Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R313 - Waste Management and Radiation Control, Radiation
Rule R313-12 - General Provisions
Section R313-12-55 - Exemptions
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 313-12-55
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The Board may, upon application or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions or exceptions from the requirements of these rules as it determines are authorized by law and will not result in undue hazard to public health and safety or the environment.
(2) U.S. Department of Energy contractors or subcontractors and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission contractors or subcontractors operating within this state are exempt from these rules to the extent that the contractor or subcontractor under his contract receives, possesses, uses, transfers, or acquires sources of radiation. The following contractor categories are included:
(a) prime
contractors performing work for the U.S. Department of Energy at U.S.
Government-owned or controlled sites, including the transportation of sources
of radiation to or from the sites and the performance of contract services
during temporary interruptions of the transportation;
(b) prime contractors of the U.S. Department
of Energy performing research in, or development, manufacture, storage, testing
or transportation of, atomic weapons or components thereof;
(c) prime contractors of the U.S. Department
of Energy using or operating nuclear reactors or other nuclear devices in a
United States Government-owned vehicle or vessel; and
(d) any other prime contractor or
subcontractor of the U.S. Department of Energy or of the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission when the state and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
jointly determine (i) that the exemption of the prime contractor or
subcontractor is authorized by law; and (ii) that under the terms of the
contract or subcontract, there is adequate assurance that the work thereunder
can be accomplished without undue risk to the public health and
safety.
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