| (a) This subchapter establishes alternative criteria, terms, and conditions under which the commission may issue, amend, or renew a license for on-site disposal of radioactive material generated in the person's activities, not otherwise specifically authorized in this chapter. (b) Except as provided by this subsection, the commission may not authorize new or additional facilities or the expansion of existing facilities for the on-site disposal of low-level radioactive waste, except to a person specifically authorized by law for low-level radioactive waste disposal. The commission may, on request or its own initiative, authorize, under this subchapter, on-site disposal of low-level radioactive waste on a specific basis at any facility at which low-level radioactive waste disposal operations began before September 1, 1989, if after evaluation of the specific characteristics of the waste, the disposal site, and the method of disposal, the commission finds that the continuation of the disposal activity will not constitute a significant risk to the public health and safety and to the environment. (c) No person authorized to dispose of radioactive material under this subchapter may receive radioactive material for the purpose of disposal from other persons, sources, other facilities owned or operated by the applicant or licensee, or any other off-site locations. (d) The commission may license the commercial disposal of naturally occurring radioactive material waste under Subchapter K of this chapter (relating to Commercial Disposal of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material Waste from Public Water Systems). |
| Source Note: The provisions of this §336.501 adopted to be effective September 14, 2000, 25 TexReg 8989; amended to be effective January 8, 2004, 29 TexReg 150; amended to be effective July 21, 2005, 30 TexReg 4127 |
