Section 8-1501 - DefinitionsFor the purpose of this chapter, the term:
(1) "Disposal" means the permanent isolation of low-level radioactive waste as a regional disposal facility as defined in section 2 of the Low-level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, approved December 23, 1980 (94 Stat. 3347; 42 U.S.C. § 2021b ) ("Waste Policy Act").(2) "Generator" means any public or private individual, institution, corporation, association, group, or other legally constituted enterprise that produces low-level radioactive waste in the District of Columbia ("District").(3) "Low-level radioactive waste (æ~waste')" means radioactive material that: (A) Is not high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, or byproduct material as defined in section 11e of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, approved August 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 923; 42 U.S.C. § 2014(e) ); and(B) The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission has classified, consistent with 10 C.F.R. 61.55, as low-level radioactive waste.(4) "Regional facility" means a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility in operation on January 1, 1985, or subsequently established and operated pursuant to the Waste Policy Act.Mar. 7, 1991, D.C. Law 8-226, § 2, 38 DCR 219.