(a) Any person may
apply to the department for approval of proposed procedures to dispose
radioactive materials into the ground, water and air environment in a manner
not otherwise authorized in sections
19-24-1 to
19-24-14, inclusive. Each application should include a description of the
radioactive material or materials involved, including the quantities and kinds
of such material and the levels of radioactivity involved and the proposed
manner and conditions of disposal. The application should also include an
analysis and evaluation of pertinent information as to the nature of the
environment, including topographical, geological, meteorological and
hydrological characteristics; usage of ground and surface waters in the general
area, the nature and location of other potentially affected facilities and
procedures to be observed to minimize the risk of unexpected or hazardous
exposures.
(b)
(1) No owner of an installation or mobile
source shall possess, use or transfer radioactive material in such a manner as
to release into the air or bodies of water outside an installation any
concentration of radioactive material in excess of the limits specified in
Appendix B, Table II, 10 CFR 20. For the purposes of this subdivision,
concentrations may be averaged over periods not greater than one
year.
(2) Determinations as to the
concentrations of radioactive material shall be made with respect to the point
where such material leaves the control of the owner. Where the radioactive
material is discharged through a stack, tube, pipe or similar conduit, the
determinations may be made with respect to the point where the material leaves
such conduit.
(c) No
owner of an installation or mobile source shall discharge radioactive materials
into a sanitary sewage system unless:
(1) It
is readily soluble or dispersible in water;
(2) The quantity of radioactive material
released into the system by the owner in any one day does not exceed the larger
of the quantities specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B) as follows:
(A) The quantity which if diluted by the
average daily quantity of sewage released into the sewer from the installation
or mobile source, will result in an average concentration equal to the limits
specified in Appendix B, Table 1, Column 2, 10 CFR 20.
(B) Ten times the quantity of such material
specified in Appendix C 10 CFR 20.
(3) The quantity of any radioactive material
released by the owner of an installation or mobile source in any one month if
diluted by the average monthly quantity of water released will not result in an
average concentration exceeding the limits specified in Appendix B, Table 1,
Column 2, 10 CFR 20.
(4) The gross
quantity of radioactive material released into the sewerage system does not
exceed one curie per year or other limits as may be specified in 10 CFR 20.
Discharge of excreta from individuals undergoing medical diagnosis or therapy
with radioactive material shall be exempt from the limitations contained in
this subsection.
(d) No
owner of an installation or mobile source shall dispose of radioactive material
by dumping or by burial unless:
(1) The total
quantity of radioactive material or materials buried in any one location does
not exceed at the time of burial one thousand times the amounts specified in
Appendix C, 10 CFR 20.
(2) Burial
is at a minimum depth of four feet.
(3) Successive burials are separated by
distances of at least six feet and not more than twelve burials are made in any
year, and
(4) The area is approved
by the department for burial of radioactive materials.
(e) No owner of any installation or mobile
source shall treat or dispose of radioactive material by incineration except in
accordance with plans and procedures specifically approved by the
department.
(f) Each owner of an
installation or mobile source shall maintain records of disposal of waste
radioactive material. Such records shall be available for review by the
department's representatives upon request.
Appendix A
Quantities of Radioactive Materials
Exempted
from Registration Requirements
Materials in Sealed Sources
Radioactive materials in sealed sources not exceeding 1
millicurie for a given installation.
Materials Not in Sealed Sources
1. Not more than 1 microcurie total quantity
of any one or any combination of the following:
Pb210,
Ra226, Ac227,
Pu239, Am241,
Cm242, Po210,
At211, U233
2. Not more than 10 microcuries
total quantity of any one or any combination of the following:
Sc46,
Co60, Sr90,
Ag105, Ru106,
Te129, I131,
Cs137, Ce144,
Eu154, W181,
Re183, Ir192
3. Not more than 100 microcuries
total quantity of any one or any combination of the following:
P32,
C136, Ca45,
Sc47, Sc48,
V48, Fe59,
Zn65, Ga72, As76,
Rb86, Sr89,
Y91, Nb95,
Tc96, Rh105,
Cd109, Ag111,
Sn113, Te127,
Ba140, La140,
Pr143, Sm151,
Ho166, Tm170,
Lu177, Ta182,
Pt191, Pt193,
Au198, Au199,
Tl200, Pb203,
Tl204, Th234
4. Not more than 1,000 microcuries
total quantity of any one or any combination of the following:
H3, Be7,
C14, Na24,
S35, K42,
Cr51, Fe55,
Mn56, Ni59,
Gu64, Ge71,
Mo99, Pd103,
Pm147, Ir190,
Au196, Tl201,
Tl202; natural uranium; natural thorium.
5. Not more than 10 microcuries of
any one or of any combination of any radioactive materials not specified
above.
