§ 25-11-201 — Definitions - scope

Colorado § 25-11-201

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 25: Public
• Art.: Radiation Control

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(1) As used in this part 2, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(a) Disposal means burial in soil, release through a sanitary sewerage
system, incineration, or long-term storage with no intention of or provision for
subsequent removal.

(b) Facility means a uranium or thorium mill, processing, or disposal facility
required to be licensed pursuant to this article and a site for the facility.

(c) Ore means naturally occurring uranium-bearing, thorium-bearing, or
radium-bearing material in its natural form prior to chemical processing, such as
roasting, beneficiating, or refining, and specifically includes material that has been
physically processed, such as by crushing, grinding, screening, or sorting.

(d) Radioactive means emitting alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays,
high-energy neutrons or protons, or other radioactive particles.

(e) Radioactive waste means low-level radioactive wastes containing
source, special nuclear, or byproduct material that are acceptable for disposal in a
land disposal facility. For the purposes of this paragraph (e), low-level radioactive
waste means radioactive waste not classified as high-level radioactive waste,
transuranic waste, spent nuclear fuel, or byproduct material, as that term is defined
in section 25-11-101 (1)(b), (1)(c), and (1)(d).

(f) Technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material or
TENORM means naturally occurring radioactive material whose radionuclide
concentrations are increased by or as a result of past or present human practices.
TENORM does not include:

(I) Background radiation or the natural radioactivity of rocks or soils;

(II) Byproduct material or source material, as defined by Colorado statute
or rule; or

(III) Enriched or depleted uranium as defined by Colorado or federal statute
or rule.

(g) Type 2 byproduct material means the subcategory of byproduct
material specified in section 25-11-101 (1)(b).

(2) Nothing in this part 2 applies to, includes, or affects:

(a) The following naturally occurring radioactive materials or TENORM:

(I) Residuals or sludges from the treatment of drinking water by aluminum,
ferric chloride, or similar processes; except that the material may not contain
hazardous substances that otherwise would preclude receipt;

(II) Sludges, soils, or pipe scale in or on equipment from oil and gas
exploration, production, or development operations or drinking water or wastewater
treatment operations; except that the material may not contain hazardous
substances that otherwise would preclude receipt;

(III) Materials from or activities related to construction material mining
regulated under article 32.5 of title 34, C.R.S.; or

(b) The treatment, storage, management, processing, or disposal of solid
waste, which may include naturally occurring radioactive material and TENORM,
either pursuant to a certificate of designation issued under article 20 of title 30,
C.R.S., or at a solid waste disposal site and facility considered approved or
otherwise deemed to satisfy the requirement for a certificate of designation
pursuant to article 20 of title 30, C.R.S., or section 25-15-204 (6).

Legislative History

Source: L. 79: Entire part added, p. 1066, � 8, effective July 1. L. 94: (3)(c) amended, p. 2791, � 526, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended and (1.5) added, p. 230, � 1, effective April 5. L. 2003: (1) and (1.5) amended and (1.6), (1.7), (1.8), and (4) added, p. 2188, � 1, effective June 3. L. 2014: (1.6) amended, (SB 14-192), ch. 327, p. 1445, � 2, effective August 6. L. 2015: Entire section amended, (HB 15-1145), ch. 79, p. 222, � 7, effective August 5.