New Jersey § 32:31-3

§ 32:31-3.

As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: a. “ Commission ” means the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission established

pursuant to Article IV of this compact; b. “ Custodial agency ” means the agency of the government designated to act on behalf of the government

owner of the regional facility; c. “ Disposal ” means the isolation of low-level radioactive waste from the biosphere inhabited

by man and his food chains; d. “ Facility ” means a parcel of land, together with the structures, equipment and improvements

thereon or appurtenant thereto, which is used or is being developed for the treatment,

storage or disposal of low-level waste, but shall not include on-site treatment or

storage by a generator; e. “ Generator ” means a person who produces or processes low-level waste, but does not include persons

who only provide a service by arranging for the collection, transportation, treatment,

storage or disposal of wastes generated outside the region; f. “ High-level waste ” means (1) the highly radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing of spent

nuclear fuel, including liquid waste produced directly in reprocessing and any solid

material derived from that liquid waste that contains fission products in sufficient

concentration; and (2) any other highly radioactive material determined by the federal

government as requiring permanent isolation; g. “ Host state ” means a party state in which a regional facility is located or being developed; h. “ Institutional control ” means the continued observation, monitoring, and care of the regional facility following

transfer of control of the regional facility from the operator to the custodial agency; i. “ Low-level waste ” means radioactive waste that (1) is neither high-level waste not transuranic waste,

nor spent nuclear fuel, nor by-product material as defined in section 11e (2) of the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended; 1 and (2) is classified by the federal government as low-level waste, consistent with

existing law; but does not include waste generated as a result of atomic energy defense

activities of the federal government, as defined in Pub. L. 96-573 , 2 or federal research and development activities; j. “ Party state ” means any state which is a signatory party in good standing to this compact; k. “Person” means an individual, corporation, business enterprise or other legal entity,

either public or private, and their legal successors; l. “ Post-closure observation and maintenance ” means the continued monitoring of a closed regional facility to ensure the integrity

and environmental safety of the site through compliance with applicable licensing

and regulatory requirements, prevention of unwarranted intrusion, and correction of

problems; m. “ Region ” means the entire area of the party states; n. “ Regional facility ” means a facility as defined in this section which has been designated or accepted

by the commission; o . “ State ” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or any other territory subject to the laws of the

United States; p. “ Storage ” means the holding of waste for treatment or disposal; q. “ Transuranic waste ” means waste material containing radionuclides with an atomic number greater than

92 which are excluded from shallow land burial by the federal government; r. “ Treatment ” means any method, technique or process, including storage for decay, designed to

change the physical, chemical or biological characteristics or composition of any

waste in order to render the waste safer for transport or disposal, amenable for recovery,

convertible to another usable material or reduced in volume; s. “ Waste ” means low-level radioactive waste as defined in this section; t. “ Waste management ” means the storage, treatment, transportation, and disposal, where applicable, of

waste. 1

42 U.S.C.A. § 2014. 2

42 U.S.C.A. §§ 42-2021b to 42:2021d.