Disposal site

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-008207

1. That portion of the “waters of the United States” where specific disposal activities are permitted and consist of a bottom surface area and any overlying volume of water. In the case of wetlands on which surface water is not present, the disposal site consists of the wetland surface area.

2. Region within the smallest perimeter of residual radioactive material (excluding cover materials) following completion of control

3. Broadly, any site where waste materials are collected and are intended to remain for the foreseeable future.

4. Site selected pursuant to section 83 of the Act.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-ENV-008207
Field	Environment
Subject	Built environments
References	40 CFR 230.3 (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 192.00 (CFR 2018); EPA EV-Built Environments-Waste Systems; 40 CFR 192.31 (CFR 2019)

Record as JSON

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