New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS
Subchapter 4 - LICENSING OF NATURALLY OCCURRING OR ACCELERATOR PRODUCED RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
Section 7:28-4.3 - Exemption from requirement for a license for manufacture, production, transfer, distribution or arrangement of distribution, sale, lease, receipt, acquisition, ownership, possession or use of all diffuse naturally occurring or diffuse accelerator produced radioactive materials
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:28-4.3
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) A person shall be exempt from the requirement to obtain a license for the following activities:
1. The person is a plant or laboratory owned by or operated on behalf of a Federal agency;
2. The person is a common or contract carrier and is transporting or storing radioactive materials covered by 7:28-4.7 in the regular course of carriage for another, or storage incident thereto;
3. The person produces, receives, possesses, uses, transfers, distributes, or arranges for the distribution, sells, leases, owns, or acquires materials containing diffuse naturally occurring or diffuse accelerator produced radioactive materials in concentrations not in excess of those exempted in (b) below;
4. The person owns or possesses naturally occurring radioactive materials, occurring in natural abundance and which are not technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials, whether intentionally or unintentionally;
5. The person who receives, owns, possesses, uses, processes, transfers, distributes, arranges for the distribution, sells or leases technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) if the TENORM contain any combination of Radium-226 and Radium-228 at concentrations less than five pCi/g (185 Bq/kg) (dry weight) above background and less than the quantity listed in (c) below;
6. The person owns property where radon gas is being expelled to the outside atmosphere as part of a radon remediation system installed in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:28-27;
7. The person owns a domestic treatment works where sewage sludge is present which may contain TENORM from the separation of liquids and solids which is the outcome of normal operations of the domestic treatment works;
8. The person is involved with the distribution, including custom blending, possession, and use of fertilizers containing TENORM; and
9. The person owns property where residual contamination remaining at the site was remediated under the Radiation Protection Act (26:2D-1 et seq.) and/or the other authorities listed in the Soil Remediation Standards at 7:28-12.2(a). Such residual concentrations may be greater than the limits specified in (a)5 above, but be under restricted conditions imposed by the Department (such as engineering and institutional controls), and meet the dose criteria specified in 7:28-12.8.
(b) The following concentrations of diffuse naturally occurring radioactive materials, including TENORM, and diffuse accelerator-produced radioactive materials, when obtained from naturally occurring materials or when produced by an accelerator are exempt from the requirements for a license:
| Exempt Concentrations | ||
| Column 1 | Column 2 | |
| Element (nuclide) | Gas concentration | Liq. & solid |
| (uCi/ml) | concentration (uCi/ml)*** | |
| Argon (Ar-37) | 1 x 10<-3> | -- |
| Arsenic (As-73) | -- | 5 x 10<-3> |
| (As-74) | -- | 5 x 10<-4> |
| Barium (Ba-131) | -- | 2 x 10<-3> |
| Beryllium (Be-7) | -- | 2 x 10<-2> |
| Bismuth (Bi-206) | -- | 4 x 10<-4> |
| (Bi-207)* | -- | 2 x 10<-4> |
| Cadmium (Cd-109) | -- | 2 x 10<-3> |
| Chromium (Cr-51) | -- | 2 x 10<-2> |
| Cobalt (Co-56)* | -- | 1.2 x 10<-4> |
| (Co-57) | -- | 5 x 10<-3> |
| (Co-58) | -- | 1 x 10<-3> |
| Dysprosium (Dy-159)* | -- | 4 x 10<-3> |
| Fluorine (F-18) | 2 x 10<-6> | 8 x 10<-3> |
