6 CCR 1007-1-17.4 - Exemptions

17.4.1 Common and contract carriers, freight forwarders, and warehouse workers which are subject to the requirements of the DOT in 49 CFR Part 170 through 189, or the U.S. Postal Service in the Postal Service Manual (Domestic Mail Manual), are exempt from the requirements of Part 17 to the extent that they transport or store radioactive material in the regular course of their carriage for others or storage incident thereto. Common and contract carriers who are not subject to the requirements of the DOT or U.S. Postal Service are subject to 17.3 and other applicable requirements of these regulations.

17.4.2 A licensee is exempt from the requirements of Part 17 with respect to shipment or carriage of the following low-level materials:

17.4.2.1 Natural material and ores containing naturally occurring radionuclides that are either in their natural state, or have only been processed for purposes other than for the extraction of the radionuclides, and which are not intended to be processed for the use of these radionuclides, provided the activity concentration of the material does not exceed 10 times the applicable radionuclide activity concentration values specified in Appendix 17A, Table 17A2, or Table 17A3 of this part.

17.4.2.2 Materials for which the activity concentration is not greater than the activity concentration values specified in Appendix 17A, Table 17A2, or Table 17A3 of this part, or for which the consignment activity is not greater than the limit for an exempt consignment found in Appendix 17A, Table 17A2 or Table 17A3 of this part.

17.4.2.3 Non-radioactive solid objects with radioactive substances present on any surfaces in quantities not in excess of the levels cited in the definition of contamination in 17.2.

17.4.3 Fissile materials meeting the requirements of one of the paragraphs (a) through (f) in 10 CFR Part 71.15 are exempt from classification as fissile material, and from the fissile material package standards of 10 CFR Part 71.55 and 10 CFR Part 71.59, but are subject to all other requirements of 10 CFR Part 71, except as noted in paragraphs (a) through (f) in 10 CFR Part 71.15.

17.4.4 Any physician licensed by a state to dispense drugs in the practice of medicine is exempt from 17.5 with respect to transport by the physician of licensed material for use in the practice of medicine. However, any physician operating under this exemption must be licensed under Part 7 or equivalent requirements of another Agreement State or NRC.

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6 CCR 1007-1-17.4

Colorado Register, Vol 37, No. 14. July 25, 2014, effective 8/14/2014 38 CR 02, January 25, 2015, effective 2/14/2015 38 CR 05, March 10, 2015, effective 3/30/2015 38 CR 12, June 25, 2015, effective 7/15/2015 38 CR 14, July 25, 2015, effective 8/14/2015 39 CR 02, January 25, 2016, effective 2/14/2016 39 CR 16, August 25, 2016, effective 9/14/2016 39 CR 22, November 25, 2016, effective 12/15/2016 40 CR 11, June 10, 2017, effective 6/30/2017 40 CR 20, October 25, 2017, effective 11/14/2017 42 CR 24, December 25, 2019, effective 1/14/2020 43 CR 14, July 25, 2020, effective 8/14/2020 43 CR 18, September 25, 2020, effective 10/15/2020 44 CR 11, June 10, 2021, effective 7/15/2021 44 CR 14, July 25, 2021, effective 8/14/2021 45 CR 22, November 25, 2022, effective 12/15/2022