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Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 25 - LONG TERM 2 (LT2) ENHANCED SURFACE WATER TREATMENT › Section 179-25-024 - RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

Current through June 17, 2024
024.01 Systems must
				keep results from source water monitoring until three years after bin
				classification for filtered systems or determination of the mean
Cryptosporidium
level for unfiltered systems for the
				particular round of monitoring.
024.02 Systems must keep any notification to
				the Department that they will not conduct source water monitoring due to
				meeting the criteria of 179 NAC 25-004.03 or 40 CFR 141 Subpart W for three
				years.
024.03 Systems must keep the
				results of treatment monitoring associated with microbial toolbox options under
				179 NAC
				25-018 through 179 NAC
				25-022 and with uncovered finished
				water reservoirs under 179 NAC
				25-016, as applicable, for three
				years.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 25 - LONG TERM 2 (LT2) ENHANCED SURFACE WATER TREATMENT › Section 179-25-025 - REQUIREMENTS TO RESPOND TO DEFICIENCIES IDENTIFIED IN SANITARY SURVEYS PERFORMED BY THE DEPARTMENT

Current through June 17, 2024
025.01 For sanitary
				surveys performed by the Department where deficiencies are identified, the
				Department will provide a "Deficiency Compliance Schedule" to the system.
				Systems must respond in writing to deficiencies identified in compliance
				schedules no later than 30 calendar days after receipt of the compliance
				schedule, indicating how and on what schedule the system will address
				deficiencies noted in the survey, if not on the same time frame as the
				deficiency compliance schedule. Any deviation from the Department-provided
				compliance schedule is subject to review and approval by the
				Department.
025.02 Systems must
				correct deficiencies identified in sanitary survey reports according to the
				schedule approved by the Department if such deficiencies are within the control
				of the system.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 25 - LONG TERM 2 (LT2) ENHANCED SURFACE WATER TREATMENT › Attachment 179-25-1 - Sampling Training For Individuals Other Than Licensed Operators

Current through June 17, 2024
PWS System or Community Name:
				  _________________________________________
Name of individuals taking
				  samples:_________________________________________
Parameter(s) sampled routinely by the above individual:
______________________________________________________________________
Trainer and Title:
				  ________________________________________________________
Training material used:
				  ___________________________________________________
Handouts given to the above individual:
______________________________________________________________________
I certify that on ________________ I personally provided the
				  necessary sampling
(Date)
training to assure quality data and approve the above
				  individual as qualified to perform the above sampling tasks.
X____________________________________________________________________
(Signature of Trainer) (License Number)
I certify that I did receive said training and I understand
				  how to properly sample the above parameters.
X____________________________________________________________________
(Signature of Approved Sampling Individual)
When the above-named trained person no longer takes the
				  samples the individual has been trained to take, I will inform the Nebraska
				  Department of Health and Human Services, Drinking Water Program Field Services
				  Program Manager at (402) 471-0521 within seven days. Acknowledged by System
				  Owner or Operator in Charge:
X____________________________________________ Date:
				  ___________________
(Signature)
(Keep a copy for your records and submit original within
				  seven days to DHHS, Division of Public Health, Public Water Program at P. O.
				  Box 95026, Lincoln, NE 68526-5026)
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 26 - REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE › Section 179-26-001 - SCOPE AND AUTHORITY

Current through June 17, 2024
T he provisions of these regulations include both maximum
				  contaminant level and treatment technique requirements. They apply to all
				  public water systems. Systems must comply with the provisions of this chapter
				  beginning April 1, 2016 unless otherwise specified in this chapter. Failure to
				  comply with the applicable requirements of this chapter is a violation of the
				  Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act. The authority is found in
Neb.
				  Rev. Stat
. §§
									71-5301
				  to
				  71-5313.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 26 - REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE › Section 179-26-003 - ANALYTICAL METHODS AND LABORATORY CERTIFICATION

