Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) A general license is hereby issued
authorizing commercial and industrial firms; research, educational, and medical
institutions; and federal, state, and local government agencies to receive,
possess, use, and transfer uranium and thorium, in their natural isotopic
concentrations, and in the form of depleted uranium, for research, development,
educational, commercial, or operational purposes in the following forms and
quantities:
(a) No more than 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs.)
of uranium and thorium in dispersible forms, for example, gaseous, liquid, or
powder at any one time. Any material processed by the general licensee that
alters the chemical or physical form of the material containing source material
must be accounted for as a dispersible form. A person authorized to possess,
use, and transfer source material under this section may not receive more than
a total of 7 kg (15.4 lbs.) of uranium and thorium in any one calendar year.
Persons possessing source material in excess of these limits as of August 27,
2013, may continue to possess up to 7 kg (15.4 lbs.) of uranium and thorium at
any one time for one year beyond this date, or until the department takes final
action on a pending application submitted on or before August 27, 2014, for a
specific license for such material; and receive up to 70 kg (154 lbs.) of
uranium or thorium in any one calendar year until December 31, 2014, or until
the department takes final action on a pending application submitted on or
before August 27, 2014, for a specific license for such material; and
(b) No more than a total of 7 kg (15.4 lbs.)
of uranium and thorium at any one time. A person authorized to possess, use,
and transfer source material under this section may not receive more than a
total of 70 kg (154 lbs.) of uranium and thorium in any one calendar year. A
person may not alter the chemical or physical form of the source material
possessed under this section unless it is accounted for under the limits of (a)
of this subsection; or
(c) No more
than 7 kg (15.4 lbs.) of uranium, removed during the treatment of drinking
water, at any one time. A person may not remove more than 70 kg (154 lbs.) of
uranium from drinking water during a calendar year under this section;
or
(d) No more than 7 kg (15.4
lbs.) of uranium and thorium at laboratories for the purpose of determining the
concentration of uranium and thorium contained within the material being
analyzed at any one time. A person authorized to possess, use, and transfer
source material under this section may not receive more than a total of 70 kg
(154 lbs.) of source material in any one calendar year.
(2) Any person who receives, possesses, uses,
or transfers source material pursuant to the general license issued in
subsection (1) of this section:
(a) Is
prohibited from administering source material, or the radiation therefrom,
either externally or internally, to humans except as may be authorized by the
department in a specific license.
(b) May not abandon such source material.
Source material may be disposed as follows:
(i) A cumulative total of 0.5 kg (1.1 lbs.)
of source material in a solid, nondispersible form may be transferred each
calendar year, by a person authorized to receive, possess, use, and transfer
source material under this general license, to persons receiving the material
for permanent disposal. The recipient of source material transferred under the
provisions of this section is exempt from the requirements to obtain a license
under this chapter to the extent the source material is permanently disposed.
This provision does not apply to any person who is in possession of source
material under a specific license issued under chapter 246-235 WAC;
or
(ii) In accordance with WAC
246-221-170.
(c) Is subject to the provisions of chapters
246-221, 246-232, 246-233, and 246-235 WAC.
(d) Shall respond to written requests from
the department to provide information relating to the general license within
thirty calendar days of the date of the request, or other time period specified
in the request. If the person cannot provide the requested information within
the allotted time, the person shall, within that same time period, request a
longer period to supply the information by providing the director, office of
radiation protection, using an appropriate method of communication, a written
justification for the request;
(e)
May not export such source material except in accordance with
10 C.F.R.
110.
(3) Any person who receives, possesses, uses,
or transfers source material in accordance with subsection (1) of this section
shall conduct activities so as to minimize contamination of the facility and
the environment. When activities involving such source material are permanently
ceased at any site, if evidence of significant contamination is identified, the
general licensee shall notify the director, office of radiation protection, by
an appropriate method of communication about such contamination, and may
consult with the department regarding the appropriateness of sampling and
restoration activities to ensure that any contamination or residual source
material remaining at the site where source material was used under the general
license is not likely to result in exposures that exceed the limits in WAC
246-246-020.
(4) Any person who receives, possesses, uses,
or transfers source material in accordance with the general license granted in
subsection (1) of this section is exempt from the provisions of chapters
246-221 and 246-222 WAC to the extent that such receipt, possession, use, and
transfer are within the terms of this general license, except that such person
shall comply with the provisions of WAC
246-246-020 and
246-221-170 to the extent
necessary to meet the provisions of this section. However, this exemption does
not apply to any person who also holds a specific license issued under chapter
246-235 WAC.
