Scope

Scope. These regulations apply to any person who engages in the extraction, mining, beneficiating, processing, use, transfer, transport, storage, waste generation or disposal of NORM in such a manner as to alter the chemical properties or physical state of the NORM or its potential exposure pathways to humans. 1. The regulations in this section address the introduction of NORM into materials or products in which neither the NORM nor the radiation emitted from the NORM is considered to be beneficial to the materials or products. The manufacture and distribution of materials or products containing NORM in which the NORM and/or its associated radiation(s) is considered to be a beneficial attribute are licensed under the provisions of Subchapter 3. 2. These regulations also apply to sludges and scale deposits in tubulars and equipment and to soil or water contaminated by the cleaning of scale deposits. These regulations include the contamination of soil from produced waters. 3. This section also addresses waste generation, waste management, transfer, and disposal with regard to both inactive and active sites and facilities involved in storage and/or cleaning of tubulars and contaminated equipment. In the case of closed or inactive pits, surveys are required only at the time of transfer for unrestricted use.