Current through June 17, 2024
003.01 Analytical
Methodology Systems must comply with the analytical
				  methodology specified in
				  40 CFR
				  141.852(a).
003.02 Laboratory Certification
Systems must have all compliance samples required under this
				  chapter analyzed by a laboratory certified by the EPA or the Department
				  Laboratory to analyze drinking water samples and the laboratory must have
				  entered into an agreement with the Department Laboratory to perform such
				  analyses. The laboratory used by the system must be certified for each method
				  [and associated contaminant(s)] used for compliance monitoring analyses under
				  this rule.
003.03 Standards
				Incorporated By Reference
The standards in
				  40 CFR
				  141.852(c) or their
				  equivalent as determined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must be
				  used.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 26 - REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE › Section 179-26-005 - ROUTINE MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS SERVING 1,000 OR FEWER PEOPLE USING ONLY GROUNDWATER

Current through June 17, 2024
005.01 General
26-005.01A The provisions of this section
				apply to non-community water systems using only ground water (except ground
				water under the direct influence of surface water, as defined in 179 NAC
				3-002) and serving 1,000 or fewer
				people.
26-005.01B Following any
				total coliform-positive sample taken under the provisions of this section,
				systems must comply with the repeat monitoring requirements and
E. Coli
analytical requirements in
				26-009.
26-005.01C Once all monitoring required by
				this section and
				26-009 for a calendar month has been
				completed, systems must determine whether any coliform treatment technique
				triggers specified in
				26-010 have been exceeded. If any
				trigger has been exceeded, systems must compete assessments as required by
				26-010.
26-005.01D For the purpose of determining
				eligibility for remaining on or qualifying for quarterly monitoring under the
				provisions of 26-005.06 item 4 and 26-005.07 item 2, respectively, for
				transient non-community water systems, the Department may elect to not count
				monitoring violations under
				26-011.03A if the
				missed sample is collected no later than the end of the monitoring period
				following the monitoring period in which the sample was missed. The system must
				collect the make-up sample in a different week than the routine sample for that
				monitoring period and should collect the sample as soon as possible during the
				monitoring period. The Department may not use this provision under 26-005.08.
				This authority does not affect the provisions of
				26-011.03A and
				26-012.01D.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 26 - REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE › Section 179-26-006 - ROUTINE MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS SERVING 1,000 OR FEWER PEOPLE USING ONLY GROUNDWATER

Current through June 17, 2024
006.01 General
26-006.01A The provisions of this section
				apply to community water systems using only ground water (except ground water
				under the direct influence of surface water, as defined in 179 NAC
				3-002) and serving 1,000 or fewer
				people.
26-006.01B Following any
				total coliform-positive sample taken under the provisions of this section,
				systems must comply with the repeat monitoring requirements and
E. coli
analytical requirements in
				26-009.
26-006.01C Once all monitoring required by
				this section and
				26-009 for a calendar month has been
				completed, systems must determine whether any coliform treatment technique
				triggers specified in
				26-010 have been exceeded. If any
				trigger has been exceeded, systems must complete assessments as required by
				26-010.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 26 - REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE › Section 179-26-007 - ROUTINE MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FOR SURFACE WATER OR GROUND WATER UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE WATER PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS SERVING 1,000 OR FEWER PEOPLE

Current through June 17, 2024
007.01 General
26-007.01A The provisions of this section
				apply to surface water and ground water under the direct influence of surface
				water public water systems serving 1,000 or fewer people.
26-007.01B Following any total
				coliform-positive sample taken under the provisions of this section, systems
				must comply with the repeat monitoring requirements and
E. coli
analytical requirements in
				26-009.
26-007.01C Once all monitoring required by
				this section and
				26-009 for a calendar month has been
				completed, systems must determine whether any coliform treatment technique
				triggers specified in
				26-010 have been exceeded. If any
				trigger has been exceeded, systems must complete assessments as required by
				26-010.
26-007.01D
Seasonal
				Systems
26-007.01D1 Beginning
				April 1, 2016, all seasonal systems must demonstrate completion of a
				Department-approved start-up procedure, which may include a requirement for
				start-up sampling prior to serving water to the public.
26-007.01D2 The Department may exempt any
				seasonal system from some or all of the requirements for seasonal systems if
				the entire distribution system remains pressurized during the entire period
				that the system is not operating.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 26 - REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE › Section 179-26-008 - ROUTINE MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS SERVING MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE

