Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article V - Radiological Health
Chapter 236 - LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL
Subchapter E - REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND CLOSURE OF THE REGIONAL DISPOSAL FACILITY
Section 236.403 - Facility operation plan

Universal Citation: 25 PA Code ยง 236.403

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) The applicant shall submit a facility operation plan for approval by the Department. The plan shall:

(1) Include detailed descriptions of the method of construction of the disposal units, waste emplacement, procedures for and areas of waste segregation, onsite traffic and drainage systems, site security, methods and areas of waste storage, methods to control access of water, mixed wastes or other nonradiological substances or waste that may affect meeting the performance objectives of Subchapter A (relating to general provisions).

(2) Be compatible with other plans required by this chapter.

(b) The plan shall include detailed descriptions of closure and stabilization measures that will be carried out as each disposal unit is filled.

(c) A site health and safety plan which addresses radiological health under Chapter 219 (relating to standards for protection against radiation) and occupational hazards shall be submitted. The plan shall be adequate to protect public health and safety, and the environment and provide reasonable assurance that the standards for radiation protection in Chapter 219 will be met. The plan shall identify measures that are intended to provide assurance that radiation exposures to workers are as low as reasonably achievable.

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 236.206 (relating to program plans).

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