| Gallium (Ga-67)* | -- | 2 x 10<-3> |
| Germanium (Ge-68)* | -- | 1.2 x 10<-3> |
| (Ge-71) | -- | 2 x 10<-2> |
| Gold (Au-196) | -- | 2 x 10<-3> |
| (Au-199) | -- | 2 x 10<-3> |
| Indium (In-111)* | -- | 1.2 x 10<-3> |
| (In-113m) | -- | 1 x 10<-2> |
| Iodine (I-123)* | 4 x 10<-7> | 2 x 10<-3> |
| (I-124)* | 8 x 10<-9> | 4 x 10<-5> |
| Iridium (Ir-190) | -- | 2 x 10<-3> |
| (Ir-192) | -- | 4 x 10<-4> |
| Iron (Fe-55) | -- | 8 x 10<-3> |
| Krypton (Kr-85m) | 1 x 10<-6> | -- |
| Lead (Pb-201)* | -- | 2 x 10<-3> |
| (Pb-203) | -- | 4 x 10<-3> |
| (Pb-210)* | -- | 2 x 10<-7> |
| Manganese (Mn-52) | -- | 3 x 10<-4> |
| (Mn-54) | -- | 1 x 10<-3> |
| Mercury (Hg-197m) | -- | 2 x 10<-3> |
| (Hg-197) | -- | 3 x 10<-3> |
| Neptunium (Np-237)* | -- | 4 x 10<-7> |
| Palladium (Pd-103) | -- | 3 x 10<-3> |
| Platinum (Pt-191) | -- | 1 x 10<-3> |
| (Pt-193m) | -- | 1 x 10<-2> |
| (Pt-197m) | -- | 1 x 10<-2> |
| Radium (Ra-226)* | -- | 1.2 x 10<-6> |
| (Ra-228) | -- | 4 x 10<-11> |
| Rhenium (Re-183) | -- | 6 x 10<-3> |
| Rubidium (Rb-81)* | -- | 1 x 10<-2> |
| (Rb-83)* | -- | 1.8 x 10<-4> |
| (Rb-84)* | -- | 1.4 x 10<-4> |
| Ruthenium (Ru-97) | -- | 4 x 10<-4> |
| Samarium (Sm-153) | -- | 8 x 10<-4> |
| Scandium (Sc-48) | -- | 3 x 10<-4> |
| Silver (Ag-105) | -- | 1 x 10<-3> |
| (Ag-111) | -- | 4 x 10<-4> |
| Sodium (Na-22)* | -- | 1.2 x 10<-4> |
| Tantalum (Ta-179)* | -- | 6 x 10<-3> |
| Technetium (Tc-96) | -- | 1 x 10<-3> |
| Thallium (Tl-200) | -- | 4 x 10<-3> |
| (Tl-201) | -- | 3 x 10<-3> |
| (Tl-202) | -- | 1 x 10<-3> |
| **Thorium (Th-228)* | -- | 4 x 10<-6> |
| (Th-230)* | -- | 2 x 10<-6> |
| (Th-232)* | -- | 6 x 10<-7> |
| (Th-234)* | -- | 1 x 10<-4> |
| Thulium (Tm-170) | -- | 5 x 10<-4> |
| Tungsten (Wolfram) | -- | 4 x 10<-3> |
| (W-181) | ||
| **Uranium (U-234)* | -- | 6 x 10<-6> |
| (U-235)* | -- | 6 x 10<-6> |
| (U-238)* | -- | 6 x 10<-6> |
| Vanadium (V-48) | -- | 3 x 10<-4> |
| Yttrium (Y-88)* | -- | 2 x 10<-4> |
| (Y-92) | -- | 6 x 10<-4> |
| Zinc (Zn-69m) | -- | 7 x 10<-4> |
| Any other beta/gamma emitter | 1 x 10<-10> | 1 x 10<-6> |
| with half-life < 3 years |
*The values for those diffuse naturally occurring radioactive materials and diffuse accelerator produced radioactive materials, including TENORM, that are followed by a single asterisk(*) are based upon multiplying 20 times the most restrictive release concentrations specified in 10 CFR 20 Appendix B, Table 2, Columns 1 (air) and 2 (water).
**These concentrations do not apply to source material for thorium and uranium.
***uCi/g for solids
1. Many radioisotopes disintegrate into isotopes which are also radioactive. In expressing the concentrations in this section, the value given is that of the parent isotope and takes into account the radioactivity of the daughters.
2. For purposes of 7:28-4.3(a)3, where a combination of isotopes is involved, the limit for the combination shall be computed as follows:
i. Determine for each isotope in the product the ratio between the concentration present in the product and the exempt concentration established in this section for the specific isotope when not in combination. The sum of such ratios may not exceed "1" (unity).
| Example: | |||
| Concentration of Isotope A | Concentration of Isotope B | ||
| in Product | in Product | ||
| ______________________ | + | ______________________ | </=1 |
| Exempt concentration of | Exempt concentration of | ||
| Isotope A | Isotope B | ||
(c) If a person produces, transfers, distributes, or arranges for the distribution, sells, leases, receives, acquires, owns, possesses, or uses diffuse naturally occurring radioactive materials or diffuse accelerator-produced radioactive materials, including TENORM, in quantities less than those listed in 7:28-4.5(a), they are exempt from the requirement for a license.
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