Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control
Chapter 3701:1-43 - Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
Section 3701:1-43-15 - Unrestricted use and conditional release
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
The following criteria apply for persons subject to a specific or general license under this chapter:
(A) Equipment can be released from the site for unrestricted use when that equipment is not contaminated with TENORM at levels greater than those in the appendix to this rule. Upon application, specific approval of alternative levels may be granted by the director.
(B) The director will release a site for unrestricted use upon request by the licensee who has demonstrated to the director that the following applicable criteria have been met:
(C) Persons with a specific license will comply also with requirements of paragraphs (A)(7) and (A)(8) of rule 3701:1-43-12 of the Administrative Code and rule 3701:1-43-14 of the Administrative Code that are applicable to remediation and termination of the license.
(D) Persons with a general license will also notify the director in writing prior to commencing activities to reclaim the site. Decontamination activities need a specific license.
(E) Actions taken to confine TENORM on site or to remediate sites will be based on expected longevity-related controls for one thousand years.
(F) Equipment contaminated with TENORM in excess of levels specified in the appendix to this rule may be transferred pursuant to paragraph (E) of rule 3701:1-43-08 of the Administrative Code.
(G) Other transfers of TENORM will be in accordance with rules 3701:1-43-03, 3701:1-43-08, and 3701:1-43-18 of the Administrative Code.
(H) When a general licensee has permanently ceased use of radioactive materials at a site or portion of a site or facility or when an area has not been used for a period of two years, the licensee will, within sixty days, provide the following information in writing to the director: