[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 8]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR61.101]

[Page 73]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 61_NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart I_National Emission Standards for Radionuclide Emissions From 
 Federal Facilities Other Than Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensees 
                      and Not Covered by Subpart H
 
Sec. 61.101  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart, all terms not defined here have the meaning 
given them in the Clean Air Act or subpart A of part 61. The following 
terms shall have the following specific meanings:
    (a) Effective dose equivalent means the sum of the products of 
absorbed dose and appropriate factors to account for differences in 
biological effectiveness due to the quality of radiation and its 
distribution in the body of reference man. The unit of the effective 
dose equivalent is the rem. For purposes of this subpart doses caused by 
radon-222 and its decay products formed after the radon is released from 
the facility are not included. The method for calculating effective dose 
equivalent and the definition of reference man are outlined in the 
International Commission on Radiological Protection's Publication No. 
26.
    (b) Facility means all buildings, structures and operations on one 
contiguous site.
    (c) Federal facility means any facility owned or operated by any 
department, commission, agency, office, bureau or other unit of the 
government of the United States of America except for facilities owned 
or operated by the Department of Energy.
    (d) Radionuclide means a type of atom which spontaneously undergoes 
radioactive decay.

[54 FR 51697, Dec. 15, 1989, as amended at 61 FR 68981, Dec. 30, 1996]