Rule 391-3-9-.04 - Findings of the DirectorThe Act provides that all facilities or sites for the concentration, storage or burial of radioactive waste must be constructed and operate pursuant to a permit issued by the Director of the Environmental Protection Division. It further provides that the Director may specify in the permit the conditions under which site or facility shall be operated. The Director, upon full consideration of the facts, including but not limited to storage, burial or concentration technology, geologic, hydrologic, environmental, ecological, meteorological factors, and the known impact of ionizing radiation from radioactive sources upon man and other fauna and flora, finds that:
(a) No demonstrated technology exists relevant to long term (100 years) or terminal disposal of high-level wastes involving actual emplacement in either deep geologic repositories or surface facilities.(b) As of the effective date of these regulations there exists no tired or proven regulatory programs, which includes licensing, standards development, and inspection and enforcement, that is applicable to terminal disposal of high-level waste in geologic repositories.(c) The adequacy of current interim (100 years) high-level storage systems to protect the health and safety of the public and the environment is questionable.(d) Questions remain unanswered regarding the final chemical and physical form for high-level wastes emplaced in geologic repositories.(e) Currently, no approved transport cask exists for shipment of high-level wastes.(f) Several commercial radioactive waste disposal operations have ceased operations due in part to either moritoria or legal action regarding potential safety and environmental problems.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 391-3-9-.04
Ga. L. 1964, p. 566, as amended, particularly as amended by Ga. L. 1976, p. 1567, et seq., at p. 1570, as amended.
Original Rule entitled "Findings of the Director" was filed on June 14, 1979; effective July 4, 1979.