Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 26 - Oil and Gas › Part 2 - WIDE RULES AND REGULATIONS (Order No. 201-51) › Chapter 1 › Rule 26-2-1.68 - DISPOSAL OF NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS (NORM) ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF OIL AND GAS

Current through June 25, 2024
I.
				Definitions
For the purposes of
				  this Rule
1.
				"Ambient Exposure Rate" shall mean an
				indication of the potential for a
				human to incur a radiation dose.
				Ambient exposure rates are measured in
				units of "millirem per hour" or
				"microroentgen per hour" at a height
				of one meter (three feet) above a
				horizontal land surface and 0.3 meter
				(one foot) from the midpoint of a
				horizontal or vertical equipment
				surface. A microR meter with an
				internal or external probe is
				generally used for this
				measurement.
2.
				"Board" shall mean the State Oil and
				Gas Board.
3.
				"Clean fill" shall mean soil with
				radiological characteristics that
				cannot be distinguished from
				background.
4.
				"Commercial oil field exploration and
				production waste disposal" shall mean
				storage, treatment recovery,
				processing, disposal or acceptance of
				oil field exploration and production
				wastes from more than one (1)
				generator or for a fee.
5.
				"Equipment" shall mean tanks, valves,
				tubing, rods, pumps, tools and other
				equipment commonly used at oilfield
				exploration/production
				sites.
6.
				"Landspreading" shall mean an action
				that involves blending of soil with
				NORM impacted scale or NORM impacted
				soil to achieve NORM concentrations
				that are at or below the release
				criteria. Landspreading does not
				include blending of soil with NORM
				impacted sludge, tank bottoms,
				drilling muds, drill cuttings or other
				materials. (See "Surface
				Landspreading" and "Subsurface
				Landspreading").
7.
				"Naturally occurring radioactive
				material" (hereinafter "NORM") shall
				mean any nuclide which is radioactive
				in its natural physical state (i. e.,
				not man-made), but does not include
				byproduct, source or special nuclear
				material nor does it include
				radioactive materials continuously
				contained within the closed system of
				exploration and production of oil and
				gas, including but nut limited to
				produced saltwater.
8.
				"Surface Landspreading" shall mean the
				raking or tilling of non-homogeneous
				surface NORM deposits within a
				discrete land area in order to achieve
				a homogeneous distribution of NORM
				over the top six (6) inches of soil
				within that land area.
9.
				"Subsurface Landspreading" shall mean
				the blending of NORM with clean fill
				prior to its placement in an impacted
				area in order to achieve a homogeneous
				distribution of NORM throughout the
				blended volume. The impacted area is
				then covered with soil or other
				materials after placement of the
				blended volume.
10.
				"Personal Notice" shall mean the
				written notice of a proposed
				landspreading disposal activity sent
				by certified mail by a permit
				applicant to the affected surface land
				owner. Personal Notice shall include a
				statement of intent to apply for a
				permit for the landspreading of NORM
				including a description of the
				approximate amount of NORM material to
				be disposed, the general area of
				disposal and contact information where
				the landowner can obtain additional
				information. Personal Notice shall be
				deemed complete when the certified
				mail is received or attempted delivery
				is unclaimed by the affected surface
				landowner. The Personal Notice shall
				be sent in advance of the filing of an
				application for a permit for
				landspreading with the Board such that
				the applicant is able to provide
				copies of certified mail receipts,
				documentation of unclaimed notices, or
				other appropriate confirmation of
				notice delivery with the permit
				application submittal. The mailing
				address to be used in making the
				notice shall be the address shown in
				the appropriate county's most current
				ad valorem tax receipt records for the
				surface owner of the disposal
				site.
11.
				"Site of Origin" means the well
				location at which the NORM was
				generated from exploration and
				production activities.
12.
				Additional relevant definitions are as
				given in Rule 69.