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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 336RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE RULES
SUBCHAPTER MLICENSING OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES PROCESSING AND STORAGE FACILITIES
RULE §336.1221Specific Terms and Conditions of Licenses

(a) Unless otherwise specified, each license issued in accordance with this subchapter is subject to the requirements in §305.125 of this title (relating to Standard Permit Conditions). A license issued under this subchapter must include license conditions derived from the evaluations of the application and analyses performed by the agency, including amendments and changes made before a license is issued. License conditions may include, but are not limited to, the following:

  (1) restrictions as to the total radioactive inventory of radioactive substances to be received;

  (2) restrictions as to size, shape, and materials and methods of construction of radioactive substances packaging and maximum number of package units stored, at any one time;

  (3) restrictions as to the physical and chemical form and radioisotopic content and concentration of radioactive substances;

  (4) controls to be applied to restrict access to the site;

  (5) controls to be applied to maintain and protect the health and safety of the public and site employees and the environment;

  (6) administrative controls, which are the provisions relating to organization, management, and operating procedures; record-keeping, review and audit; and reporting necessary to assure that activities at the facility are conducted in a safe manner and in conformity with agency rules and license conditions;

  (7) maximum retention time for radioactive substances received at the facility; and

  (8) term of the specific license for a fixed term not to exceed ten years.

(b) The commission may incorporate in any license at the time of issuance, or thereafter, by appropriate rule or order, additional requirements or conditions with respect to the licensee's receipt, possession, or transfer of radioactive substances as it deems appropriate or necessary in order to:

  (1) protect the health and safety of the public and the environment; or

  (2) require reports and recordkeeping and to provide for inspections of activities under the licenses that may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of the Texas Radiation Control Act and rules thereunder.

(c) Each person licensed by the commission in accordance with this subchapter shall confine the use and possession of the radioactive substance licensed to the locations and purposes authorized in the license.


Source Note: The provisions of this §336.1221 adopted to be effective February 28, 2008, 33 TexReg 1570

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