Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 21 - Division of Radiological Health
Subpart 78 - Radiological Health
Chapter 1 - REGULATIONS FOR CONTROL OF RADIATION IN MISSISSIPPI
Subchapter 11 - Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (Norm)
Rule 15-21-78-1.11.4 - Exemptions

1. Persons who receive, possess, use, process, transfer, transport, store, distribute, and dispose of NORM are exempt from the requirements of these regulations if:

2. Persons who receive products or materials containing NORM distributed in accordance with a specific license issued by the Agency pursuant to 1.11.15(1) or an equivalent license issued by another Licensing State are exempt from these regulations.

3. The manufacturing, distribution, use, transportation, and disposal of potassium and potassium compounds which have not been isotopically enriched in the radionuclide K-40 are exempt from the requirements of these regulations.

4. The wholesale and retail distribution (including custom blending), possession, and use of the following products or materials are exempt from the requirements of these regulations;

5. The possession, use, and transportation of natural gas, and natural gas products, and crude oil, and crude oil products as a fuel are exempt from the requirements of these regulations. The manufacturing and distribution of natural gas and crude oil and natural gas and crude oil products are exempt from the specific license requirements of this section but are subject to the general license requirements in 1.11.10, 1.11.11, and 1.11.12.

6. Produced waters from crude oil and natural gas production are exempt from the requirements of these regulations if the produced waters are reinjected in a well approved by the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board and Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and as a Class II Injection and Disposal well.