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 9.5 - General License
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
9.5.1 A general license is hereby issued to mine, receive, possess, own, use, process, transport, store, and transfer for disposal NORM or to recycle NORM contaminated materials not exempted in RHA 9.3 without regard to quantity. This general license does not authorize the manufacture or commercial distribution of products containing NORM in concentrations greater than those specified in RHA 9.3 or of NORM in any food, beverage, cosmetic, drug, or other commodity designed for ingestion or inhalation by, or application to, a human being. The melting of scrap metal is authorized by the general license if the dilution of the NORM in the end products or melt byproducts is sufficient to reduce any expected average concentration of NORM to levels not to exceed the concentration specified in RHA 9.3.
9.5.2 Facilities contaminated with NORM in excess of the levels specified in RHA 9.3 and equipment not otherwise exempted under the provisions of 9.3.1.7 shall not be released for unrestricted use. The decontamination of equipment, facilities, and land shall be performed only by persons specifically licensed by the Department or another Licensing Agency to conduct such work.
9.5.3 The transfer of NORM not exempt from these rules from one general licensee to another licensee is authorized by the Department if:
9.5.4 NORM materials shall be stored so that the external radiation dose in any one year, excluding radon, to the maximally exposed individual will not exceed the doses specified in Column II, Appendix A, and the average radon concentration in air does not exceed 0.4 picocuries per liter.
