# The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 2: Interpretation: NORM


(1) In this schedule, “NORM containing substance” means a solid substance or article which—
(a) is either—
(i) radioactive material or radioactive waste under paragraph 6(2) of schedule 8; or
(ii) except where sub-paragraph (2) applies, radioactive waste under paragraph 7 of schedule 8 arising from the remediation of land contaminated by radium;
(b) contains one or more of the radionuclides which are listed in column 1 of Table 1; and
(c) has a concentration of radioactivity that does not exceed the value specified in column 2 of Table 2 in respect of that radionuclide.
(2) Land is not contaminated under sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii) unless the contamination occurred prior to 13th May 2000.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2018/9780111039014/schedule/9/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-9/paragraph-2
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