Current through June 17, 2024
008.01 General
26-008.01A The provisions of this section
				apply to public water systems serving more than 1,000 persons.
26-008.01B Following any total
				coliform-positive sample taken under the provisions of this section, systems
				must comply with the repeat monitoring requirements and
E. coli
analytical requirements in
				26-009.
26-008.01C Once all monitoring required by
				this section and
				26-009 for a calendar month has been
				completed, systems must determine whether any coliform treatment technique
				triggers specified in
				26-010 have been exceeded. If any
				trigger has been exceeded, systems must complete assessments as required by
				26-010.
26-008.01D
Seasonal
				Systems
26-008.01D1 Beginning
				April 1, 2016, all seasonal systems must demonstrate completion of a
				Department-approved start-up procedure, which may include a requirement for
				start-up sampling prior to serving water to the public.
26-008.01D2 The Department may exempt any
				seasonal system from some or all of the requirements for seasonal systems if
				the entire distribution system remains pressurized during the entire period
				that the system is not operating.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 26 - REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE › Section 179-26-010 - COLIFORM TREATMENT TECHNIQUE TRIGGERS AND ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST POTENTIAL FECAL CONTAMINATION

Current through June 17, 2024
010.01 Treatment
				Technique Triggers
Systems must conduct assessments in accordance with 26-010.02
				  after exceeding treatment technique triggers in items 1 and 2 below.
1. Level 1 treatment technique triggers.
a. For systems taking 40 or more samples per
				month, the system exceeds 5.0% total coliform-positive samples for the
				month.
b. For systems taking fewer
				than 40 samples per month, the system has two or more total coliform-positive
				samples in the same month.
c. The
				system fails to take every required repeat sample after any single total
				coliform-positive sample.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 26 - REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE › Section 179-26-011 - VIOLATIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
011.01 E. coli MCL
				Violation
A system is in violation of the MCL for
E. coli
when any of the following four conditions occur:
1. The system has an
E.
				coli
-positive repeat sample following a total coliform-positive
				routine sample.
2. The system has a
				total coliform-positive repeat sample following an
E.
				coli
-positive routine sample.
3. The system fails to take all required
				repeat samples following an
E. coli
-positive routine
				sample.
4. The system fails to test
				for
E. coli
when any repeat sample tests positive for total
				coliform.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 26 - REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE › Section 179-26-012 - REPORTING AND RECORDKEEPING

Current through June 17, 2024
012.01 Reporting
26-012.01A
E.
				coli
26-012.01A1 A
				system must notify the Department by the end of the day when the system learns
				of an
E. coli
MCL violation, unless the system learns of the
				violation after the Department office is closed and the Department does not
				have either an after-hours phone line or an alternative notification procedure,
				in which case the system must notify the Department before the end of the next
				business day, and notify the public in accordance with 179 NAC 4.
26-012.01A2 A system must notify the
				Department by the end of the day when the system is notified of an
E.
				coli
-positive routine sample, unless the system is notified of the
				result after the Department office is closed and the Department does not have
				either an after-hours phone line or an alternative notification procedure, in
				which case the system must notify the Department before the end of the next
				business day.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 180-1-001 - SCOPE AND AUTHORITY

