Minimum criteria for design, construction, and operation of disposal site.

MCL 333.13710

in effect

333.13710. Minimum criteria for design, construction, and operation of disposal site. Sec. 13710. (1) The director, following consultation with the department of natural resources, shall establish minimum criteria for the design, construction, and operation of the disposal site. The minimum criteria shall reflect and shall be updated to include state-of-the-art technology in regard to disposal site design, construction, operation, and waste disposal technology. The criteria shall be developed and prepared in the form of specifications to be included in the construction and operating license issued to the authority pursuant to sections 13712 to 13714 and in any modification of that license. The criteria at a minimum shall comply with criteria adopted under the atomic energy act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. 2011 to 2296 and regulations pertaining to licensing requirements for land disposal of waste under 10 C.F.R. 61.1 to 61.81 and shall require that the isolation distance between the disposal unit and adjacent property lines be at least 3,000 feet. (2) Shallow land burial shall not be permitted. Acceptable disposal technologies shall be limited to above and below ground canisters or above and below ground vaults, or both. The criteria shall also include provisions for monitoring at the disposal site and within the disposal unit and provisions for the recoverability of waste that has been disposed of in the disposal site. Add. 1987, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1987; Am. 1994, Act 435, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1995 [Compiler] For transfer of powers and duties of radioactive materials program from department of health and human services to department of health and human services, see E.R.O. No. 2017-3, compiled at MCL 333.26254. [PopularName] Act 368

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