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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 39PUBLIC NOTICE
SUBCHAPTER MPUBLIC NOTICE FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL LICENSES
RULE §39.707Published Notice

(a) For applications under Chapter 336, Subchapter F of this title (relating to Licensing of Alternative Methods of Disposal of Radioactive Material), Subchapter G of this title (relating to Decommissioning Standards), Subchapter K of this title (relating to Commercial Disposal of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material Waste From Public Water Systems), Subchapter L of this title (relating to Licensing of Source Material Recovery and By-Product Material Disposal Facilities), or Subchapter M of this title (relating to Licensing of Radioactive Substances Processing and Storage Facilities), when notice is required to be published under this subchapter, the applicant shall publish notice at least once in a newspaper of largest general circulation in the county in which the facility is located.

(b) For applications for a new license, renewal license, or major amendment to a license issued under Chapter 336, Subchapter H of this title (relating to Licensing Requirements for Near-Surface Land Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste), on completion of technical review and preparation of the draft license, the commission shall publish, at the applicant's expense, notice of the draft license and specify the requirements for requesting a contested case hearing by a person affected. The notice must include a statement that the draft license is available for review on the commission's Web site and that the draft license and application materials are available for review at the offices of the commission and in a public place in the county or counties in which the proposed disposal facility site is located. Notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the proposed disposal facility site is located.

(c) In addition to published notice requirements in subsection (b) of this section, for an initial notice of draft license and opportunity to comment and for any subsequent license amendment of a license under Chapter 336, Subchapter H of this title or Subchapter M of this title, the chief clerk shall publish notice once in the Texas Register.


Source Note: The provisions of this §39.707 adopted to be effective September 23, 1999, 24 TexReg 8190; amended to be effective September 14, 2000, 25 TexReg 8857; amended to be effective January 8, 2004, 29 TexReg 113; amended to be effective July 21, 2005, 30 TexReg 4125; amended to be effective February 28, 2008, 33 TexReg 1563; amended to be effective March 12, 2009, 34 TexReg 1619

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