15.5.2
Annual Fees
A. Assessment of Fees: The Agency shall issue
an annual fee invoice to each licensee, based on the applicable annual fee
established in the Department fee schedule. Fees shall be payable within thirty
(30) days after receipt of a fee invoice.
B. Eligibility for Waiver of Annual Fee: Any
broad-scope (academic or medical) licensee, or any licensee which is a
governmental agency of the State of Rhode Island, that provides in-kind
services to the Agency and/or performs services pursuant to an accepted written
agreement with the Agency, and which are valued at an amount equal to or
greater than their annual license fee, may submit a written request for a
waiver from payment of the annual license fee. Upon approval by the Agency,
this waiver shall only remain in effect for that annual licensing period. A new
waiver request must be submitted for each subsequent annual licensing period.
1. For the purposes of this Part,
"governmental agency" shall be construed to include any department, office,
commission or similar public entity established by Executive Order or pursuant
to the Rhode Island General Laws.
C. Revocation of Annual Fee Waiver: Upon
written notice of noncompliance to the licensee, the Agency may revoke any
waiver, approved pursuant to §15.5.2(B) of this Part, for failure to
provide or perform all services pursuant to the accepted written agreement. The
Agency may also invoice the licensee for any difference between the originally
waived annual fee and the value of services already performed during that
annual licensing period.
15.5.3
Amendment Fees
A. Assessment of Fees: A licensee shall
notify the Agency prior to submitting an amendment so that the appropriate
amendment fee can be determined. Amendment fees are established in the
Department fee schedule and shall be assessed in accordance with written
criteria established by the Agency. The written criteria shall be based on the
Agency's estimate of the typical time and effort required to complete action on
that general category of amendment request.
B. Nonstandard Amendment Fees: A nonstandard
amendment request which is not addressed by the Agency's written criteria shall
be assessed an amendment fee which most closely approximates the time and
effort necessary to complete action on the amendment request, as determined by
the Agency.
C. Submission of
Amendment Fees: The appropriate amendment fee shall accompany the amendment
request when it is submitted to the Agency. If the time and effort required to
complete Agency action on the amendment request is significantly different than
the basis for assessing the amendment fee, the Agency shall refund any
overcharges or bill the licensee for an additional amendment fee up to a total
maximum fee established in the Department fee schedule.
15.5.4
Reciprocity Fees
A. Each annual application to operate in
Rhode Island under reciprocity shall be accompanied by a non-refundable fee
equal to the amount established in the Department fee schedule for the
specified category of activity. There will be no pro-rating of reciprocity
fees.
1. Category 1: Activities equivalent to
those authorized by Categories 3D, 3K (broad-scope only) or 4B in §15.5.7
of this Part.
2. Category 2:
Activities equivalent to those authorized by Categories 1B, 2C, 3I, 3K (other
than broad-scope), 4C or 5A in §15.5.7 of this Part.
3. Category 3: Activities equivalent to those
authorized by Categories 1A, 3L or 8A in §15.5.7 of this Part.
4. Any activity which is not specifically
identified in §§15.5.4(A)(1), (2) or (3) of this Part shall be
assessed a fee which coincides with the appropriate Category, as determined by
the Agency.
B.
Notwithstanding the provisions of §15.5.4(A) of this Part, a reciprocity
application based on a radioactive materials license which authorizes
activities comparable to §15.5.7 of this Part - Category 3I, but which
only requests authorization to perform "electronic checks" or other activities
which do not involve disassembly of shielding or actual manipulation of sealed
sources, shall be accompanied by a non-refundable fee established in the
Department fee schedule.
C. A
reciprocity application shall not be considered prior to payment of the full
amount specified. Reciprocity applications for which no remittance is received
shall be returned to the applicant.
D. No additional reciprocity fees shall be
required for the same category of activity during the remainder of that
calendar year. All reciprocity authorizations shall expire on December 31 of
the year in which the application was submitted. Any additional reciprocity
activity beyond December 31 of that year shall require a renewal
application.
15.5.5
Registration of General Licenses Pursuant to §7.7.1 [GEN-4]
A. Each initial application for registration
of a generally licensed device pursuant to §7.7.1 of this Subchapter
[GEN-4] shall be accompanied by a fee established in the Department fee
schedule for each address or location of use and/or storage, as defined in
§7.7.1 of this Subchapter. There will be no pro-rating of registration
fees.
B. No additional fees shall
be required for:
1. Registration of
additional generally licensed devices at the same address or location of use
and/or storage.
2. Annual renewal
of registrations pursuant to §7.7.1 of this
Subchapter.
C. All
registrations issued pursuant to §7.7.1 of this Subchapter [GEN-4] shall
expire on December 31 of the year for which the registration information was
submitted.
15.5.7
Radioactive Materials License
Categories
A. Category 1 - Special
Nuclear Material
1. Category 1A: Licenses for
possession and use of special nuclear material of less than a critical mass, as
defined in
10 C.F.R. §
70.4, in sealed sources
contained in devices used in industrial measuring systems including X-ray
fluorescence analyzers. Licenses that cover both radioactive and special
nuclear material in sealed sources for use in gauging devices will only be
subject to the fee for Category 3l.
2. Category 1B - All other licenses for
possession and use of special nuclear material in unsealed form and in
quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass.
B. Category 2 - Source Material
1. Category 2A - Licenses for possession and
use of source material in recovery operations such as milling, in-situ
leaching, heap leaching, refining uranium mill concentrates to uranium
hexafluoride, ore buying stations, ion exchange facilities, and in processing
of ores containing source material for extraction of metals other than uranium
or thorium, including licenses authorizing the possession of radioactive waste
material (tailings) from source material recovery operations, as well as
licenses authorizing the possession and maintenance of a facility in a standby
mode.
