Or. Admin. R. 345-050-0030 - Specific Exemptions
In addition to the exemptions under OAR 345-050-0020 and 345-050-0025, the following materials are exempt from the provisions of rule 345-050-0006:
(1) Radioactive material
that has been incorporated into a consumer product manufactured under a license
issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) or by an Agreement State, if
the NRC or the Agreement State that issued the license has determined that the
possession, use, transfer and disposal of such consumer product are exempt from
regulatory requirements. An "Agreement State" is a state to which the NRC has
delegated its authority to license and regulate byproduct materials
(radioisotopes), source materials (uranium and thorium) and certain quantities
of special nuclear materials in accordance with section 274b of the Atomic
Energy Act.
(2) Radium-bearing
materials containing less than 5 picocuries of radium-226 per gram of solid,
regardless of quantity.
(3)
Radium-bearing material containing a total radium-226 activity of less than 10
microcuries, regardless of concentration.
(4) Thorium-bearing materials containing less
than 20 picocuries of radium-228 per gram of solid, if the radium-228 is
present with the parent thorium-232, regardless of quantity.
(5) Thorium-bearing materials containing a
total radium-228 activity of less than 100 microcuries, if the radium-228 is
present with the parent thorium-232, regardless of concentration in the
solid.
(6) Medical, industrial and
research laboratory wastes contained in small, sealed, discrete containers in
which the radioactive material is dissolved or dispersed in an organic solvent
or biological fluid for the purpose of liquid scintillation counting and
experimental animal carcasses that are disposed of or treated at a hazardous
waste disposal facility licensed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(U.S. EPA), by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, or by another
state delegated the responsibility to regulate the disposal or treatment of
hazardous waste by the U.S. EPA.
(7) Wastes generated before June 1, 1981,
through industrial or manufacturing processes that contain only naturally
occurring radioactive isotopes, if such wastes are disposed of at a facility
for which the Council has issued a site certificate in accordance with ORS
469.375 and OAR 345-050-0040
through 345-050-0130.
(8)
Maintenance of radioactive coal ash at the site of a thermal power plant for
which the Council has issued a site certificate.
(9) Wastes containing only naturally
occurring radioactive isotopes other than those in the uranium and thorium
decay series, as long as the isotopes exist in their naturally occurring
isotopic concentrations.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 469.470
Stats. Implemented: ORS 469.525
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