Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-7-1512 - Advance Notification of Shipment of Irradiated Reactor Fuel and Nuclear Waste

A. A licensee shall provide advance notification to the Governor, or the Director of the Department, of the shipment of licensed material as specified in 10 CFR 71.97, revised January 1, 2015, incorporated by reference, and available under R9-7-101. This incorporated material contains no future editions or amendments.

B. After June 11, 2013, each licensee shall provide advance notification to the Tribal official of participating Tribes referenced in paragraph (c)(3)(iii) of 10 CFR 71.97, or the Tribal official's designee, of the shipment of licensed material, within or across the boundary of the Tribe's reservation, before the transport, or delivery to a carrier, for transport, of licensed material outside the confines of the licensee's plant or other place of use or storage.

C. Advance notification is also required under this Section for the shipment of licensed material, other than irradiated fuel, meeting the following three conditions:

1. The licensed material is required by this Chapter to be in Type B packaging for transportation;

2. The licensed material is being transported to or across a State boundary en route to a disposal facility or to a collection point for transport to a disposal facility; and

3. The quantity of licensed material in a single package exceeds the least of the following:

a. 3000 times the A1 value of the radionuclides as specified in appendix A, Table A-1 for special form radioactive material;

b. 3000 times the A2 value of the radionuclides as specified in appendix A, Table A-1 for normal form radioactive material; or

c. 1000 TBq (27,000 Ci).

D. Procedures for submitting advance notification.

(1)

1. The advance notification shall be made in writing to:

1.a. The office of each appropriate Governor or Governor's designee;

b. For the portion of the route through Arizona, the Department;

2.c. The office of each appropriate Tribal official or Tribal official's designee; and

3.d. The Director, Division of Security Policy, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response.

2. A notification delivered by:

a. Mail must be postmarked at least seven days before the beginning of the seven-day period during which departure of the shipment is estimated to occur; and

b. Any means other than mail must reach the Office of the Governor or of the Governor's designee or the Tribal official or Tribal official's designee at least four days before the beginning of the seven-day period during which departure of the shipment is estimated to occur.

3. Contact information for each State and participating Tribes, including telephone and mailing addresses of Governors and Governors' designees and of Tribal officials and Tribal official's designees, including telephone and mailing addresses, is available:

a. At https://scp.nrc.gov/special/designee.pdf; or

b. Or on request from the Director, Division of Materials Safety, Security, State, and Tribal Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

4. Notification to the Department:

a. By mail addressed to: ATTN: Arizona Department of Health Services; Bureau of Radiation Control; Radioactive Materials Program; 4814 South 40th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85040;

b. By hand delivery to the Department's offices at 4814 South 40th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85040;

c. By electronic submission, ram@azdhs.gov; and

d. By telephone at 480-202-4982.

5. Each advance notification shall contain the following information:

a. The name, address, and telephone number of the shipper, carrier, and receiver of the irradiated reactor fuel or nuclear waste shipment;

b. The license numbers of the shipper and receiver;

c. A description of the irradiated reactor fuel or nuclear waste contained in the shipment, including the radionuclides and quantity;

d. The point of origin of the shipment and the estimated time and date that departure of the shipment will occur;

e. The estimated time and date that the shipment is expected to enter each State or Tribal reservation boundary along the route;

f. The destination of the shipment, and the estimated time and date of arrival of the shipment at the destination; and

g. A point of contact, with a telephone number, for current shipment information.

E. Revision notice: A licensee shall contact by telephone each individual previously notified according to subsection (D)(1) to provide any information not previously available at the time of the initial notification or any changes to the information previously provided as soon as the information becomes available.

F. Cancellation notice: Each licensee who cancels a shipment for which advance notification has been sent shall send a cancellation notice:

1. To each individual previously notified according to subsections (D)(1) through (4),

2. Before the shipment would have commenced or as soon thereafter as possible, and

3. Identifying the advance notification to which the notice of cancellation pertains and stating in the notice that the shipment is cancelled.

G. Records: A licensee shall retain a copy of the advance notification and any revision notices or cancellation notices as a record for at least three years.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-7-1512

New Section R9-7-1512 recodified from R12-1-1512at 24 A.A.R. 813, effective March 22, 2018 (Supp. 18-1). Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 2151, effective July 12, 2018 (Supp. 18-3). Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 28 A.A.R. 3533, effective 11/2/2022.