211.862 Definitions for KRS 211.861 to 211.869.
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As used in KRS 211.861 to 211.869, unless the compact requires otherwise:
(1)"Commission" means the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive
Waste Commission;
(2)"Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services;
(3)"Compact" means the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Compact;
(4)"Disposal" means the isolation of waste from the biosphere in a permanent
facility designed for that purpose;
(5)"Facility" means a parcel of land or site, together with the structures,
equipment, and improvements on, or appurtenant to, the land or site, that is
used or is being developed for the treatment, storage, or disposal of low-level
radioactive waste;
(6)"Low-level radioactive waste" or "waste" means radioactive waste not
classified as high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, spent nuclear fuel,
or by-product material as defined in Section 11e(2) of the Federal Atomic
Energy Act. This definition shall apply regardless of any declaration by the
federal government or any state that any radioactive material is exempt from
any regulatory control;
(7)"Management plan" means the plan adopted by the commission for the
storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal of waste within the region;
(8)"Naturally occurring radioactive material"
(NORM)means any of the primordial
radionuclides or radioactivity present in soils, rocks, and materials, that are not
concentrated or disturbed as a result of human activities;
(9)"Person" means any individual, corporation, business enterprise, or other legal
entity, public or private, and any legal successor, representative, agent or
agency of that individual, corporation, business enterprise, or legal entity;
(10)"Region" means the geographical area of the state of Illinois and the
Commonwealth of Kentucky;
(11)"Regional facility" means any facility as defined in this section that is located in
Kentucky, and established by Kentucky pursuant to designation of Kentucky as
a host state by the commission;
(12)"Storage" means the temporary holding of radioactive material for treatment or
disposal;
(13)"Technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material" or
"TENORM" means:
(a)Naturally occurring radioactive material with a radionuclide concentration
that has been increased by human activities above levels encountered in
the natural state; or
(b)Naturally occurring radioactive material made more accessible by human
activity.
"TENORM" does not include the natural radioactivity of rocks or soils or source
material, byproduct material, or special nuclear material as defined in 42 U.S.C.
secs. 2011 et seq. and relevant federal regulations implemented by the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and
(14)"Treatment" means any method, technique, or process, including storage for
radioactive decay, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological
characteristics of the radioactive material in order to render the radioactive
material safe for transport or management, amenable to recovery, convertible
to another usable material, or reduced in volume.