DOE Regulation of Mixed Waste: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 2009 and H.R. 2593 ... April 10, 1986, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986 - 182 pages |
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Atomic Energy Act AVENI byproduct material Chairman chemical waste compliance component CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Connor contamination CRAWFORD currently defense facilities definition of byproduct Department of Ecology Department of Energy DOE facilities DOE's ECKART environment Environmental Protection Agency Federal Fernald FLORIO FOLEY FYGI gentleman going ground water monitoring groundwater guidelines Hanford Hanford site hazardous waste high-level waste issue jurisdiction landfill legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS liquid low-level radioactive waste LUKEN MARKEY mixed waste NIELSON nuclear materials nuclear waste Ohio operations Permit Application Piketon plutonium PORTER potential problems proposed question radiation radiological radionuclides RCRA RCRA requirements regulatory release responsibility Safety and Health Savannah River Plant Secretary soil solid waste special nuclear standards STANLEY statement subcommittee SWIFT tanks Thank tion uranium USDOE vadose zone waiver WALKER Washington waste disposal waste management waste streams water monitoring WYDEN
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Page 49 - byproduct material' means (1) any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material...
Page 113 - high-level radioactive waste" means— (A) the highly radioactive material resultIng from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, including liquid waste produced directly in reprocessing and any solid material derived from such liquid waste that contains fission products in sufficient concentrations; and (B) other highly radioactive material that the Commission, consistent with existing law, determines by rule requires permanent isolation.
Page 23 - I would be happy to answer any questions. Thank you. [The prepared statement of Mr.
Page 61 - ... activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return, flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (86 Stat. 880), or source, special nuclear, or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat.
Page 79 - A water balance of precipitation, evapotranspiration, runoff, and infiltration; and (ii) Unsaturated zone characteristics (ie, geologic materials, physical properties, and depth to ground water); and (2) The potential for hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents which enter the uppermost aquifer to migrate to a water supply well or surface water, by an evaluation of: (i) Saturated zone characteristics (ie, geologic materials, physical properties, and rate of ground-water flow); and (ii) The...
Page 79 - ... (domestic, industrial, or agricultural) or to surface water. This demonstration must be in writing, and must be kept at the facility. This demonstration must be certified by a qualified geologist or geotechnical engineer and must establish the following...
Page 5 - Act, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1.
Page 81 - ... safety in the prediction of potential migration of liquid, the owner or operator must base any predictions made under this paragraph on assumptions that maximize the rate of liquid migration. (5) He designs and operates a pile in compliance with §264.250(c). (c) The regulations under this subpart apply during the active life of the regulated unit (including the closure period). After closure of the regulated unit, the regulations in this subpart: (1) Do not apply if all waste, waste residues,...
Page 79 - ... as well. (c) All or part of the ground-water monitoring requirements of this subpart may be waived if the owner or operator can demonstrate that there is a low potential for migration of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents from the facility via the uppermost aquifer to water supply wells (domestic, industrial, or agricultural) or to surface water. This demonstration must be in writing, and must be kept at the facility.
Page 33 - This concludes my prepared testimony, I will be glad to answer any questions you may have.