Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-250 - Radioactive waste-Licensing land disposal › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 246-250-090 - Requirements for issuance of a license

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
A license for the receipt, possession, and disposal of
					 waste containing or contaminated with radioactive material will be issued by
					 the department upon finding that:
(1)
				  The issuance of the license will not constitute an unreasonable risk to the
				  health and safety of the public;
(2) The applicant is qualified by reason of
				  training and experience to carry out the disposal operations requested in a
				  manner that protects health and minimizes danger to life or property;
(3) The applicant's proposed disposal site,
				  disposal design, land disposal facility operations, including equipment,
				  facilities, and procedures, disposal site closure, and post-closure
				  institutional control are adequate to protect the public health and safety in
				  that they provide reasonable assurance that the general population will be
				  protected from releases of radioactivity as specified in the performance
				  objective in WAC
				  246-250-170.
(4) The applicant's proposed disposal site,
				  disposal site design, land disposal facility operations (including equipment,
				  facilities, and procedures), disposal site closure, and post-closure
				  institutional control are adequate to protect the public health and safety in
				  that they will provide reasonable assurance that individual inadvertent
				  intruders are protected in accordance with the performance objective in WAC
				  246-250-180.
(5) The applicant's proposed land disposal
				  facility operations (including equipment, facilities, and procedures), are
				  adequate to protect the public health and safety in that they will provide
				  reasonable assurance that the standards for radiation protection set out in
				  chapter 246-221 WAC will be met;
(6) The applicant's proposed disposal site,
				  disposal site design, land disposal facility operations, disposal site closure,
				  and post-closure institutional control are adequate to protect the public
				  health and safety in that they will provide reasonable assurance that long-term
				  stability of the disposed waste and the disposal site will be achieved and will
				  eliminate to the extent practicable the need for ongoing active maintenance of
				  the disposal site following closure;
(7) The applicant's demonstration provides
				  reasonable assurance that the applicable technical requirements of this chapter
				  will be met;
(8) The applicant's
				  proposal for institutional control provides reasonable assurance that such
				  control will be provided for the length of time found necessary to ensure the
				  findings in subsections (3) through (6) of this section and that the
				  institutional control meets the requirements of WAC
				  246-250-360.
(9) The financial or surety arrangements meet
				  the requirements of this chapter.
(10) The provisions of the State
				  Environmental Policy Act have been met.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.98.050 and
						70.98.080. 91-16-109 (Order 187),
						§ 246-250-090, filed 8/7/91, effective 9/7/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
						as § 246-250-090, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.080. 87-01-031 (Order 2450), §
						402-61-100, filed 12/11/86.