Washington Administrative Code

In addition to the requirements set forth in chapter 246-235 WAC, an application to receive from others, possess, and dispose of wastes shall consist of general information, specific technical information, institutional information, and financial information as set forth in WAC 2…

The general information shall include each of the following:(1) Identity of the applicant including:(a) The full name, address, telephone number, and description of the business or occupation of the applicant;(b) If the applicant is a partnership, the name and address of each par…

The specific technical information shall include the following information needed for demonstration that the performance objectives and the applicable technical requirements of this chapter will be met. The specific technical information shall be in the form of an environmental r…

The specific technical information shall also include the following analyses needed to demonstrate that the performance objectives of this chapter will be met:(1) Pathways analyzed in demonstrating protection of the general population from releases of radioactivity shall include …

The institutional information submitted by the applicant shall include:(1) A certification by the federal or state agency which owns the disposal site that the federal or state agency is prepared to accept transfer of the license when the provisions of WAC 246-250-140 are met and…

The financial information shall be sufficient to demonstrate that the financial qualifications of the applicant are adequate to carry out the activities for which the license is sought and meet other financial assurance requirements of this chapter.[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70…

A license for the receipt, possession, and disposal of waste containing or contaminated with radioactive material will be issued by the department upon finding that:(1) The issuance of the license will not constitute an unreasonable risk to the health and safety of the public;(2)…

(1) A license issued under this chapter, or any right thereunder, may be transferred, assigned, or in any manner disposed of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of the license to any person, only if the department finds, after…

(1) An application for renewal must be filed at least ninety days prior to license expiration.(2) An application for closure under WAC 246-250-120 must be filed at least one year prior to proposed closure.(3) Applications for renewal of a license must be filed in accordance with …

(1) Prior to final closure of the disposal site, or as otherwise directed by the department, the applicant shall submit an application to amend the license for closure. This closure application shall include a final revision and specific details of the disposal site closure plan …

The licensee shall observe, monitor, and carry out necessary maintenance and repairs at the disposal site until the site closure is complete and the license is transferred by the department in accordance with WAC 246-250-140. Responsibility for the disposal site must be maintaine…

Following closure and the period of post-closure observation and maintenance, the licensee may apply for an amendment to transfer the license to the disposal site owner. The license shall be transferred when the department finds:(1) That the closure of the disposal site has been …

(1) Following any period of institutional control needed to meet the requirements found necessary under WAC 246-250-090, the licensee may apply for an amendment to terminate the license.(2) This application will be reviewed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 246-235 WAC…

Land disposal facilities shall be sited, designed, operated, closed, and controlled after closure so that reasonable assurance exists that exposures to individuals are within the requirements established in the performance objectives in WAC 246-250-170 through 246-250-200.[Statut…

Concentrations of radioactive material which may be released to the general environment in groundwater, surface water, air, soil, plants, or animals shall not result in an annual dose exceeding an equivalent of twenty-five millirems (0.25 mSv) to the whole body, seventy-five mill…

Design, operation, and closure of the land disposal facility shall ensure protection of any individual inadvertently intruding into the disposal site and occupying the site or contacting the waste at any time after active institutional controls over the disposal site are removed.…

After the effective date of these regulations, operations at the land disposal facility shall be conducted in compliance with the standards for radiation protection set out in chapter 246-221 WAC, except for releases of radioactivity in effluents from the land disposal facility, …

The disposal facility shall be sited, designed, used, operated, and closed to achieve long-term stability of the disposal site and to eliminate, to the extent practicable, the need for ongoing active maintenance of the disposal site following closure so that only surveillance, mo…

(1) Disposal site suitability for near-surface disposal. The primary emphasis in disposal site suitability is given to isolation of wastes, and to disposal site features that ensure that the long-term performance objectives are met.(a) The disposal site shall be capable of being …

(1) Disposal site design for near-surface disposal.(a) Site design features shall be directed toward long-term isolation and avoidance of the need for continuing active maintenance after site closure.(b) The disposal site design and operation shall be compatible with the disposal…

(1) Near-surface disposal facility operation and disposal site closure.(a) Wastes designated as Class A pursuant to chapter 246-249 WAC shall be segregated from other wastes by placing in disposal units which are sufficiently separated from disposal units for the other waste clas…

(1) At the time a new license application is submitted, the applicant shall have conducted a preoperational monitoring program to provide basic environmental data on the disposal site characteristics. The applicant shall obtain information about the ecology, meteorology, climate,…

The department may, upon request or on its own initiative, authorize provisions other than those set forth in WAC 246-250-300 through 246-250-340 for the segregation and disposal of waste and for the design and operation of a land disposal facility on a specific basis, if it find…

(1) Land ownership. Disposal of waste received from other persons may be permitted only on land owned in fee by the federal or state government.(2) Institutional control. The land owner or custodial agency shall conduct an institutional control program to physically control acces…

The department may, upon request or on its own initiative, authorize other provisions for the classification and characteristics of waste on a specific basis, if, after evaluation of the specific characteristics of the waste, disposal site, and method of disposal, it finds reason…

Each applicant shall show that it either possesses the necessary funds or has reasonable assurance of obtaining the necessary funds, or by a combination of the two, to cover the estimated costs of conducting all licensed activities over the planned operating life of the project, …

