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 43.44 - Application Guidelines and Procedures for Use in Preparation of the Statewide Mapping and Screening Report
Universal Citation: 310 MA Code of Regs 310.43
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Objective. The objective of the Statewide Mapping and Screening Report required to be issued under Section 20 of the Act is to exclude at the outset of the site selection process any areas of the Commonwealth that are obviously unable to satisfy the site selection criteria contained in 310 CMR 43.00. The purpose of 310 CMR 43.44 is to provide guidance on how, at a minimum, the requirements for a technically superior site pursuant to 310 CMR 43.41 are to be interpreted and applied for the purposes of this report.
(2) Date Collection and Evaluation.
(a) The Statewide Mapping and Screening
Report should identify those locations the Board determines are obviously
unsuitable as a superior site. The Statewide Mapping and Screening Report
should be prepared on the basis of data reasonably available on the date the
Board votes to initiate site selection, pursuant to M.GL. c. 111H,§ 17 ,
as may be obtained from public agencies, private not-for-profit land
conservation associations and the published open literature.
(b) Lack of uniform coverage of the
Commonwealth with respect to certain data should not be a cause to fail to use
data that are available.
(c) The
data collection and presentation should be limited to factors relevant to the
exclusion criteria. The factors to be applied may reflect land areas that are
of sufficient size and extent to be mapped on a statewide basis.
(d) The specific mapping accuracy should be
commensurate with the map scales employed and the accuracy of the data sets. As
a general matter the scale of the map should be consistent with the scale at
which the data were entered. The map scales employed should be in the range of
1:100,000 to 1:250,000.
(e) The
Board shall not be responsible to verify the accuracy of data provided by
federal and state agencies but it should identify the sources of all the data
and discuss the estimated quality of data and the sensitivity of the results to
data uncertainty and data gaps. The Board should specify that the boundaries of
included areas are defined with an accuracy that is commensurate with the map
scales and data sets used and may be subject to revision on the basis of more
detailed characterization.
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