(5) No person may
initially transfer or distribute source material to persons generally licensed
under subsection (1)(a) or (b) of this section, or equivalent regulations of an
agreement state or NRC, unless authorized by a specific license issued in
accordance with chapter 246-235 WAC or equivalent provisions of an agreement
state or NRC. This prohibition does not apply to analytical laboratories
returning processed samples to the client who initially provided the sample.
Initial distribution of source material to persons generally licensed by
subsection (1) of this section before August 27, 2013, without specific
authorization may continue for one year beyond this date. Distribution may also
be continued until the department takes final action on a pending application
for license or license amendment to specifically authorize distribution
submitted on or before August 27, 2014.
(6) A general license is hereby issued
authorizing the receipt of title to source material without regard to quantity.
This general license does not authorize any person to receive, possess, use, or
transfer source material.
(7)
Depleted uranium in industrial products and devices.
(a) A general license is hereby issued to
receive, acquire, possess, use, or transfer, in accordance with the provisions
of (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this subsection, depleted uranium contained in
industrial products or devices for the purpose of providing a concentrated mass
in a small volume of the product or device.
(b) The general license in (a) of this
subsection applies only to industrial products or devices which have been
manufactured either in accordance with a specific license issued to the
manufacturer of the products or devices pursuant to WAC
246-235-091 or in accordance with
a specific license issued to the manufacturer by the department, NRC, or an
agreement state which authorizes manufacture of the products or devices for
distribution to persons generally licensed by the NRC or an agreement
state.
(c)
(i) Persons who receive, acquire, possess, or
use depleted uranium pursuant to the general license established by (a) of this
subsection shall file department form RHF-20 "Registration certificate - Use of
depleted uranium under general license," with the department. The form shall be
submitted within thirty days after the first receipt or acquisition of such
depleted uranium. The registrant shall furnish on department form RHF-20 the
following information and such other information as may be required by that
form:
(A) Name and address of the
registrant;
(B) A statement that
the registrant has developed and will maintain procedures designed to establish
physical control over the depleted uranium described in (a) of this subsection
and designed to prevent transfer of such depleted uranium in any form,
including metal scrap, to persons not authorized to receive the depleted
uranium; and
(C) Name and title,
address, and telephone number of the individual duly authorized to act for and
on behalf of the registrant in supervising the procedures identified in
(c)(i)(B) of this subsection.
(ii) The registrant possessing or using
depleted uranium under the general license established by (a) of this
subsection shall report in writing to the department any changes in information
previously furnished on the "Registration certificate -Use of depleted uranium
under general license." The report shall be submitted within thirty days after
the effective date of such change.
(d) A person who receives, acquires,
possesses, or uses depleted uranium pursuant to the general license established
by (a) of this subsection:
(i) Shall not
introduce such depleted uranium, in any form, into a chemical, physical, or
metallurgical treatment or process, except a treatment or process for repair or
restoration of any plating or other covering of the depleted uranium.
(ii) Shall not abandon such depleted
uranium.
(iii) Shall transfer or
dispose of such depleted uranium only by transfer in accordance with the
provision of chapter 246-232 WAC. In the case where the transferee receives the
depleted uranium pursuant to the general license established by (a) of this
subsection the transferor shall furnish the transferee a copy of this
regulation and a copy of department form RHF-20.
In the case where the transferee receives the depleted
uranium pursuant to a general license contained in the NRC's or agreement
state's regulation equivalent to (a) of this subsection the transferor shall
furnish the transferee a copy of this regulation and a copy of department form
RHF-20 accompanied by a note explaining that use of the product or device is
regulated by the NRC or agreement state under requirements substantially the
same as those in this regulation.
(iv) Shall maintain and make available to the
department upon request the name and address of the person receiving the
depleted uranium pursuant to such transfer.
(v) Shall not export such depleted uranium
except in accordance with a license issued by the NRC pursuant to 10 C.F.R.
Part 110.
(e) Any person
receiving, acquiring, possessing, using, or transferring depleted uranium
pursuant to the general license established by (a) of this subsection is exempt
from the requirements of chapters 246-221 and 246-222 WAC of these regulations
with respect to the depleted uranium covered by that general license.
Statutory Authority:
RCW
70.98.050. 98-13-037, § 246-233-010,
filed 6/8/98, effective 7/9/98. Statutory Authority:
RCW
70.98.050 and
70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
§ 246-233-010, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
as § 246-233-010, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
RCW
70.98.050. 81-01-011 (Order 1570), §
402-21-030, filed 12/8/80. Statutory Authority:
RCW
70.98.080. 79-12-073 (Order 1459), §
402-21-030, filed 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80. Formerly WAC
402-20-030.
