Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 52, December 27, 2024
a) Because the contractor and its
subcontractors will be responsible for performing a variety of activities, as
set forth in this Part and 32 Ill. Adm. Code 601, ranging from designing a
facility to negotiating plans for impact assistance with local governments,
when selecting a contractor to design, develop, construct, operate and close a
low-level radioactive waste disposal facility, the Agency will only select a
proposer that has or will obtain a qualified staff that will be assigned to the
project and that meets the requirements of this Section. The employee
qualifications listed in this Section are minimum requirements for the
contractor and must be met collectively by the contractor's staff; the
qualifications need not be met by a single individual.
1) Project Manager
A) The contractor selected shall have an
identified individual (or individuals) who will act as Project Manager for the
designing, development, construction, operation and closure of the low-level
radioactive waste disposal facility.
B) The Project Manager will be required to
work with the Agency to ensure that the project is proceeding in accordance
with the provisions of the contract and in accordance with the requirements of
the Act.
C) The Project Manager
will also be responsible for organizing, managing and coordinating the staff of
both the contractor and the subcontractors. To assure that the Project Manager
is capable of fulfilling these responsibilities, the Project Manager must have
previous managerial experience on a project of similar magnitude and complexity
(i.e., project of similar budget, duration, staffing, and regulatory
complexity). The Project Manager must have been manager of a project that
involved supervision of at least 30 professional (engineering or other
technical) employees. Additionally, the Project Manager must be familiar with
federal, State and local requirements applicable to radioactive or hazardous
waste disposal, or with radioactive materials licensing. The Project Manager's
familiarity with these regulatory requirements shall have been obtained through
involvement on previous projects.
2) Senior Project Engineer. The Senior
Project Engineer will be responsible for approving all engineering plans,
designs, drawings, reports, specifications and other engineering documents on
behalf of the contractor. Therefore, the Senior Project Engineer shall:
A) Be a Professional Engineer licensed in
Illinois by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in
accordance with the Illinois Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989 [225
ILCS 325 ] or be a Professional Engineer licensed in another state and be
eligible for reciprocal licensure within six months; and
B) Have been a senior engineer on at least
two other engineering projects of similar complexity and magnitude as the
proposed project (i.e., project of similar budget, duration, staffing and
regulatory complexity). Preference will be given to proposers who designate as
a senior engineer an individual who has worked on a project for the design,
development, or remediation of a radioactive waste disposal facility.
3) Mechanical Engineer. If the
proposer's plan requires the services of a mechanical engineer, the mechanical
engineer shall:
A) Be a Professional Engineer
licensed in Illinois by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
in accordance with the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989 [225 ILCS
325 ] or be a Professional Engineer licensed in another state and be eligible
for reciprocal licensure within six months; or
B) Have a degree in mechanical engineering
and at least five years experience as a mechanical engineer.
4) Geotechnical or Civil Engineer.
The geotechnical or civil engineer shall:
A)
Be a Professional Engineer licensed in Illinois by the Department of Financial
and Professional Regulation in accordance with the Professional Engineering
Practice Act of 1989 [225 ILCS 325 ] or be a Registered Professional Engineer
licensed in another state and be eligible for reciprocal licensure within six
months; or
B) Have a degree in
geotechnical or civil engineering and at least five years experience as a
geotechnical or civil engineer.
5) Structural Engineer. The Structural
Engineer will be responsible for designing structural components of the
facility. To be able to accomplish this task, the structural engineer will have
to be knowledgeable in reinforced concrete design and construction. At a
minimum, the individual identified to perform these responsibilities shall:
A) Be a Structural Engineer licensed in
Illinois by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in
accordance with the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989 [225 ILCS 340 ]
or be a Structural Engineer licensed in another state and be eligible for
reciprocal licensure within six months; and
B) Shall have at least 10 years of experience
in reinforced concrete design and construction.
6) Geohydrologist. The proposer selected as
contractor shall have a geohydrologist knowledgeable in geologic interpretation
and hydraulic transport of contaminants through soil or other porous material.
The geohydrologist shall either:
A) Hold a
Master's Degree in geology or hydrogeology and have at least five years
experience as a hydrogeologist; or
B) Hold a Bachelor's degree in geology and
have at least eight years of experience as hydrogeologist.
7) Environmental Scientist. The proposer
selected as contractor shall have an environmental scientist who:
A) Holds an advanced degree (Ph.D., M.A. or
M.S.) in Environmental Science or related natural or physical science;
and
B) Has at least five years
experience in evaluation and mitigation of environmental impacts.
