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TITLE 25HEALTH SERVICES
PART 1DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
CHAPTER 289RADIATION CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER FLICENSE REGULATIONS
RULE §289.259Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM)

  (1) When an application meets the requirements of the Act and rules of the agency, the agency will issue a specific license authorizing the proposed activity in such form and containing appropriate or necessary conditions and limitations.

  (2) The agency may incorporate in a license at the time of issuance, or thereafter by amendment, any additional requirements and conditions with respect to the licensee's receipt, possession, use, and transfer of NORM subject to this section as it considers appropriate or necessary in order to:

    (A) minimize danger to public health and safety, property, or the environment;

    (B) require such reports and the keeping of such records, and to provide for such inspections of activities under the license as may be appropriate or necessary; and

    (C) prevent loss or theft of material subject to this section.

(o) Conditions of licenses issued under subsection (k) of this section.

  (1) General terms and conditions.

    (A) Each license issued in accordance with this section shall be subject to all the provisions of the Act, now or hereafter in effect, and to all rules and orders of the agency.

    (B) No license issued or granted under this section and no right to possess or utilize NORM granted by any license issued in accordance with this section shall be transferred, assigned, or in any manner disposed of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of any license to any person unless the agency, after securing full information, finds that the transfer is in accordance with the provisions of the Act, and gives its consent in writing.

    (C) Each person licensed by the agency in accordance with this section shall use and possess the licensed material at the locations and for purposes authorized in the license.

    (D) Each person licensed by the agency in accordance with this section is subject to the general license provisions of subsection (g) of this section.

    (E) Each person licensed by the agency in accordance with this section shall manage and dispose of wastes containing NORM:

      (i) in accordance with EPA applicable requirements for disposal of such wastes;

      (ii) by transfer of the wastes for disposal to a person specifically licensed to receive waste containing NORM and that is licensed under requirements equivalent to those for uranium and thorium byproduct materials in §289.260 of this title;

      (iii) by transfer of the wastes for disposal to a facility licensed in accordance with the requirements equivalent to those in the 10 CFR Part 61 by NRC, an agreement state, or a licensing state; or

      (iv) in accordance with alternate methods authorized by the agency having jurisdiction to regulate such wastes.

    (F) Notification to the agency.

      (i) Each licensee shall notify the agency, in writing, immediately following the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition for bankruptcy by or against:

        (I) a licensee;

        (II) an entity controlling a licensee or listing the license of the licensee as property of the estate; or

        (III) an affiliate of the licensee.

      (ii) This notification shall include:

        (I) the bankruptcy court in which the petition for bankruptcy was filed;

        (II) the name of the entity in bankruptcy; and

        (III) the date of the filing of the petition.

  (2) Quality control, labeling, and reports of transfer. Each person licensed under subsection (k)(4) of this section shall:

    (A) carry out adequate control procedures in manufacturing the material or product to assure that each production lot meets the quality control standards approved by the agency;

    (B) label or mark each unit to identify the manufacturer, processor, producer, or commercial distributor of the material or product and the NORM in the material or product; and

    (C) maintain records identifying, by name and address, each person to whom NORM is transferred for use under subsection (d)(4) of this section or the equivalent requirements of another licensing state, and stating the kinds, quantities, and uses of NORM transferred. An annual summary report stating the total quantity of each radionuclide transferred under the specific license shall be filed with the agency. Each report shall cover the year ending December 31, and shall be filed within 30 days thereafter. If no transfers of radioactive material have been made in accordance with (k)(4) of this section during the reporting period, the report shall so indicate.

(p) Expiration and termination of licenses.

  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (6) of this subsection and subsection (q)(2) of this section, each specific license shall expire at the end of the specified day in the month and year stated in the license.

  (2) Each licensee shall notify the agency immediately, in writing, and request termination of the license when the licensee decides to terminate all activities involving materials authorized under the license or when the licensee decides to terminate a licensed location. This notification and request for termination of the license or a licensed location must include the reports and information specified in paragraph (4)(D) of this subsection. The licensee is subject to the provisions of paragraphs (3)-(5) of this subsection, as applicable.

  (3) No less than 30 days before the expiration date specified in a specific license, the licensee shall either:

    (A) submit an application for license renewal under subsection (q) of this section; or

    (B) notify the agency in writing, under paragraph (2) of this subsection, if the licensee decides to discontinue all activities involving NORM.

  (4) If a licensee terminates a licensed location or if a licensee does not submit an application for license renewal under subsection (q) of this section, the licensee shall, before a licensed location can be removed from the license, or on or before the expiration date specified in the license:

    (A) terminate use of NORM;

    (B) properly dispose of NORM; and

    (C) submit a record of NORM disposal and radiation survey(s) to confirm the absence of NORM or to establish the levels of residual radioactive contamination. The licensee shall, as appropriate:

      (i) submit a record of disposal of radioactive material and radiation survey(s) of the licensee's permanent location of use or storage. Levels of radiation shall be reported in units as required by subsection (w) of this section; and

      (ii) specify the instruments(s) used and certify that each instrument is properly calibrated and tested.

  (5) If no radioactivity attributable to activities conducted under the license is detected, the licensee shall submit a certification that no detectable radioactive contamination exceeding the levels listed in subsections (d)(1) and (w) of this section was found. If the agency determines that the information submitted under this paragraph and paragraph (4)(D) of this subsection is adequate and surveys conducted by the agency confirm the findings, the agency will notify the licensee in writing that the license is terminated.

  (6) If detectable levels of residual radioactivity attributable to activities conducted under the license are found, the requirements of the license continue in effect beyond the expiration date, if necessary, with respect to possession of residual NORM until the agency notifies the licensee in writing that the requirements of the license have been completed. During this time, the licensee is subject to the provisions of paragraph (7) of this subsection. In addition to the information submitted under paragraph (4)(D) of this subsection, the licensee shall submit a plan, if appropriate, for decontaminating the location(s) and disposing of the residual NORM.

  (7) Each licensee who possesses residual radioactive material under paragraph (6) of this subsection, following the expiration date specified in the license, shall:

    (A) be limited to actions involving NORM related to preparing the location(s) for release for unrestricted use; and

    (B) continue to control entry to restricted areas until the location(s) is suitable for release for unrestricted use and the release is approved by the agency in writing.

(q) Renewal of licenses.

  (1) Applications for renewal of specific licenses shall be filed in accordance with subsection (j) of this section.

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