part_subject: "ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Environmental Standards for the Uranium Fuel Cycle"
section_number: "190.11"
section_subject: "Variances for unusual operations."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 190.11"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Parts 190 to 259"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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The standards specified in § 190.10 may be exceeded if:
(a)The regulatory agency has granted a variance based upon its determination that a temporary and unusual operating condition exists and continued operation is in the public interest, and
(b)Information is promptly made a matter of public record delineating the nature of unusual operating conditions, the degree to which this operation is expected to result in levels in excess of the standards, the basis of the variance, and the schedule for achieving conformance with the standards.