2. Category 2B - Licenses for
possession and use of source material for shielding. Licensees paying fees
under Category 3B or 7B are not subject to fees under Category 2B for
possession and shielding authorized on the same license.
3. Category 2C - All other source material
licenses.
C. Category 3 -
Radioactive Material Other Than Source Material and Special Nuclear Material
1. Category 3A
a. Licenses of broad scope for possession and
use of radioactive material for processing or manufacturing of items containing
radioactive material for commercial distribution.
b. Other (limited) licenses for possession
and use of radioactive material for processing or manufacturing of items
containing radioactive material for commercial distribution.
2. Category 3B
a. Licenses authorizing the processing or
manufacturing and distribution or redistribution of radiopharmaceuticals,
generators, reagent kits and/or sources and devices containing radioactive
material.
b. Licenses and approvals
authorizing the distribution or redistribution of radiopharmaceuticals,
generators, reagent kits and/or sources and devices not involving processing of
radioactive material.
3.
Category 3C - This license category is not currently utilized in Rhode
Island.
4. Category 3D - Licenses
for possession and use of radioactive material for industrial radiography
operations.
5. Category 3E -
Licenses for possession and use of radioactive material in sealed sources for
irradiation of materials in which the source is not removed from its shield
(self-shielded units).
6. Category
3F
a. Licenses for possession and use of less
than ten thousand (10,000) curies of radioactive material in sealed sources for
irradiation of materials where the source is exposed for irradiation
purposes.
b. Licenses for
possession and use of ten thousand (10,000) curies or more of radioactive
material in sealed sources for irradiation of materials where the source is
exposed for irradiation purposes.
7. Category 3G
a. Licenses to distribute items containing
radioactive material that require sealed source and/or device review to persons
generally licensed, except specific licenses authorizing redistribution of
items that have been authorized for distribution to generally licensed
persons.
b. Licenses to distribute
items containing radioactive material that do not require sealed source and/or
device review to persons generally licensed, except specific licenses
authorizing redistribution of items that have been authorized for distribution
to generally licensed persons.
8. Category 3H - This license category is not
currently utilized in Rhode Island.
9. Category 3I - Licenses that authorize
service for other licensees, except:
a.
Licenses that authorize leak testing and/or calibration services only are
subject to the fees specified in Category 3L; and
b. Licenses that authorize waste disposal
services are subject to fees specified in Categories 4A, 4B and 4C.
10. Category 3J - This license
category is not currently utilized in Rhode Island.
11. Category 3K
a. Licenses of broad scope for possession and
use of radioactive material for research and development that do not authorize
commercial distribution.
b. Other
(limited) licenses for possession and use of radioactive material for research
and development that do not authorize commercial distribution.
c. Any other use of unsealed radioactive
material that does not authorize commercial distribution.
12. Category 3L - All other specific
radioactive materials, except those in Categories 4A through 8A. Licenses that
cover both radioactive and special nuclear material in sealed sources for use
in gauging devices will only be subject to the fee for Category 3L.
D. Category 4 - Waste Disposal
1. Category 4A - Licenses specifically
authorizing the receipt of waste radioactive material from other persons for
the purpose of commercial disposal by land burial by the licensee; or licenses
for treatment or disposal by incineration, packaging of residues resulting from
incineration and transfer of packages to another person authorized to dispose
of waste material.
2. Category 4B -
Licenses specifically authorizing the receipt of waste radioactive material
from other persons for the purpose of packaging or repackaging the material.
The licensee will dispose of the material by transfer to another person
authorized to receive or dispose of the material.
3. Category 4C - Licenses specifically
authorizing the receipt of prepackaged waste radioactive material from other
persons. The licensee will dispose of the material by transfer to another
person authorized to receive or dispose of the material.
E. Category 5 - Well Logging
1. Category 5A - Licenses specifically
authorizing use of radioactive material for well logging, well surveys and
tracer studies other than field flooding tracer studies.
2. Category 5B - Licenses for possession and
use of radioactive material for field flooding tracer studies.
F. Category 6 - Nuclear Laundries
Category 6A - Licenses for commercial collection and
laundry of items contaminated with radioactive material.
G. Category 7 - Human Use of Radioactive
Material
1. Category 7A - Licenses for human
use of radioactive material in sealed sources contained in gamma stereotactic
radiosurgery units, teletherapy devices, or similar beam therapy
devices.
2. Category 7B - Licenses
issued for human use of radioactive material, except radioactive material in
sealed sources contained in gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units, teletherapy
devices, or similar beam therapy devices.
3. Category 7C - This license category is not
currently utilized in Rhode Island.
4. Category 7D - Licenses of broad scope
issued to medical institutions or two (2) or more physicians authorizing
research and development, including human use of radioactive material, except
radioactive material in sealed sources contained in gamma stereotactic
radiosurgery units, teletherapy devices, or similar beam therapy
devices.
H. Category 8 -
Civil Defense
Category 8A - Licenses for possession and use of
radioactive material for civil defense activities.
I. Category 9 - Device, Product or Sealed
Source Safety Evaluation
1. Category 9A - This
license category is not currently utilized in Rhode Island.
2. Category 9B - This license category is not
currently utilized in Rhode Island.
3. Category 9C - This license category is not
currently utilized in Rhode Island.
4. Category 9D - This license category is not
currently utilized in Rhode Island.
J. Category 10 - Other Licenses and
Authorizations
Category 10A - Radioactive materials licenses and other
approvals authorizing decommissioning, decontamination, reclamation or site
restoration activities in accordance with this Subchapter.