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 7:28-4.5 - General licenses for the transfer, distribution or arrangement for distribution, sale, lease, receipt, acquisition, ownership, possession or use of diffuse naturally occurring or diffuse accelerator produced radioactive materials and certain devices and equipment

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:28-4.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The following quantities of radioactive substances, when obtained from diffuse naturally occurring materials or diffuse accelerator produced radioactive materials, are generally licensed provided that no person shall at any one time possess or use more than a total of 10 such quantities:

Radioactive Material	Not as a Sealed Source
Radioactive Material	(microcuries)
Beryllium (Be-7)	50
Bismuth 207 (Bi-207)	1
Cadmium 109-Silver 109 (Cd 109 + Ag 109)	10
Cerium 141 (Ce-141)	1
Chromium 51 (Cr-51)	50
Cobalt 57 (Co-57)	20
Germanium 68 (Ge-68)	1
Iron 55 (Fe-55)	50
Manganese 52 (Mn-52)	1
Polonium 210 (Po-210)	0.1
Radium and daughters	0.1
Sodium 22 (Na-22)	10
Vanadium 48 (V-48)	1
Zinc 65 (Zn-65)	10
Beta and/or gamma emitting radioactive material not listed above	1

(b) There are no generally licensed quantities for alpha-emitting materials other than those set forth in 7:28-4.5(a) except:

1. A non-community or community water system that treats for uranium is subject to a general license requiring registration, in accordance with this section, notwithstanding the requirements of 7:28-58.1.

2. A non-community or community water system that treats for radium may register under a general license requiring registration, in accordance with this section, if the quantity of radium on the treatment media at any one time is less than 10 times the limit in (a) above.

1. The owner of a non-community or community water system that treats for uranium shall register the system annually with the Department.

2. The owner of a non-community or community water system that treats for radium shall register the system annually with the Department and shall pay the fee required by 7:28-64.2(e).

3. The licensee shall verify, correct, and/or supplement the information contained in the request for registration received from the Department. The annual registration information must be submitted to the Department at the address in 7:28-1.5, within 30 days of the date of the request for registration, or as otherwise indicated in the request.

4. When registering a system, the licensee shall furnish the following information and such other information pertinent to the safe operation of the water treatment system as the Department may request:

i. The name and address of the facility;

ii. The type of treatment system;

iii. A copy of a water treatment maintenance agreement in effect at the time of registration, or proof that the system has been maintained properly during the previous year;

iv. An itemization of all changes in system components, backwash frequency, or water use at the facility during the previous year; and

v. In the case of a uranium treatment system, a mass balance calculation of the total accumulated uranium on the treatment media.

5. A general licensee meeting the criteria of 7:28-4.3(b) shall be subject to the bankruptcy notification requirement in 7:28-51.1 (10 CFR 30.34(h) incorporated by reference).

(d) Persons who transfer, distribute, or arrange for the distribution, sell, lease, receive, acquire, own, possess, or use items and quantities of radioactive materials set forth in (a) above pursuant to a general license shall not:

1. Effect an increase in the radioactivity of such scheduled items or quantities by adding other radioactive material thereto, by combining radioactive material from two or more such items or quantities, or by altering them in any other manner so as to increase the rate of radiation emission;

2. Administer or direct the administration of the scheduled items or quantities or any part thereof to a human being, either externally or internally, for any purpose, including, but not limited to, diagnostic, therapeutic and research purposes;

3. Add or direct the addition of the scheduled items or quantities or any part thereof to any food, beverage, cosmetic, drug or other product designed for ingestion or inhalation by, or application to, a human being; or

4. Include the scheduled items or quantities or any part thereof in any device, instrument, apparatus, including component parts and accessories intended for use in diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in human beings or animals or otherwise intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of human beings or animals.

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