Tex. Health & Safety Code § 401.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DEFINED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), "low-level radioactive waste" means radioactive material that:
(1) is discarded or unwanted and is not exempt by department rule adopted under Section 401.106;
(2) is waste, as that term is defined by 10 C.F.R. Section 61.2; and
(3) is subject to:
(A) concentration limits established under 10 C.F.R. Section 61.55, or compatible rules established by the executive commissioner or commission, as applicable; and
(B) disposal criteria established under Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, or established by the department or commission, as applicable.
(b) "Low-level radioactive waste" does not include:
(1) high-level radioactive waste as defined by 10 C.F.R. Section 60.2;
(2) spent nuclear fuel as defined by 10 C.F.R. Section 72.3;
(3) by-product material described by Section 401.003(3)(B);
(4) naturally occurring radioactive material waste that is not oil and gas NORM waste; or
(5) oil and gas NORM waste.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0900, eff. April 2, 2015.
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 401.003DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 401.003(3)(B)
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 401.106EXEMPTION FROM LICENSING OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OR FROM APPLICATION OF RULE.Printed as Section 401.106
- Tex. Health & Safety Code tit. 10HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANIMALSPrinted as Title 10
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