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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 401.004

LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DEFINED

Known as the Texas Radiation Control Act

The act spans §§ 401–401 (189 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Waste Control Specialists, LLC v. Sierra Club (2014)

Most recently applied in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Waste Control Specialists, LLC v. Sierra Club (December 2014)

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 2, eff

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), "low-level radioactive waste" means radioactive material that:

(1) is discarded or unwanted and is not exempt by department rule adopted under Section 401.106;

(2) is waste, as that term is defined by 10 C.F.R. Section 61.2; and

(3) is subject to:

(A) concentration limits established under 10 C.F.R. Section 61.55, or compatible rules established by the executive commissioner or commission, as applicable; and

(B) disposal criteria established under Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, or established by the department or commission, as applicable.

(b) "Low-level radioactive waste" does not include:

(1) high-level radioactive waste as defined by 10 C.F.R. Section 60.2;

(2) spent nuclear fuel as defined by 10 C.F.R. Section 72.3;

(3) by-product material described by Section 401.003(3)(B);

(4) naturally occurring radioactive material waste that is not oil and gas NORM waste; or

(5) oil and gas NORM waste.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.