Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 1 - RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS
Chapter 4 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Subchapter F - OIL AND GAS NORM
Section 4.605 - Identification of Equipment Contaminated with NORM

Universal Citation: 16 TX Admin Code ยง 4.605

Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, within two years of the effective date of this rule, each person who owns or operates equipment used for production or disposal including each person who owns or operates equipment associated with a commercial facility, as defined in §3.78 (relating to Fees and Financial Security Requirements), shall identify NORM-contaminated equipment with the letters "NORM" by securely attaching a clearly visible waterproof tag or marking with a legible waterproof paint or ink. Employers whose employees speak languages other than English may add to the tag the translation of the acronym "NORM" in those languages as long as the acronym "NORM" is also on the tag.

(b) Within six months of the effective date of this rule, each person whom the Commission has notified that the person owns or operates NORM-contaminated equipment shall, on each lease that is the subject of the Commission notice, identify NORM-contaminated equipment with the letters "NORM" by securely attaching a clearly visible waterproof tag or marking with a legible waterproof paint or ink. Employers whose employees speak languages other than English may add to the tag the translation of the acronym "NORM" in those languages as long as the acronym "NORM" is also on the tag.

(c) For an interconnected equipment system such as a wellhead, flowline, or facility piping system, the owner or operator of the system may identify the system as a whole with tags or markings that provide notice to workers on that system that the equipment in the system may be NORM-contaminated. The owner or operator shall identify NORM-contaminated equipment that is removed from an interconnected equipment system:

(1) as individual pieces of equipment as provided in subsection (a) of this section, or

(2) as groups of equipment that are kept in a common container or are wrapped, bound or tied securely together. Grouped equipment shall be tagged or marked to provide notice that any piece of equipment in the group may be NORM-contaminated.

(d) Radiation survey instruments used to determine whether equipment is NORM-contaminated shall comply with regulations adopted by the TDH in 25 TAC § RSA 289.259<subdiv>(e)</subdiv> (relating to Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM)).

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