The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context shall otherwise require:
(a) "Agency" shall mean the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
(b) "Radioactive waste" shall mean irradiated nuclear reactor fuel, and any other material which emits radiation which the Mississippi State Board of Health determines by regulation to present a significant threat to public health and safety.
(c) "Application" shall mean any request to the agency for a permit to transfer radioactive waste.
(d) "Carrier" shall mean and include a common, contract or private carrier of property by motor vehicle, railroad, aircraft or vessels, including barges.
(e) "Public safety official" shall mean police, fire, health, disaster or emergency management officials of the state or any of its political subdivisions.
(f) "Permit" shall mean the written authorization for the transportation of radioactive waste issued by the agency in accordance with Sections 45-14-57 et seq.
(g) "Fee" shall mean the amount of money levied against a carrier or shipper for a permit required hereunder.
(h) "Fund" shall mean the special emergency management revolving fund, authorized pursuant to the provisions of Section 33-15-11(b)(12), Mississippi Code of 1972.
(i) "Shipper" shall mean any corporation or person to whom has been issued a license authorizing the possession, use or transfer of radioactive waste by the Mississippi State Board of Health, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, any other agreement state or any agency of the federal government exempt from licensing by the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
(j) "Person" shall mean any corporation or individual or governmental agency of the United States.
Sources: Laws, 1982, ch. 432, § 3, eff from and after passage (approved April 1, 1982).
The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context shall otherwise require:
(a) "Agency" shall mean the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
(b) "Radioactive waste" shall mean irradiated nuclear reactor fuel, and any other material which emits radiation which the Mississippi State Board of Health determines by regulation to present a significant threat to public health and safety.
(c) "Application" shall mean any request to the agency for a permit to transfer radioactive waste.
(d) "Carrier" shall mean and include a common, contract or private carrier of property by motor vehicle, railroad, aircraft or vessels, including barges.
(e) "Public safety official" shall mean police, fire, health, disaster or emergency management officials of the state or any of its political subdivisions.
(f) "Permit" shall mean the written authorization for the transportation of radioactive waste issued by the agency in accordance with Sections 45-14-57 et seq.
(g) "Fee" shall mean the amount of money levied against a carrier or shipper for a permit required hereunder.
(h) "Fund" shall mean the special emergency management revolving fund, authorized pursuant to the provisions of Section 33-15-11(b)(12), Mississippi Code of 1972.
(i) "Shipper" shall mean any corporation or person to whom has been issued a license authorizing the possession, use or transfer of radioactive waste by the Mississippi State Board of Health, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, any other agreement state or any agency of the federal government exempt from licensing by the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
(j) "Person" shall mean any corporation or individual or governmental agency of the United States.
Sources: Laws, 1982, ch. 432, § 3, eff from and after passage (approved April 1, 1982).
The following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context shall otherwise require:
(a) "Agency" shall mean the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
(b) "Radioactive waste" shall mean irradiated nuclear reactor fuel, and any other material which emits radiation which the Mississippi State Board of Health determines by regulation to present a significant threat to public health and safety.
(c) "Application" shall mean any request to the agency for a permit to transfer radioactive waste.
(d) "Carrier" shall mean and include a common, contract or private carrier of property by motor vehicle, railroad, aircraft or vessels, including barges.
(e) "Public safety official" shall mean police, fire, health, disaster or emergency management officials of the state or any of its political subdivisions.
(f) "Permit" shall mean the written authorization for the transportation of radioactive waste issued by the agency in accordance with Sections 45-14-57 et seq.
(g) "Fee" shall mean the amount of money levied against a carrier or shipper for a permit required hereunder.
(h) "Fund" shall mean the special emergency management revolving fund, authorized pursuant to the provisions of Section 33-15-11(b)(12), Mississippi Code of 1972.
(i) "Shipper" shall mean any corporation or person to whom has been issued a license authorizing the possession, use or transfer of radioactive waste by the Mississippi State Board of Health, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, any other agreement state or any agency of the federal government exempt from licensing by the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
(j) "Person" shall mean any corporation or individual or governmental agency of the United States.
Sources: Laws, 1982, ch. 432, § 3, eff from and after passage (approved April 1, 1982).
