Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
Subtitle D. NUCLEAR AND RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS |
Chapter 401. RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND OTHER SOURCES OF RADIATION |
Subchapter F. SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL |
Sec. 401.217. LOCATION OF DISPOSAL FACILITY SITE
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The commission may not issue a license for a compact waste disposal facility or license the operation of a federal facility waste disposal facility if the disposal facility site is located:
(1) in a county any part of which is located 62 miles or less from an international boundary;
(2) in a county in which the average annual rainfall is greater than 20 inches;
(3) in a county that adjoins river segment 2309, 2310, or 2311 as identified by the commission in the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards, 30 T.A.C. Section 307.10(3);
(4) in a 100-year flood plain; or
(5) less than 20 miles upstream of or up-drainage from the maximum elevation of the surface of a reservoir project that:
(A) has been constructed or is under construction by the United States Bureau of Reclamation or the United States Army Corps of Engineers; or
(B) has been approved for construction by the Texas Water Development Board as part of the state water plan under Subchapter C, Chapter 16, Water Code.