Ill. Admin. Code tit. 32, § 330.210 - General Licenses - Source Material
a) 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:
1) No more than
1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds)
of uranium and thorium in dispersible forms (e.g., gaseous, liquid, powder,
etc.) 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 subsection (a) may not receive more
than a total of 7 kilograms (15.4 pounds) of uranium and thorium in any one
calendar year. Persons possessing source material in excess of these limits as
of August 27, 2016, may continue to possess up to 7 kilograms (15.4 pounds) of
uranium and thorium at any one time for one year beyond this date, or until the
Agency takes final action on a pending application submitted on or before
August 27, 2017, for a specific license for that material and may receive up to
70 kilograms (154 pounds) of uranium or thorium in any one calendar year until
December 31, 2017, or until the Agency takes final action on a pending
application submitted on or before August 27, 2017, for a specific license for
that material; and
2) No more than:
A) a total of 7 kilograms (15.4 pounds) of
uranium and thorium at any one time. A person authorized to possess, use and
transfer source material under this subsection (a)(2)(A) may not receive more
than a total of 70 kilograms (154 pounds) 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 subsection (a)(2)(A) unless it is
accounted for under the limits of subsection (a)(1); or
B) 7 kilograms (15.4 pounds) of uranium,
removed during the treatment of drinking water, at any one time. A person may
not remove more than 70 kilograms (154 pounds) of uranium from drinking water
during a calendar year under this subsection (a)(2)(B); or
C) 7 kilograms (15.4 pounds) 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 subsection (a)(2)(C) may not receive more than a total of 70 kilograms
(154 pounds) of source material in any one calendar year.
b) Any person who receives,
possesses, uses or transfers source material in accordance with the general
license in subsection (a):
1) Is prohibited
from administering source material, or the radiation therefrom, either
externally or internally, to human beings, except as may be authorized by the
Agency in a specific license;
2)
Shall not abandon such source material. Source material may be disposed of as
follows:
A) A cumulative total of 0.5
kilograms (1.1 pounds) 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 the general license to persons receiving the material for
permanent disposal. The recipient of source material transferred under the
provisions of this subsection (b)(2)(A) is exempt from the requirement to
obtain a license under this Part 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 this
Subchapter b; or
B) In accordance
with 32 Ill. Adm. Code
340.1010;
3) Is subject to the provisions in
32 Ill. Adm. Code 310,
330.310(a)
through (c),
330.400,
330.500
and
340.1220(a) through
(d);
4) Shall respond to written requests from the
Agency to provide information relating to the general license within 30
calendar days after the date of the request, or other time 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 Agency a written
justification for the request; and
5) Shall not export such source material
except in accordance with 10
CFR 110.
c) Any person who receives, possesses, uses
or transfers source material in accordance with subsection (a) shall conduct
activities to minimize contamination of the facility and the environment. When
activities involving the source material are permanently ceased at any site, if
evidence of significant contamination is identified, the general licensee shall
notify the Agency about such contamination and may consult with the Agency as
to 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 this general license is not likely to result in
exposures that exceed the limits in Section
330.325(b)(1)(B)(ii).
d) Any person who receives, possesses, uses
or transfers source material in accordance with the general license granted in
subsection (a) is exempt from the provisions of 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340 and 400
to the extent that such receipt, possession, use and transfer are within the
terms of this general license, except that person shall comply with the
provisions of Section
330.325(b)(1)(B)(ii)
and 32 Ill. Adm. Code
340.1010 to
the extent necessary to meet the provisions of subsections (b)(2) and (c) of
this Section. However, this exemption does not apply to any person who also
holds a specific license issued under Subchapter b.
e) No person may initially transfer or
distribute source material to persons generally licensed under subsection
(a)(1) or (2) unless authorized by a specific license issued in accordance with
Section
330.280(o).
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 (a) before
August 27, 2016, without specific authorization, may continue for one year
beyond that date. Distribution may also be continued until the Agency takes
final action on a pending application for license or license amendment to
specifically authorize distribution submitted on or before August 27,
2017.
f) 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.
g) Depleted Uranium in Industrial Products
and Devices
1) A general license is hereby
issued to receive, acquire, possess, use or transfer, in accordance with this
subsection (g), 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.
2) The general
license in subsection (g)(1) applies only to industrial products or devices
that have been manufactured either in accordance with a specific license issued
to the manufacturer of the products or devices pursuant to Section
330.280(l)
or in accordance with a specific license
issued to the manufacturer by NRC or an Agreement State that authorizes
manufacture of the products or devices for distribution to persons generally
licensed by NRC or an Agreement State.
3) Persons who receive, acquire, possess or
use depleted uranium pursuant to the general license established by subsection
(g)(1) shall:
A) File the form "Registration
Certificate - Use of Depleted Uranium Under General License," with the Agency.
The form shall be submitted within 30 days after the first receipt or
acquisition of depleted uranium. The registrant shall furnish the following
information on the form:
i) Name and address
of the registrant;
ii) A statement
that the registrant has developed and will maintain procedures designed to
establish physical control over the depleted uranium described in subsection
(g)(1) and designed to prevent transfer of the depleted uranium in any form,
including metal scrap, to persons not authorized to receive the depleted
uranium; and
iii) Name and/or
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
subsection (g)(3)(A)(ii).
B) Report in writing to the Agency any
changes in information furnished by the registrant in the form. The report
shall be submitted within 30 days after the effective date of the
change.
4) A person who
receives, acquires, possesses or uses depleted uranium pursuant to the general
license established by subsection (g)(1):
A)
Shall not introduce the 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;
B) Shall not abandon the
depleted uranium;
C) Shall transfer
or dispose of the depleted uranium only in accordance with Section 330.400.
When the transferee receives the depleted uranium pursuant to the general
license established by subsection (g)(1), the transferor shall furnish the
transferee a copy of this Part and a copy of the form, "Registration
Certificate - Use of Depleted Uranium Under General License". When the
transferee receives the depleted uranium pursuant to a general license
contained in NRC's regulation
10
CFR 40.25(a) or Agreement
State's regulation equivalent to subsection (g)(1), the transferor shall
furnish the transferee a copy of this Part and a copy of the form, accompanied
by a note explaining that use of the product or device is regulated by NRC or
an Agreement State under requirements substantially the same as those in this
Part;
D) Within 30 days after any
transfer, shall report in writing to the Agency the name and address of the
person receiving the depleted uranium through that transfer; and
E) Shall not export the depleted uranium
except in accordance with a license issued by NRC pursuant to
10 CFR
110.
Notes
Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 6462, effective April 7, 2008
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