8) Health Physicists
A) During the design, development and
planning of operation of a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility, the
full time services of a health physicist will be required to establish
compliance with the requirements of 32 Ill. Adm. Code 310, 330, 341, 400 and
601. The health physicist will be responsible for developing and implementing
an environmental monitoring plan, preparing an emergency response plan, and
assisting the contractor in the design and development of a disposal facility
that incorporates the best available management technologies that are
economically reasonable, technologically feasible and environmentally sound. In
order to assure that the health physicist available to the contractor is
competent to fulfill these responsibilities, the contractor selected must have
a health physicist whose services will be dedicated to the project and who
meets one of the following:
i) Is certified
by the American Board of Health Physics, 1313 Dolley Madison Blvd., Suite 402,
McLean VA 22101, in accordance with that organization's standards for
certification in effect in November 2011. A copy of these standards is
available from the Agency;
ii)
Holds a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in health physics, medical radiological physics or
physics, and has at least three years of applied radiation protection
experience; or
iii) Holds a
Master's (M.S., M.A.) degree in health physics or physics and has at least five
years of applied radiation protection experience.
B) Operation. During the operation of the
low-level radioactive waste disposal facility, health physicists will be needed
to conduct personnel monitoring, perform environmental monitoring, inspect
packages received for disposal, and perform the responsibilities of a Radiation
Safety Officer. In order to assure that the health physicists available to the
contractor are capable of performing duties necessary to establish compliance
with the requirements of 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340 and 601, the contractor selected
must have health physicists whose services will be dedicated, i.e., a full-time
employee on site, to the operation of the low-level radioactive waste disposal
facility. In addition, the health physicists must either:
i) Be certified by the American Board of
Health Physics, 1313 Dolley Madison Blvd, Suite 402, McLean VA 22101, in
accordance with that organization's standards for certification in effect in
November 2011. A copy of these standards is available from the
Agency;
ii) Hold a Doctorate
(Ph.D.) in health physics, physics or natural or physical science and have at
least three years of applied radiation protection experience;
iii) Hold a Master's (M.S., M.A.) degree in
health physics, physics or natural or physical science and have at least five
years of applied radiation protection experience; or
iv) Hold a Bachelor's (B.S., B.A.) degree in
health physics, physics, or natural or physical science and have at least eight
years of applied radiation protection experience.
9) Radiochemist. The contractor
will be required to operate an onsite radiochemistry laboratory. This
laboratory will be used to analyze incoming radioactive materials, as well as
samples obtained in the process of environmental monitoring. The radiochemist
will be responsible for managing this laboratory and performing chemical
analyses. In order to ensure that the contractor will be able to fulfill its
obligation to provide radiochemistry support services, the proposer selected
must have a radiochemist who:
A) Holds an
advanced degree (Ph.D., M.A., M.S.) in radiochemistry or chemistry;
and
B) Has at least five years
experience working in a radiochemistry laboratory.
10) Community Liaison. The community liaison
will be responsible for involving all segments of the public in the decision
making surrounding the development, operation, closure and post-closure phases
of the facility and will also be responsible for establishing a long-term local
citizens' advisory group. To ensure that the community liaison is capable of
fulfilling these responsibilities, the proposer selected must have a community
liaison who will be assigned to this project and who either has:
A) An advanced degree (Ph.D., M.S., M.A.) in
public administration or a related field, e.g., public affairs, or technology
and public policy, and a minimum of three years experience in conducting public
participation programs, particularly those involving the siting of locally
controversial land uses, such as prisons or landfills; or
B) A Bachelor's degree (B.A., B.S.) in public
administration or a related field and a minimum of five years experience in
conducting public participation programs, particularly those involving the
siting of locally controversial land uses.
11) Support Services
A) Comptroller - The contractor shall
dedicate to the project the full-time services of a comptroller experienced in
managing projects of similar budget size and complexity of the proposed
project. The comptroller shall hold a degree in accounting and shall have at
least five years experience.
B)
Information Management Services Staff. The contractor will be responsible for
developing and maintaining computerized record keeping systems that track
generators, container contents, shippers, dates, certifications, treatments,
package characteristics, special disposal requirements and location of
containers in disposal units. These computerized record keeping systems must be
compatible with the Agency's systems. To ensure that the contractor is capable
of fulfilling this responsibility, the proposer shall have an information
management specialist who has training in the development and maintenance of
computer systems. The information management specialist shall hold a Bachelor's
or graduate level degree in computer science or information management and
shall have at least three years of computer programming experience.
b) The Agency shall
evaluate the qualifications of any other project staff identified by the
proposer in its proposal. When determining whether the staff is qualified to
perform the responsibilities identified in the proposal, the Agency will
evaluate staff qualifications as characterized by the proposer in the proposal.
In addition, the Agency will evaluate the qualifications specified by the
proposer for positions that have been identified but not yet filled in order to
determine whether the proposer anticipates filling vacant positions with
individuals competent to perform assigned tasks. The Agency also will evaluate
the proposer's procedures for hiring qualified replacements when the identified
staff leaves the employ of the proposer.