Current through June 17, 2024
Title 180 applies to all persons who receive, possess, use, transfer,
	 own, or acquire: any radiation generating equipment and; any naturally
	 occurring or accelerator produced radioactive material, including special
	 nuclear material in quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass. The
	 regulations are authorized by and implement the Radiation Control Act, Nebraska
	 Revised Statute (Neb. Rev. Stat.) §§
									71-3501
	 to
	 71-3520. 10
	 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), as published on January 1, 2013; 40 CFR as
	 published on July 1, 2013 and 49 CFR as published on October 1, 2013 and
	 referred throughout this Title are incorporated by reference and available for
	 viewing at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Radiological
	 Health, 301 Centennial Mall South, 3rd Floor, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 or from
	 the U.S. Government Printing Office Bookstore, 710 North Capitol Street NW,
	 Washington D.C., 20401.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 180-1-003 - EXEMPTIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
The following are exempted from Title 180:
003.01
GENERAL
  PROVISION.
The Department may, upon application or on its own
  initiative, grant exemptions or exceptions from the requirements of Title 180
  if it determines the exemption or exception is authorized by law and is
  consistent with Neb. Rev. Stat. § 713507(4).
003.02
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
  OF ENERGY CONTRACTORS AND UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
  CONTRACTORS.
Any United States Department of Energy contractor or
  subcontractor and any United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission contractor or
  subcontractor of the following categories operating within this State is exempt
  from Title 180 to the extent that such contractor or subcontractor under his
  contract receives, possesses, uses, transfers, or acquires sources of
  radiation:
(A) Prime contractors performing
  work for the United States Department of Energy at United States
  Government-owned or -controlled sites, including the transportation of sources
  of radiation to or from such sites and the performance of contract services
  during temporary interruptions of such transportation;
(B) Prime contractors of the United States
  Department of Energy performing research in, or development, manufacture,
  storage, testing, or transportation of, atomic weapons or their
  components;
(C) Prime contractors
  of the United States Department of Energy using or operating nuclear reactors
  or other nuclear devices in a United States Government-owned vehicle or vessel;
  and
(D) Any other prime contractor
  or subcontractor of the United States Department of Energy or of the United
  States Nuclear Regulatory Commission when the State and the United States
  Nuclear Regulatory Commission jointly determine:
(i) That the exemption of the prime
  contractor or subcontractor is authorized by law; and
(ii) That, under the terms of the contract or
  subcontract, there is adequate assurance that the work thereunder can be
  accomplished without undue risk to the public health and safety.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 180-1-005 - INSPECTIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
Each licensee and registrant must allow the Department at all
	 reasonable times an opportunity to inspect sources of radiation and the
	 premises and facilities where sources of radiation are used or stored and make
	 available to the Department for inspection, upon reasonable notice, records
	 that are required to be maintained under Title 180. The Department may also
	 make and retain copies of those records.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 180-1-006 - TESTS

Current through June 17, 2024
When directed by the Department each licensee and registrant must
	 perform or must allow the Department to perform, any tests the Department finds
	 appropriate or necessary. This includes, but is not limited to, tests
	 of:
(A) Sources of
  radiation;
(B) Facilities where
  sources of radiation are used or stored;
(C) Radiation detection and monitoring
  instruments; and
(D) Other
  equipment and devices used in connection with use or storage of licensed or
  registered sources of radiation.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 180-1-007 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Current through June 17, 2024
In addition to Title 180 the Department may impose additional
	 requirements on licensees or registrants it finds appropriate or necessary to
	 minimize danger to public health and safety or property. These additional
	 requirements can be imposed by rule, regulation, or order.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 180-1-010 - PROHIBITED USES

Current through June 17, 2024
Use of the following is prohibited:
(A) A hand-held fluoroscopic screen must not
  be used with x-ray equipment unless it has been listed in the Registry of
  Sealed Source and Devices or accepted for certification by the United States
  Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological
  Health.
(B) A shoe-fitting
  fluoroscopic device.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 180-1-011 - TESTS FOR LEAKAGE AND CONTAMINATION OF SEALED SOURCES

