Section 609.10  Purpose and Applicability

a)         This Part establishes one of the systems for the regulation of the use of facilities in the State of Illinois to:

1)         Collect, store, treat or dispose of low-level radioactive waste;

2)         Maintain a data base as to the location of all such waste in the State of Illinois; and

3)         Implement some of the requirements, prohibitions and mandates of the Compact, the Radioactive Waste Enforcement Act, the Radioactive Waste Tracking and Permitting Act and the Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act.

b)         This Part establishes a system for monitoring and tracking shipments of low-level radioactive waste into, out of or within the State of Illinois for the purpose of tracking the points of origin of the shipments, as transported to the places of destination of the shipments.

c)         This Part establishes an enforcement and verification system directed to the movements of low-level radioactive waste into, out of or within the State of Illinois.

d)         This Part applies to any generator, broker, owner or operator of any treatment or disposal Facility, or to any person who sends low-level radioactive waste into, within or out of the State of Illinois.

e)         This Part does not apply to:

1)         Shipments of low-level radioactive waste that are sent or transported through the State of Illinois but do not originate in the State of Illinois and are not accepted for treatment, storage, collection or disposal at a location in the State of Illinois;

2)         Naturally occurring radioactive materials, unless required to be licensed by the Department;

3)         Radioactive materials exempt from licensing by the Department based upon regulatory or statutory determinations; and

4)         Radioactive materials authorized for disposal under 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340.1030 and 340.1050.

f)          This Part does not relieve any person from compliance with any other state, Commission or Federal requirements, including transport or licensing requirements, pertaining to the packaging, transportation, disposal, storage or delivery of low-level radioactive materials or wastes.

g)         This Part does not relieve any person from compliance with any order, directive or rule of the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission, pursuant to its authority under the provisions of the Central Midwest Radioactive Waste Compact Act [45 ILCS 140].

(Source:  Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 18191, effective December 1, 2000)