La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § XV-2599 - Appendix A

A. Appendix A-Radiation Protection Program Fee Schedule

Appendix A-Radiation Protection Program Fee Schedule	New/Renewal Application Fee	Annual Maintenance Fee
I. Radioactive Material Licensing
A. Medical licenses:
1. Therapy:
a. Teletherapy	$807	$807
b. Brachytherapy	$807	$807
2. Nuclear medicine diagnostic only	$995	$995
3. Nuclear medicine diagnostic/therapy	$1,067	$1,067
4. Nuclear pacemaker implantation	$400	$400
5. Eye applicators	$400	$400
6. In-vitro studies or radioimmunoassays or calibration sources	$400	$400
7. Processing or manufacturing and distribution of radiopharmaceuticals	$1,569	$1,336
8. Mobile nuclear medicine services	$1,569	$1,336
9. "Broad scope" medical licenses	$1,569	$1,336
10. Manufacturing of medical devices/sources	$1,830	$1,525
11. Distribution of medical devices/sources	$1,372	$1,140
12. All other medical licenses	$444	$444
B. Source material licenses:
1. For mining, milling, or processing activities, or utilization which results in concentration or redistribution of naturally occurring radioactive material	$7,928	$7,928
2. For the concentration and recovery of uranium from phosphoric acid as "yellow cake" (powered solid)	$3,965	$3,965
3. For the concentration of uranium from or in phosphoric acid	$1,983	$1,983
4. All other specific "source material" licenses	$400	$400
C. Special nuclear material (SNM) licenses:
1. For use of SNM in sealed sources contained in devices used in measuring systems	$610	$610
2. SNM used as calibration or reference sources	$400	$400
3. All other licenses or use of SNM in quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass, except as in I.A.4, I.C.1, and 2	$400	$400
D. Industrial radioactive material licenses:
1. For processing or manufacturing for commercial distribution	$7,841	$5,903
2. For industrial radiography operations performed in a shielded radiography installation(s) or permanently designated areas at the address listed in the license	$1,336	$1,053
3. For industrial radiography operations performed at temporary jobsite(s) of the licensee	$3,935	$2,963
4. For possession and use of radioactive materials in sealed sources for irradiation of materials where the source is not removed from the shield and is less than 10,000 Curies	$1,983	$995
5. For possession and use of radioactive materials in sealed sources for irradiation of materials when the source is not removed from the shield and is greater than 10,000 Curies, or where the source is removed from the shield	$3,935	$1,968
6. For distribution of items containing radioactive material	$1,983	$1,983
7. Well-logging and subsurface tracer studies:
a. Collar markers, nails, etc. for orientation	$400	$400
b. Sealed sources less than 10 Curies and/or tracers less than or equal to 500 mCi	$1,184	$1,184
c. Sealed sources of 10 Curies or greater and/or tracers greater than 500 mCi but less than 5 Curies	$1,983	$1,983
d. Field flood studies and/or tracers equal to or greater than 5 Curies	$2,977	$2,977
8. Operation of a nuclear laundry	$7,856	$3,935
9. Industrial research and development of radioactive materials or products containing radioactive materials	$995	$995
10. Academic research and/or instruction	$807	$807
11. Licenses of broad scope:
a. Academic, industrial, research and development, total activity equal to or greater than 1 Curie	$1,983	$1,983
b. Academic, industrial, research and development, total activity less than 1 Curie	$1,184	$1,184
12. Gas chromatographs, sulfur analyzers, lead analyzers, or similar laboratory devices	$400	$400
13. Calibration sources equal to or less than 1 Curie per source	$400	$400
14. Level or density gauges	$610	$610
15. Pipe wall thickness gauges	$807	$807
16. Soil moisture and density gauges	$610	$610
17. NORM decontamination/maintenance:
a. at permanently designated areas at the location(s) listed in the license	$4,574	$3,812
b. at temporary jobsite(s) of the licensee	$4,574	$4,574
18. Commercial NORM storage	$3,812	$3,812
19. All other specific industrial licenses except as otherwise noted	$807	$807
20. Commercial NORM treatment	$18,296	$15,246
E. Radioactive waste disposal licenses:
1. Commercial waste disposal involving burial	$1,029,105	$1,029,105