Current through June 17, 2024
Licensees and registrants must test sealed sources for leakage and
	 contamination.
011.01 Sealed sources
  must be tested so that:
(A) Each sealed
  source, except as specified in 180 NAC
  1-011.02, is tested for leakage or
  contamination and the test results are received before the sealed source is put
  into use unless the licensee or registrant has a certificate from the
  transferor indicating that the sealed source was tested within six months
  before transfer to the licensee or registrant.
(B) Each sealed source that is not designed
  to emit alpha particles is tested for leakage or contamination at intervals not
  to exceed six months or at alternative intervals approved by the Department,
  after evaluation of information specified by 180 NAC
  3014.12(C) and
  (D) of Title 180, or by an Agreement State,
  or the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
(C) Each sealed source that is not designed
  to emit alpha particles is tested for leakage or contamination at intervals not
  to exceed six months or at alternative intervals approved by the Department,
  after evaluation of information specified by 180 NAC
  3014.12(C) and
  (D) of Title 180, or by an Agreement State,
  or the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
(D) Each sealed source that is required to be
  tested for leakage or contamination is tested at any other time there is reason
  to suspect that the sealed source might have been damaged or might be leaking.
  The licensee or registrant must assure that the sealed source is tested for
  leakage or contamination before further use.
(E) Tests for leakage for all sealed sources,
  except brachytherapy sources manufactured to contain radium, must be capable of
  detecting the presence of 185 Bq (
  0.005
										µCi) of radioactive
  material on a test sample. Test samples must be taken from the sealed source or
  from the surfaces of the container in which one might expect contamination to
  accumulate. For a sealed source contained in a device, test samples are
  obtained when the source is in the "off" position.
(F) The test for leakage for brachytherapy
  sources manufactured to contain radium must be capable of detecting an absolute
  leakage rate of 37 Bq (
  0.001
										µCi) of radon-222 in a
  24 hour period when the collection efficiency for radon-222 and its daughters
  has been determined with respect to collection method, volume and
  time.
(G) Tests for contamination
  from radium daughters must be taken on the interior surface of brachytherapy
  source storage containers and must be capable of detecting the presence of 185
  Bq (
  0.005
										µCi) of a radium
  daughter which has a half-life greater than four days.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 180-1-012 - COMMUNICATIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
All communications and reports concerning Title 180, and applications
	 should be addressed to:
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Public Health
Radiological Health
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 95026
Lincoln, Nebraska
	 68509-5026
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 180-1-013 - CITIZENSHIP ATTESTATION

Current through June 17, 2024
All applicants, licensees, and registrants, must meet the requirements
	 set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. §§
									4-108
	 through
	 4-114,
	 unless the applicant, licensee, or registrant is not an
	 individual.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 180-1-014 - UNITS OF EXPOSURE AND DOSE

Current through June 17, 2024
As used in Title 180:
014.01
COULOMB PER KILOGRAM.
The unit of exposure is the
  coulomb per kilogram (C/kg) of air. One roentgen is equal to
  2.58E-4 coulomb per
  kilogram of air.
014.02
UNITS OF DOSE.
The units of dose are:
(A) Gray (Gy);
(B) Rad;
(C) Rem; and
(D) Sievert.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 180-1-015 - UNITS OF ACTIVITY

Current through June 17, 2024
For the purposes of Title 180, activity is expressed in the System of
	 International Units (SI) unit of becquerel (Bq) or in the special unit of curie
	 (Ci), or their multiples, or disintegrations or transformations per unit of
	 time.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 2 - REGISTRATION OF RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES › Section 180-2-001 - SCOPE AND AUTHORITY

