{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-1501","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 8-1501","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purpose of this chapter, the term:\n\n(1)\n“Disposal” means the permanent isolation of low-level radioactive waste as a regional disposal facility as defined in section 2 of the Low-level Radioactive Waste Policy Act, approved December 23, 1980 (94 Stat. 3347; 42 U.S.C. § 2021b) (“Waste Policy Act”).\n\n(2)\n“Generator” means any public or private individual, institution, corporation, association, group, or other legally constituted enterprise that produces low-level radioactive waste in the District of Columbia (“District”).\n\n(3)\n“Low-level radioactive waste (‘waste’)” means radioactive material that:\n(A)\nIs not high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, or byproduct material as defined in section 11e of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, approved August 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 923; 42 U.S.C. § 2014(e)); and\n(B)\nThe United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission has classified, consistent with 10 C.F.R. 61.55, as low-level radioactive waste.\n\n(4)\n“Regional facility” means a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility in operation on January 1, 1985, or subsequently established and operated pursuant to the Waste Policy Act.","path":["Title 8. Environmental and Animal Control and Protection.","Chapter 15. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Generator Regulatory Policy."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/8-1501","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e4eabd55a4cb13be53ef02119ca4b7f3b99b900f2a77f9be0193f408bcaabe0c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-1447","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-1502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}