Illinois Compiled Statutes 420 ILCS 42/10 – Definitions. As used in this Act:
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Agency” means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
“By-product material” means the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its source material content, including discrete surface wastes resulting from underground solution extraction processes but not including underground ore bodies depleted by such solution extraction processes.
“Director” means the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this State, any other State or political subdivision or agency thereof, and any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of the foregoing, other than the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto, and other than federal government agencies licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto.
“Radiation emergency” means the uncontrolled release of radioactive material from a radiation installation that poses a potential threat to the public health, welfare, and safety.
“Source material” means (i) uranium, thorium, or any other material that the Agency declares by order to be source material after the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or its successor has determined the material to be source material; or (ii) ores containing one or more of those materials in such concentration as the Agency declares by order to be source material after the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or its successor has determined the material in such concentration to be source material.
“Specific license” means a license, issued after application, to use, manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, acquire, own, or possess quantities of radioactive materials or devices or equipment utilizing radioactive materials.
“By-product material” means the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its source material content, including discrete surface wastes resulting from underground solution extraction processes but not including underground ore bodies depleted by such solution extraction processes.
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 420 ILCS 42/10
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
- United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
“Director” means the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this State, any other State or political subdivision or agency thereof, and any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of the foregoing, other than the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto, and other than federal government agencies licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any successor thereto.
“Radiation emergency” means the uncontrolled release of radioactive material from a radiation installation that poses a potential threat to the public health, welfare, and safety.
“Source material” means (i) uranium, thorium, or any other material that the Agency declares by order to be source material after the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or its successor has determined the material to be source material; or (ii) ores containing one or more of those materials in such concentration as the Agency declares by order to be source material after the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or its successor has determined the material in such concentration to be source material.
“Specific license” means a license, issued after application, to use, manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, acquire, own, or possess quantities of radioactive materials or devices or equipment utilizing radioactive materials.