurring or accelerator
				produced radioactive material.
"Maximum disposal rate"
the maximum disposal is
				the rate a site operator may charge generators as provided in
				RCW
				81.108.050.
"Site"
means a location, structure, or property
				used or to be used for the storage, treatment, or disposal of low-level
				radioactive waste for compensation within the state of Washington.
"Site operator"
means a low-level radioactive
				waste site operating company, which includes every corporation, company,
				association, joint stock association, partnership, and person, their lessees,
				trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, operating,
				controlling, or managing a low-level radioactive waste disposal site or sites
				located within the state of Washington.
"Subsidiary"
means any company in which the
				low-level waste company owns directly or indirectly five percent or more of the
				voting securities, unless the low-level waste company demonstrates it does not
				have control.
"Volume adjustment"
means a mechanism that adjusts
				the maximum disposal rate in response to material changes in volumes of waste
				deposited at the site during the preceding period so as to provide a level of
				total revenues sufficient to recover the costs to operate and maintain the
				site.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040,
				  80.04.160,
				  81.04.160 and
				  34.05.353. 05-06-051 (Docket No.
				  A-021178 and TO-030288, General Order No. R-518), § 480-92-021, filed
				  2/28/05, effective 3/31/05. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040. 99-05-016 (Order R-458, Docket No.
				  UR-980080), § 480-92-021, filed 2/5/99, effective 3/8/99. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				  80.01.040 and 1991 c 272. 92-03-050 (Order
				  R-366, Docket No. T-910676), § 480-92-021, filed 1/10/92, effective
				  2/10/92.