Ohio Code 3748.11 – Compliance with rules
(A) A facility that is licensed under this chapter and rules adopted under it, including a facility that is licensed for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste, shall comply with all applicable rules adopted under division (I) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code governing closure, decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and long-term surveillance and care of its licensed activity.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3748.11
- Decommissioning: means to safely remove any licensed operation from service and reduce residual radioactivity to a level that permits release of the licensee's property for unrestricted use. See Ohio Code 3748.01
- Director of health: includes a designee or authorized representative of the director. See Ohio Code 3748.01
- facility: means the state, any political subdivision, person, public or private institution, or group, or any unit of one of those entities, but does not include the federal government or any of its agencies. See Ohio Code 3748.01
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Radiation: means ionizing and nonionizing radiation. See Ohio Code 3748.01
- site closure: refers to a facility for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste or a byproduct material site, as "byproduct material" is defined in division (A)(2) of this section, and means all activities performed at a licensed operation, such as stabilization and contouring, to ensure that the site where the operation occurred is in a stable condition so that only minor custodial care, surveillance, and monitoring are necessary at the site following the termination of the licensed operation. See Ohio Code 3748.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) Unless there is federal jurisdiction for oversight of closure, decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and long-term surveillance and care of a licensed activity, those actions are the responsibility of the state.
(C) When the director of health finds that a licensee has failed to comply with all requirements governing closure, decontamination, decommissioning, and reclamation of its licensed activity, the director shall make a finding of that fact and declare any financial guaranty provided for in the licensee’s decommissioning funding plan prepared in accordance with rules adopted under division (I)(1) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code forfeited in the amount established by the director. The director shall certify the total forfeiture to the attorney general, who shall collect the amount.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, moneys collected from forfeitures under this division shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the radiation site closure and reclamation fund, which is hereby created. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The director shall use moneys in the fund exclusively to complete actions necessary to comply with requirements governing closure, decontamination, decommissioning, and reclamation regarding licensed activities for which financial guaranties have been forfeited under this division. The director may enter into contracts for those purposes.
(D) When the director finds that a licensee to whom standards and procedures established in rules adopted under division (I)(2) of section 3748.04 of the Revised Code apply has failed to comply with long-term surveillance and care requirements established in rules adopted under division (I) of that section, the director shall make a finding of that fact and declare any financial guaranty provided for in the licensee’s decommissioning funding plan prepared in accordance with rules adopted under division (I)(2) of that section forfeited in the amount established by the director. The director shall certify the total forfeiture to the attorney general, who shall collect the amount.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, moneys collected from forfeitures under this division shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the radiation long-term care fund, which is hereby created. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The director shall use moneys in the fund exclusively to complete actions necessary to comply with requirements governing long-term surveillance, care, and maintenance regarding licensed activities for which financial guaranties have been forfeited under this division. The director may enter into contracts for those purposes.
(E) Moneys collected from the forfeiture of any financial guaranty under division (C) or (D) of this section by the licensee of a facility for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the long-term care fund created pursuant to section 3747.01 of the Revised Code.