---identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s62.1"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "10 CFR § 62.1 - Purpose and scope."title_number: 10title_name: "Energy"section_number: "62.1"section_name: "Purpose and scope."chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"part_number: "62"part_name: "CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS TO NON-FEDERAL AND REGIONAL LOW-LEVEL WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Atomic Energy Act of 1954, sec. 161 (42 U.S.C. 2201); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985, secs. 2, 6 (42 U.S.C. 2021b, 2021f); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note."regulatory_source: "54 FR 5420, Feb. 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "62"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t10/s62.1
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Authority
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, sec. 161 (42 U.S.C. 2201); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985, secs. 2, 6 (42 U.S.C. 20... Atomic Energy Act of 1954, sec. 161 (42 U.S.C. 2201); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985, secs. 2, 6 (42 U.S.C. 2021b, 2021f); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.
# 62.1 Purpose and scope.(a) The regulations in this part establish for specific low-level radioactive waste:(1) Criteria and procedures for granting emergency access under section 6 of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 2021) to any non-Federal or regional low-level radioactive waste (LLW) disposal facility or to any non-Federal disposal facility within a State that is not a member of a Compact, and(2) The terms and conditions upon which the Commission will grant this emergency access.(b) The regulations in this part apply to all persons as defined by this regulation, who have been denied access to existing regional or non-Federal low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities and who submit a request to the Commission for a determination pursuant to this part.(c) The regulations in this part apply only to the LLW that the States have the responsibility to dispose of pursuant to section 3(1)(a) of the Act.