40 CFR § 190.12 - Effective date.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s190.12"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 190.12 - Effective date."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "190.12"
section_name: "Effective date."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS"
part_number: "190"
part_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; Reorganization Plan No. 3, of 1970."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 2860, Jan. 13, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "190"
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# 190.12 Effective date.
(a) The standards in § 190.10(a) shall be effective December 1, 1979, except that for doses arising from operations associated with the milling of uranium ore the effective date shall be December 1, 1980.
(b) The standards in § 190.10(b) shall be effective December 1, 1979, except that the standards for krypton-85 and iodine-129 shall be effective January 1, 1983, for any such radioactive materials generated by the fission process after these dates.