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title: "40 CFR §191.21"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/section-191.21"

title_number: "40"

volume_number: "27"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "F"

subchapter_subject: "RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS"

part_code: "191"

part_subject: "ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, HIGH-LEVEL AND TRANSURANIC RADIOACTIVE WASTES"

subpart_code: "C"

subpart_subject: "Environmental Standards for Ground-Water Protection"

section_number: "191.21"

section_subject: "Applicability."

cfr_reference: "40 CFR 191.21"

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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(a)This subpart applies to:

(1)Radiation doses received by members of the public as a result of activities subject to subpart B of this part; and

(2)Radioactive contamination of underground sources of drinking water in the accessible environment as a result of such activities.

(b)This subpart does not apply to:

(1)Disposal directly into the oceans or ocean sediments;

(2)Wastes disposed of before the effective date of this subpart; and

(3)The characterization, licensing, construction, operation, or closure of any site required to be characterized under section 113(a) of Public Law 97-425, 96 Stat. 2201.

§191.21 - Applicability.