2. Commercial waste disposal involving incineration of vials containing liquid scintillation fluids	$7,841	$3,935
3. All other commercial waste disposal involving storage, packaging and/or transfer	$3,935	$3,935
4. Commercial naturally occurring radioactive materials waste disposal	$23,000	$20,000
F. Civil defense licenses	$480	$400
G. Teletherapy service company license	$1,983	$1,983
H. Consultant licenses:
1. No calibration sources	$196	$114
2. Possession of calibration sources equal to or less than 500 mCi each	$291	$196
3. Possession of calibration sources greater than 500 mCi	$400	$291
4. Installation and/or servicing of medical afterloaders	$531	$458
II. Electronic Product Registration
1. Medical diagnostic X-ray (per registration)	$129	$129
2. Medical therapeutic X-ray (per registration):
a. below 500 kVp	$305	$305
b. 500 kVp to 1 MeV (including accelerator and Van deGraaf)	$610	$610
c. 1 MeV to 10 MeV	$916	$916
d. 10 MeV or greater	$1,220	$1,220
3. Dental X-ray (per registration)	$115	$106
4. Veterinary X-ray (per registration)	$115	$115
5. Educational institution X-ray (teaching unit, per registration)	$190	$115
6. Industrial accelerator (includes Van de Graaf machines and neutron generators)	$610	$610
7. Industrial radiography (per registration)	$305	$305
8. All other X-ray (per registration) except as otherwise noted	$138	$138
III. General Licenses
A. NORM (Operators reporting contamination by field will be invoiced for all wellheads in the field. Operators reporting contamination by wellhead will be invoiced only for contaminated units.)
1. Contaminated wellheads per wellhead	$125	$125
2. Stripper wells-contaminated per wellhead	$125	$125
3. NORM locations (other than fields):
a. gas plants, pipeyards, chemical plant, refinery	$458	$458
b. warehouses, pipeline, manufacturing plant, NORM equipment storage site, etc.	$458	$458
4. Interim container storage per NORM Waste Management Plan of an approved location		$1,525
5. NORM location as otherwise defined in LAC 33:XV.1403 and not exempted by LAC 33:XV.1404, not included in III.A.1-4 of this Appendix	$153	$153
B. Tritium sign	$109	$0
C. All other general licenses which require registration	$153	$153
IV. Reciprocal Recognition
The fee for reciprocal recognition of a license or registration from another state or the NRC is the annual fee of the applicable category. The fee covers activities in the state of Louisiana for one year from the date of receipt.
V. Shielding Evaluation (per room)
A. Diagnostic	$153	*
B. Therapeutic (below 500 kVp)	$230	*
C. Therapeutic (500 kVp to 1 MeV)	$378	*
D. Therapeutic (1 MeV to 10 MeV)	$531	*
E. Therapeutic (10 MeV or greater)	$1,148	*
F. Industrial and industrial radiography	$531	*
VI. Device, Product, or Sealed Source Evaluation
A. Device evaluation (each)	$5,000	*
B. Sealed source design evaluation (each)	$2,000	*
C. Update sheet	$500	*
VII. Testing
Testing to determine qualifications of employees, per test administered	$196	*
VIII. Nuclear Electric Generating Station
Located in Louisiana		$432,696
Located near Louisiana (Plume Exposure Pathway Emergency Planning Zone-includes area in Louisiana)		$313,632
Uranium Enrichment Facility		$76,230
IX. La. Radiation Protection Program Laboratory Analysis Fees-Repealed.

Notes

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § XV-2599

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Air Quality and Nuclear Energy, LR 10:1014 (December 1984), amended by the Nuclear Energy Division, LR 11:530 (May 1985), LR 12:674 (October 1986), LR 13:569 (October 1987), LR 14:622 (September 1988), LR 15:737 (September 1989), amended by the Office of Air Quality and Radiation Protection, Radiation Protection Division, LR 18:719 (July 1992), repromulgated LR 18:955 (September 1992), amended LR 19:624 (May 1993), LR 21:792 (August 1995), repromulgated LR 21:944 (September 1995), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 26:2607 (November 2000), LR 29:691 (May 2003), LR 29:2053 (October 2003), Amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Division, LR 43952 (5/1/2017), Amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs and Criminal Investigations Division, LR 481501 (6/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2001 et seq.