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10 CFR 960.4-2-8-2: -2-8-2 Site ownership and control.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 10—Energy
- CHAPTER III—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
- PART 960—GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR THE PRELIMINARY SCREENING OF POTENTIAL SITES FOR A NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY
- Subpart C—Postclosure Guidelines
(a) Qualifying condition. The site shall be located on land for which the DOE can obtain, in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR part 60, ownership, surface and subsurface rights, and control of access that are required in order that potential surface and subsurface activities as the site will not be likely to lead to radionuclide releases greater than those allowable under the requirements specified in § 960.4-1.
(b) Favorable condition. Present ownership and control of land and all surface and subsurface rights by the DOE.
(c) Potentially adverse condition. Projected land-ownership conflicts that cannot be successfully resolved through voluntary purchase-sell agreements, nondisputed agency-to-agency transfers of title, or Federal condemnation proceedings.
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