---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 197.4"
title: "40"
number: "197.4"
heading: "What standard must DOE meet?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/197.4"
---

# §197.4. What standard must DOE meet?


The DOE must ensure that no member of the public in the general environment receives more than an annual committed effective dose equivalent of 150 microsieverts (15 millirems) from the combination of:

- (a) Management and storage (as defined in [40 CFR 191.2](/cfr/40/191.2.md)) of radioactive material that:
  - (1) Is subject to [40 CFR 191.3(a)](/cfr/40/191.3.md?p=a); and
  - (2) Occurs outside of the Yucca Mountain repository but within the Yucca Mountain site; and
- (b) Storage (as defined in [§ 197.2](/cfr/40/197.2.md)) of radioactive material inside the Yucca Mountain repository.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 801, Pub. L. 102-486, 106 Stat. 2921, 42 U.S.C. 10141 n.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 32132, June 13, 2001, unless otherwise noted.