Section 29-0101. Definitions

For the purposes of this article:
    1. "Low-level radioactive waste" means radioactive material that:
    a.  is  not  high-level  radioactive  waste,  transuranic waste, spent
  nuclear fuel, or the tailings or wastes produced by  the  extraction  or
  concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for
  its source material content; and
    b.  the  United  States nuclear regulatory commission, consistent with
  federal law and in accordance with  paragraph  a  of  this  subdivision,
  classifies as low-level radioactive waste.
    2.   "Low-level   radioactive   waste   management  facilities"  means
  facilities authorized pursuant to section eighteen hundred  fifty-four-c
  of  the  public  authorities  law  for  permanent  disposal of low-level
  radioactive waste  and  any  associated  facilities  for  treatment  and
  handling  of  such  waste, including, but not limited, to facilities for
  purposes of stabilization, volume reduction, or protection of health and
  safety of workers or members of the public from  potential  exposure  to
  hazards.
    3.  "Permanent  disposal facilities" means low-level radioactive waste
  management facilities for permanent disposal  of  low-level  radioactive
  waste  generated  within  the  state  of New York, other than such waste
  which is a federal responsibility pursuant to the provisions of  federal
  law  pertaining  to  state  and federal responsibilities for disposal of
  low-level radioactive waste.
    4. "Shallow land burial" means emplacement  of  low-level  radioactive
  waste  in  or within the upper thirty meters of the surface of the earth
  in trenches, holes, or other excavations in  which  only  soil  provides
  structural  integrity,  a  barrier to migration of low-level radioactive
  waste from or subsurface water into such excavation,  or  a  barrier  to
  entry  of  surface water to such excavation or in a manner that fails to
  allow during the institutional control period for monitoring and control
  of releases of radioactivity.
    5. "State agency" means any  office,  department,  board,  commission,
  bureau,   division,   council,   authority,   corporation,   agency,  or
  instrumentality of the state.
    6. "Commission" means the commission for siting low-level  radioactive
  waste  disposal  facilities  created pursuant to section 29-0301 of this
  article.