North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 43 - Industrial Commission
Article 43-02 - Mineral Exploration and Development
Chapter 43-02-13 - High-Level Radioactive Waste
Section 43-02-13-01 - Definitions

1. "Active institutional controls" are the means used to control access to an open or closed high-level radioactive waste disposal site by anything other than passive institutional controls. Active institutional controls include fencing, guards, security cameras, etc.

2. "Certified or registered mail" means any form of service by the United States postal service, federal express, Pitney Bowes, and any other commercial, nationwide delivery service that provides the mailer with a document showing the date of delivery or refusal to accept delivery.

3. "High-level radioactive waste facility" as defined in North Dakota Century Code section 38-23-02 also includes all surface structures (buildings, slabs or pads, tunnels, pipelines, etc.) for either a storage or a disposal facility as well as all subsurface structures, disposal wells, and caverns.

4. "Occupied dwelling" or "permanently occupied dwelling" means a residence that is lived in by a person at least six months throughout a calendar year.

5. "Passive institutional controls" are permanent markers or structures intended to reduce the likelihood of humans unintentionally intruding into a high-level radioactive waste disposal site for thousands of years after it is closed.

6. "Well" means any hole drilled for the purpose of information gathering, storage, or disposal of high-level radioactive waste.