Terminology used in these rules have the meanings assigned in the act and this rule, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise:
- (1) "Account" means the radioactive waste transportation monitoring, emergency response, and training account as provided in 10-3-1304, MCA.
- (2) "Act" means the Montana High-Level Radioactive Waste and Transuranic Waste Transportation Act, codified at 10-3-1301 through 10-3-1310, MCA.
- (3) "Department of Transportation" means the Montana Department of Transportation as provided at 2-15-2501, MCA.
- (4) "Disaster and emergency services division" means the Disaster and Emergency Services Division of the Montana Department of Military Affairs as referenced in 10-3-1304, MCA.
- (5) "Highway patrol" means the Montana Highway Patrol as provided at 44-1-101, MCA.
- (6) "Local authority" means Montana counties, incorporated cities, and Indian nations and associated qualifying local emergency response entities.
- (7) "Originating shipper" means the owner or the person designated by the owner or by law to arrange for transportation of the radioactive waste.
- (8) "Owner" means the person who owns the radioactive waste.
- (9) "Public safety answering point" means a communications facility operated on a 24-hour basis that first receives 911 calls from persons in a 911 service area and that may, as appropriate, directly dispatch public or private safety services or transfer or relay 911 calls to appropriate public safety agencies.
- (10) "Public service commission" means the Transportation and Centralized Services Division of the Montana Department of Public Service Regulation, Public Service Commission, as referenced at 2-15-2601, 2-15-2602 , and 69-1-101 , MCA.
- (11) "Radioactive waste" means high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or transuranic waste as defined at 10-3-1303, MCA.
- (12) "State authority" includes the Disaster and Emergency Services Division, Department of Transportation, Highway Patrol, and Public Service Commission.
- (13) "Transporter" means a railroad or motor carrier transporting radioactive waste.
Authorizing statute(s): 10-3-1309, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 10-3-1309, MCA
History: NEW, 2004 MAR p. 1628, Eff. 7/23/04.