§ 7024. Agency standards and procedures for review of the draft license application

(a) The Agency shall adopt rules establishing standards for a draft license application for a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility which shall, at a minimum, include:

(1) compliance with the rules promulgated by the Agency under this chapter;

(2) consent for entry into the facility by State regulatory personnel;

(3) requirements to the extent permitted by law, to limit waste disposal access in order to prevent the exhaustion of disposal capacity at an early or uncertain future date;

(4) the financial assurance requirements established by the Public Utility Commission under section 7020 of this title;

(5) requirements for operating procedures;

(6) requirements for on-site supervision of the operation of the disposal facility;

(7) requirements for closure and for closure monitoring and observation, including a minimum five-year post-closure period;

(8) requirements for long-term management by the State;

(9) requirements for a community and project safety plan, including an emergency response plan and a training plan for facility personnel and public safety officials, all based on a worst case analysis;

(10) requirements for emergency response and monitoring for operator or facility failure; and

(11) requirements for detailed annual reports, including requirements for reporting all waste in storage and, after disposal has begun, all waste placed in the facility.

(b) The Agency shall adopt rules establishing procedures for its review of a draft license application which shall, at a minimum, include:

(1) submission of the draft application and other specified information;

(2) submission of pre-operational radiation survey in the vicinity of the site;

(3) submission of an environmental and public health impact analysis;

(4) an opportunity for public review and inspection of, and public comment on, the draft license application in the locality of the approved site; and

(5) a procedure for complying with conditions or changes to the licensing application required by the NRC or the District Environmental Commission. (Added 1989, No. 296 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 29, 1990; amended 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 66, eff. Jan. 31, 2005.)