Code of Massachusetts Regulations
310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Title 310 CMR 43.00 - Site Selection Criteria For Low-level Radioactive Waste Management Facilities
Section 43.10 - Modeling Capability
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Exclusion Criteria. Exclude sites not capable of being adequately modeled, characterized, analyzed and monitored with respect to hydrogeology, geologic features and ground water flow characteristics as reasonably necessary to demonstrate compliance with DPH performance objectives and those provisions of applicable state and federal regulations governing environmental monitoring.
(2) Conditional Consideration Criteria.
Bedrock Structure. Consider sites containing bedrock structural features and lithologies that may provide significant pathways for groundwater flow or present very complex hydrologic conditions on compliance with 310 CMR 43.40(3).
(3) Preference Criteria. Prefer sites that can be modeled and characterized with a greater degree of certainty, over sites which can be characterized with a lesser degree of certainty.
