| (a) At any time before termination of the license, the licensee shall submit written statements under oath upon request of the commission or executive director to enable the commission to determine whether or not the license should be modified, suspended, or revoked. (b) The license will be transferred to the custodial agency only on the full implementation of the final closure plan as approved by the commission, including post-closure observation and maintenance. (c) The licensee shall be subject to the applicable provisions of Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 401, also known as the Texas Radiation Control Act (TRCA) now or hereafter in effect and to applicable rules and orders of the commission. The terms and conditions of the license are subject to amendment, revision, or modification, by reason of amendments to the TRCA or by reason of rules and orders issued in accordance with terms of the TRCA. (d) Any license may be revoked, suspended, or modified, in whole or in part, for any material false statement in the application or any statement of fact required under provisions of the TRCA, or because of conditions revealed by any application or statement of fact or any report, record, or inspection or other means that would warrant the commission to refuse to grant a license on the original application, or for failure to operate the land disposal facility in accordance with the terms of the license, or for any violation of or failure to observe any of the terms and conditions of the TRCA or the license or of any rule order of the commission. (e) Each person licensed by the commission under this subchapter shall confine possession and use of radioactive materials to the locations and purposes authorized in the license. (f) No waste may be disposed of until the executive director has inspected the land disposal facility and has found it to be in conformance with the description, design, and construction described in the application for a license. No waste may be received for disposal at the site until the executive director has approved financial assurance. (g) The commission may incorporate in any license at the time of issuance, or thereafter, by appropriate rule or order, additional requirements and conditions with respect to the licensee's receipt, possession, and disposal of waste as it deems appropriate or necessary in order to: (1) protect the health and safety of the public and the environment; and (2) require reports and recordkeeping and to provide for inspections of activities under the license that may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of the TRCA and rules thereunder. (h) Each license shall be issued for an initial term of 15 years from the date of issuance. After the initial 15 years, the commission may renew the license for one or more terms of ten years. The authority to dispose of waste expires on the date stated in the license except as provided in §336.718(a) of this title (relating to Application for Renewal or Closure). (i) The compact waste disposal facility license must require the license holder to indemnify the state for any liability imposed on the state under state or federal law, as required by the commission for the disposal of federal facility waste. (j) All records maintained by the licensee in accordance with §336.740 of this title (relating to Maintenance of Records and Reports) are public information, unless otherwise exempt from public disclosure. |
