410 IAC 5-4-18 - Release into sanitary sewerage system
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 18.
(a) No
licensee or registrant shall discharge radioactive material into a sanitary
sewerage system unless:
(1) it is readily
soluble or dispersible in water;
(2) the quantity of any radioactive material
released into the system by the licensee in any one day does not exceed the
larger of:
(i) The quantity which, if diluted
by the average daily quantity of sewage released into the sewer by the
licensee, will result in an average concentration not greater than the limits
specified in Appendix A,
410
IAC 5-4-27, Table I, Column 2, or
(ii) 10 times the quantity of such material
specified in Appendix B,
410
IAC 5-4-28;
(3) The quantity of any radioactive material
released in any one month, if diluted by the average monthly quantity of water
released by the licensee, will not result in an average concentration exceeding
the limits specified in Appendix A,
410
IAC 5-4-27, Table I, Column 2; and
(4) The gross quantity of radioactive
material, excluding hydrogen-3 and carbon-14, released into the sewage system
by the licensee does not exceed 1 curie per year. The quantities of hydrogen-3
and carbon-14 released into the sanitary sewage system may not exceed 5 curies
per year for hydrogen-3 and 1 curie per year for carbon-14.
(b) No licensee or registrant shall discharge
radioactive material into an individual sewage disposal system used for the
treatment of wastewater serving only a single dwelling, office building,
industrial plant, or institution except as specifically approved by the board
pursuant to
410
IAC 5-4-7 and
410 IAC
5-4-17.
(c) Excreta from individuals undergoing
medical diagnosis or therapy with radioactive material shall be exempt from any
limitations contained in 410 IAC 5-4-18.
Notes
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