16 Tex. Admin. Code § 4.605 - Identification of Equipment Contaminated with NORM
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of
this section, within two years of the effective date of this rule, each person
who owns or operates equipment used for production or disposal including each
person who owns or operates equipment associated with a commercial facility, as
defined in §3.78 (relating to Fees and Financial Security Requirements),
shall identify NORM-contaminated equipment with the letters "NORM" by securely
attaching a clearly visible waterproof tag or marking with a legible waterproof
paint or ink. Employers whose employees speak languages other than English may
add to the tag the translation of the acronym "NORM" in those languages as long
as the acronym "NORM" is also on the tag.
(b) Within six months of the effective date
of this rule, each person whom the Commission has notified that the person owns
or operates NORM-contaminated equipment shall, on each lease that is the
subject of the Commission notice, identify NORM-contaminated equipment with the
letters "NORM" by securely attaching a clearly visible waterproof tag or
marking with a legible waterproof paint or ink. Employers whose employees speak
languages other than English may add to the tag the translation of the acronym
"NORM" in those languages as long as the acronym "NORM" is also on the
tag.
(c) For an interconnected
equipment system such as a wellhead, flowline, or facility piping system, the
owner or operator of the system may identify the system as a whole with tags or
markings that provide notice to workers on that system that the equipment in
the system may be NORM-contaminated. The owner or operator shall identify
NORM-contaminated equipment that is removed from an interconnected equipment
system:
(1) as individual pieces of equipment
as provided in subsection (a) of this section, or
(2) as groups of equipment that are kept in a
common container or are wrapped, bound or tied securely together. Grouped
equipment shall be tagged or marked to provide notice that any piece of
equipment in the group may be NORM-contaminated.
(d) Radiation survey instruments used to
determine whether equipment is NORM-contaminated shall comply with regulations
adopted by the TDH in 25 TAC §
289.259(e)
(relating to Licensing of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
(NORM)).
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