South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-63 - Radioactive Materials (Title A)
Part IX - LICENSING OF NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (NORM)
Section 61-63.IX.RHA 9.1 - Purpose and Scope
This part establishes radiation protection standards for the possession, use, transfer, transport, and/or storage of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) or the recycling of NORM contaminated materials not subject to regulation under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. The requirements of this part are in addition to and not in substitution for other applicable requirements of Parts I, II, III, VI, and VII of these regulations. Except as otherwise specifically provided, these regulations apply to all persons who engage in the extraction, mining, beneficiating, processing, use, transfer, transport, and/or storage of NORM or the recycling of NORM contaminated materials in a manner that alters the chemical properties or physical state of natural sources of radiation or the potential exposure pathways to humans or environment.