Section 606.20  Definitions

Except where otherwise indicated, the terms in this Part shall have the meaning provided in 32 Ill. Adm. Code 601.  In addition, the following definitions shall apply:

a)         "Accepted engineering principles and practices" means those engineering principles and practices that are used by engineers when fulfilling their requirements and duties consistent with the specific requirements of this Part and as certified by a Professional Engineer licensed under the Illinois Professional Engineering Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111, par. 5101).

b)         "Background Level" means the alpha, beta and gamma activity of radioactive elements which occur naturally in the air, water or soils at the facility site.

c)         "Department" means the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety.

d)         "Disposal Facility" means a parcel of land or site, together with structures, equipment and improvements on or appurtenant to the land or site, which is used or is being developed for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste.  "Facility" does not include lands, sites, structures or equipment used by a generator in the generation of low-level radioactive wastes (Section 3 of The Act).

e)         "Disposal Module" means a discrete portion of the disposal unit, including waste, waste packages, and engineered features.

f)          "Disposal Unit" means a discrete portion of the disposal site into which waste is place for disposal.

g)         "Low-Level Radioactive Waste" (or "Waste") means radioactive waste not classified as high-level radioactive waste as defined in Section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, 42 U.S.C. 10101, transuranic waste, spent nuclear fuel or byproduct material as defined in Section 11e(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. 2014.  Except when otherwise indicated in the rules, low-level radioactive waste includes "mixed waste."

h)         "Mixed Waste" means waste that is both "hazardous waste" and "low-level radioactive waste" as defined in this Act (Section 3 of The Act).

i)          "Shallow Land Burial" means a land disposal facility in which radioactive waste is disposed of in or within the upper 30 meters of the earth's surface.  However, this definition shall not include an enclosed, engineered, structurally re-enforced and solidified bunker that extends below the earth's surface (Section 3 of The Act).

(Source:  Amended at 15 Ill. Reg. 8958, effective June 10, 1991)