Texas § HS.401.265 - CONDITIONS OF CERTAIN BY-PRODUCT MATERIAL LICENSES
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§ HS.401.265. CONDITIONS OF CERTAIN BY-PRODUCT MATERIAL LICENSES
CONDITIONS OF CERTAIN BY-PRODUCT MATERIAL LICENSES. The commission shall prescribe conditions in a radioactive substances license issued, renewed, or amended for an activity that results in production of by-product material to minimize or, if possible, eliminate the need for long-term maintenance and monitoring before the termination of the license, including conditions that: (1) the license holder will comply with the applicable decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and disposal standards that are prescribed by the commission and that are compatible with the federal commission's standards for sites at which those ores were processed and at which the by-product material is deposited; and (2) the ownership of a disposal site, other than a disposal well covered by a permit issued under Chapter 27 , Water Code, and the by-product material resulting from the licensed activity are transferred, subject to Sections 401.266-401.269, to: (A) the state; or (B) the federal government if the state declines to acquire the site, the by-product material, or both the site and the by-product material. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 992, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1338, Sec. 8, eff. June 20, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1332 (S.B. 1604 ), Sec. 17, eff. June 15, 2007.
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