DEFINITION OF LAWLESS according to the Merriam Webster Dictionary:
Lawless: adj 1 : having no laws 2 : UNRULY, DISORDERLY (a ~ mob) — lawlessly adv — lawlessness advDEFINITION OF IONIZING RADIATION
Radiation with enough energy to remove one or more electrons from atoms it encounters, creating ions inside living cells. (An ion is an atom that carries a positive or negative electrical charge). Ionizing radiation leaves positively charged particles such as alpha and beta, and non-particulate forms such as X-rays and gamma radiation. These ions can damage key substances in cells, including the DNA. Such damage can lead to cancer or other defects. DEFINITION OF RISIDUAL CONTAMINATION
Long-Term Stewardship (LTS) issues impact nearly every state since many federal cleanup sites throughout the United States will have residual contamination that does not allow for unrestricted use. As government agencies with responsibility for ensuring compliance with environmental laws and protection of public health and the environment, members of the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) and the participating federal agencies have developed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to address LTS needs and activities at the affected sites. The parties to the MOU are: the ECOS; the US Department of Defense (DoD); the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI); the USDOE; and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). . . LTS generally includes the establishment and maintenance of physical and non-physical controls, implementation entities, authorities, accountability mechanisms, information and data management systems and resources that are necessary to ensure that cleanup sites with residual contamination that does not allow for unrestricted use or with ongoing waste management responsibilities after completion of response action remain protective. . . Protectiveness-LTS functions and activities must assure ongoing protection of public health, the environment and natural ecosystems for sites with residual contamination after response action is undertaken, consistent with pertinent laws and regulations. . .”DEFINITION OF IMPAIRMENT AND DISABILITY
What is the difference between impairment and disability? Impairment According to the fifth edition of the Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, published by the American Medical Association (AMA Guides), 