(1) The applicant shall provide assurances prior to the commencement of operations that sufficient funds will be available to carry out disposal site closure and stabilization, including: (a) Decontamination or dismantlement of land disposal facility structures; and (b) closure a…

(1) Prior to the issuance of the license, the applicant shall provide for departmental approval, a binding arrangement, between the applicant and the disposal site owner that ensures that sufficient funds will be available to cover the costs of monitoring and any required mainten…

(1) Each licensee shall maintain any records and make any reports in connection with the licensed activities as may be required by the conditions of the license or by the rules, regulations, and orders of the department.(2) Records which are required by these regulations or by li…

Each licensee shall perform, or permit the department to perform, any tests the department deems appropriate or necessary for the administration of the regulations in this chapter, including but not limited to, tests of:(1) Wastes;(2) Facilities used for the receipt, storage, tre…

(1) Each licensee shall afford to the department at all reasonable times opportunity to inspect waste not yet disposed of, and the premises, equipment, operations, and facilities in which wastes are received, possessed, handled, treated, stored, or disposed.(2) Each licensee shal…

A specific plan for reclamation and disposal of tailings and for decommissioning the site of uranium or thorium milling operations shall be included as part of the proposed action assessed under SEPA regulations and guidelines as required by WAC 246-235-086(1) for licensing of en…

The definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms in this section and in WAC 246-220-010 apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.(1) "Aquifer" means a geologic formation, group of formations, or part of a formation capable of yielding a significant…

Uranium mill tailing areas shall be used only for disposal of radioactive wastes originating from the exploration, mining, and milling of uranium.[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. WSR 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-252-020, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statut…

As used in this section, the term "by-product material" means the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore processed primarily for its source material content.As required by WAC 246-235-110(6), each applicant for a license …

Each uranium or thorium milling operation shall submit in writing to the department by May 1 and November 1 of each year, reports specifying the quantities of each of the principle radionuclides released to unrestricted areas in liquid and in gaseous effluent during the previous …

Hazardous ConstituentsAcetonitrile (Ethanenitrile)Acetophenone (Ethanone, 1-phenyl)3-(alpha-Acetonylbenzyl)-4-hydroxycoumarin and salts (Warfarin)2-Acetylaminofluorene (Acetamide, N-(9H-fluoren-2-yl)-)Acetyl chloride (Ethanoyl chloride)1-Acetyl-2-thiourea (Acetamide, N-(aminothio…

This chapter establishes fees charged for licensing, permitting, registration, and inspection services. These fees apply to owners and operators of radiation machine facilities, users of radioactive material, operators of low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities, owners an…

The definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms in this section and in WAC 246-220-010 apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.(1) "Application" means a completed RHF-1 or equivalent with supporting documentation requesting the department to gran…

(1) Applicants, licensees, permittees, and registrants requesting or receiving licenses, permits, registrations, and actions or services by the department shall submit to the department or its designee applicable fees for the license, permit, registration, and action or service p…

(1) The department may verify certifications and will suspend any radioactive materials license if the applicant/licensee:(a) Failed to pay the required fee; or(b) Made an invalid or false certification.(2) Upon request of any radioactive materials licensee or license applicant, …

The department shall:(1) Deny an application if the appropriate fee is not received;(2) Suspend or revoke a license, permit, or registration if a required fee is not received;(3) Refund no fees if a license, permit or registration is denied, revoked, or suspended;(4) Require reap…

(1) A registrant shall submit radiation machine facility registration fees and radiation machine tube fees to BLS.(2) For all other fees and charges including shielding plan review and follow-up inspection fees, licensees, permittees and registrants shall:(a) Submit fee payments …

(1) A registrant shall comply with chapter 246-224 WAC when registering radiation machine facilities. A registrant shall pay the following applicable radiation machine facility registration fees and radiation machine tube fees for each radiation machine facility and tube annually…

(1) Persons licensed or authorized to possess or use radioactive material in the following special categories shall forward annual fees to the department as follows:(a) $16,713 for operation of a single nuclear pharmacy.(b) $28,503 for operation of a single nuclear laundry.(c) $2…

Licensees authorized possession or use of radioactive material in the following medical or veterinary categories shall forward annual fees to the department as follows:(1) $14,131 for operation of a mobile nuclear medicine program from a single base of operation;(2) $10,301 for t…

(1) Persons licensed or authorized to possess or use radioactive material in the following industrial categories shall forward annual fees to the department as follows:(a) $16,641 for a license authorizing the use of radiographic exposure devices in one or more permanent radiogra…

(1) Persons licensed or authorized to possess or use unsealed radioactive material in the following laboratory categories shall forward annual fees to the department as follows:(a) $11,380 for a license authorizing possession at a single facility of unsealed sources in amounts gr…

(1) The department shall charge fees for reciprocal recognition of other agreement state, licensing state or United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission licenses based upon the actual amount of radioactive material or type of devices being transported into Washington state or the…

(1) In addition to the fee for each radioactive material license as described under WAC 246-254-070, 246-254-080, 246-254-090, and 246-254-100, a licensee shall pay a service fee for each additional licensing and compliance action as follows:(a) For a second follow-up inspection,…