Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 16 - Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material › Subchapter D - Physical Protection in Transit › Section XV-1651 - Reporting of Events

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The shipping
				  licensee shall notify the appropriate LLEA and the Office of Environmental
				  Compliance by telephone at (225) 765-0160 within one hour of its determination
				  that a shipment of category 1 quantities of radioactive material is lost or
				  missing. The appropriate LLEA would be the law enforcement agency in the area
				  of the shipment's last confirmed location. During the investigation required by
				  LAC 33:XV.1649.C, the shipping licensee will provide agreed upon updates to the
				  Office of Environmental Compliance by telephone at (225) 765-0160 on the status
				  of the investigation.
B. The
				  shipping licensee shall notify the Office of Environmental Compliance by
				  telephone at (225) 765-0160 within four hours of its determination that a
				  shipment of category 2 quantities of radioactive material is lost or missing.
				  If, after 24 hours of its determination that the shipment is lost or missing,
				  the radioactive material has not been located and secured, the licensee shall
				  immediately notify the Office of Environmental Compliance by telephone at (225)
				  765-0160.
C. The shipping licensee
				  shall notify the designated LLEA along the shipment route as soon as possible
				  upon discovery of any actual or attempted theft or diversion of a shipment or
				  suspicious activities related to the theft or diversion of a shipment of a
				  category 1 quantity of radioactive material. As soon as possible after
				  notifying the LLEA, the licensee shall notify the Office of Environmental
				  Compliance by telephone at (225) 765-0160 upon discovery of any actual or
				  attempted theft or diversion of a shipment, or any suspicious activity related
				  to the shipment of category 1 radioactive material.
D. The shipping licensee shall notify the
				  Office of Environmental Compliance by telephone at (225) 765-0160 as soon as
				  possible upon discovery of any actual or attempted theft or diversion of a
				  shipment, or any suspicious activity related to the shipment, of a category 2
				  quantity of radioactive material.
E. The shipping licensee shall notify the
				  Office of Environmental Compliance by telephone at (225) 765-0160 and the LLEA
				  as soon as possible upon recovery of any lost or missing category 1 quantities
				  of radioactive material.
F. The
				  shipping licensee shall notify the Office of Environmental Compliance by
				  telephone at (225) 765-0160 as soon as possible upon recovery of any lost or
				  missing category 2 quantities of radioactive material.
G. The initial telephonic notification
				  required by Subsections A-D of this Section shall be followed within a period
				  of 30 days by a written report submitted to the Office of Environmental
				  Compliance. A written report is not required for notifications on suspicious
				  activities required by Subsections C and D of this Section. The report shall
				  set forth the following information:
1. a
				  description of the licensed material involved, including kind, quantity, and
				  chemical and physical form;
2. a
				  description of the circumstances under which the loss or theft
				  occurred;
3. a statement of
				  disposition, or probable disposition, of the licensed material
				  involved;
4. actions that have been
				  taken, or will be taken, to recover the material; and
5. procedures or measures that have been, or
				  will be, adopted to ensure against a recurrence of the loss or theft of
				  licensed material.