(A) A licensee
will dispose of
licensed TENORM material in accordance with this rule. Licensed TENORM material
will be
disposed of in one of the following manners:
(1) By transfer of the wastes for storage,
treatment, or disposal at a facility licensed by the director, the applicable
agency of another state, or the United States nuclear regulatory commission, or
authorized by the United States department of energy for storage, treatment, or
disposal of TENORM;
(2) By transfer
of the wastes for storage, treatment, or disposal to a facility licensed by the
director, the applicable agency of another state, or the United States nuclear
regulatory commission for storage, treatment or disposal of low-level
radioactive waste unless the disposal facility license prohibits disposal of
TENORM;
(3) By disposal in an
injection well approved in accordance with Chapter 3745-34 of the
Administrative Code, or by transfer for disposal at an out-of-state injection
well approved by the applicable governmental authority;
(4) By transfer for disposal in another state
as otherwise approved by the applicable governmental authority and with written
approval of the director; or
(5) In
accordance with alternate methods authorized by the permitting agency for the
disposal site upon application or upon the director's initiative, consistent
with rule
3701:1-38-19 of the
Administrative Code and, where applicable, the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §
1251 et. seq as amended, as published in the
United States Code, 2006 edition), Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §
300f et. seq. as amended, as published in the
United States Code, 2006 edition) and other requirements of the United States
environmental protection agency for disposal of such
wastes.
(B) Records of
disposal, including manifests for TENORM,
will be
maintained consistent with the provisions of rule
3701:1-38-20 of the
Administrative Code.
(C) Purposeful
dilution of TENORM waste for the sole purpose of making the waste exempt from
the disposal requirements
will not be performed without prior director
approval. The criteria in rule
3701:1-38-19 of the
Administrative Code
will be used by the director to determine whether
or not to approve such a request. Dilution resulting from normal product
processing is not considered purposeful dilution.
