Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 7061

  • Commission: means the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission. See
  • Low-level radioactive waste: means radioactive waste material that is not high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, or byproduct material, as defined in 42 U. See
  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 7061. Definitions

(a) As used in this chapter:

(1) “Commission” means the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission.

(2) “Compact” or “Compact agreement” means the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact.

(3) “Compact facility,” “disposal facility,” and “facility” mean any site, location, structure, or property within the State of Texas provided for the purposes of disposal of low-level radioactive waste, pursuant to the Compact.

(4) “Generator” means a person who produces or processes low-level radioactive waste in the course of its activities.

(5) “Low-level radioactive waste” means radioactive waste material that is not high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, or byproduct material, as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 2014(e)(2), the U.S. Atomic Energy Act of 1954, Section 11(e)(2), and that material the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, consistent with existing law, classifies as low-level radioactive waste.

(6) “Manage” means collection, consolidation, storage, packaging, or treatment of low-level radioactive waste.

(b) In addition, terms defined in the Compact shall have the same definition in this chapter, unless another meaning is clearly intended. (Added 1993, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)