Current through June 17, 2024
180 Nebraska Administrative Code (NAC) 2 provides for the registration
	 of radiation generating equipment facilities and for the registration of
	 persons installing, repairing, calibrating, demonstrating, selling radiation
	 generating equipment. Person providing service consultations on radiation
	 protection, health physics, radiation measurements, area surveys and facility
	 shielding reviews are also registered. These regulations are authorized by and
	 implement the Nebraska Radiation Control Act, Nebraska Revised Statute (Neb.
	 Rev. Stat.) §§
									71-3501
	 to
	 71-3520. In
	 addition to the requirements of 180 NAC 2, all registrants are subject to the
	 applicable provisions of 180 NAC 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, and 20.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 2 - REGISTRATION OF RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES › Section 180-2-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
The following definitions apply to this chapter.
002.01
ASSEMBLER.
An
  assembler is any person engaged in the business of assembling, replacing, or
  installing one or more components into an x-ray system or subsystem. The term
  includes the owner of an x-ray system or their employees or agent who assembles
  components into an x-ray system that is subsequently used to provide
  professional or commercial services.
002.02
CONSULTATION.
Consultation is the act of providing professional or expert advice on
  radiological matters.
002.03
FACILITY.
A facility is the location at which one or
  more radiation generating devices or sources of radiation are installed or
  located within one building, vehicle, or under one roof and are under the same
  administrative control.
002.04
INSTALLATION OR INSTALL.
Installation is the assembly,
  placement, or other actions including, but not limited to, initial calibration
  or operability checks that allow a radiation machine to be used in a new
  location or after being moved from one location to another.
002.05
RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER
  (RSO):
A radiation safety officer (RSO) is an individual who has
  the knowledge of and the authority and responsibility to apply appropriate
  radiation protection regulations and practices, who is specifically named on a
  certificate of registration, and who is the primary contact with the
  Department.
002.06
SERVICE.
Service is the repair, calibration, routine
  maintenance or other checks or examinations performed on a radiation machine,
  other than those actions taken during the installation of a radiation
  machine.
002.07
STORAGE.
Storage is a condition where a device or
  source has been made inoperable.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 2 - REGISTRATION OF RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES › Section 180-2-003 - EXEMPTIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
The following exemptions apply to this chapter.
003.01
ELECTRONIC
  EQUIPMENT.
Electronic equipment that produces radiation incidental
  to its operation for other purposes is exempt from the registration and
  notification requirements of this chapter as long as the dose equivalent rate
  averaged over an area of 10 square centimeters does not exceed 0.5 millirem (5
  micro Sieverts) per hour at 5 centimeters from any accessible surface of
  equipment.
003.02
IN
  TRANSIT OR STORAGE.
Radiation generating equipment while in
  transit or storage is exempt from the requirements of this chapter.
003.03
INOPERABLE
  EQUIPMENT.
Inoperable x-ray radiation generating equipment is
  exempt from the requirements of this chapter. For the purpose of this chapter,
  an inoperable radiation machine is one that cannot be energized, without repair
  or modification, when connected to a power supply.
003.04
FORECLOSURE, BANKRUPTCY,
  OR OTHER DEFAULT OF PAYMENT.
A person that takes possession of a
  radiation machine as the result of foreclosure, bankruptcy, or other default of
  payment may possess the machine without registering it. If the machine is
  energized, it must be under the supervision of a person registered according to
  this section and must be energized only to demonstrate that the machine is
  operable for sale, lease, or transfer purposes.
003.05
TELEVISION
  RECEIVERS.
Domestic television receivers are exempt from the
  requirements of this chapter.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 2 - REGISTRATION OF RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES › Section 180-2-004 - APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT FACILITIES

Current through June 17, 2024
A person with radiation generating equipment at a facility must apply
	 for registration with the Department.
004.01
APPLICATION.
The applicant must:
(A) Submit a complete
  application provided by the Department within 30 days of installation of
  radiation generating equipment; and
(B) Include a non-refundable fee as specified
  in 180 NAC 18-008.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 2 - REGISTRATION OF RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES › Section 180-2-005 - APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF SERVICES OF RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT

Current through June 17, 2024
A person who is engaged in the business of installing radiation
	 generating equipment or is engaged in the business of providing radiation
	 generating equipment servicing, radiation measurements, or other services must
	 apply for registration of services with the Department.
005.01
APPLICATION.
The applicant must:
(A) Submit a complete
  application provided by the Department at least 30 days prior to furnishing any
  service; and
(B) Include a
  non-refundable fee as specified in 180 NAC 18-008.
(C) Provide additional information requested
  by the Department to determine whether the registration should be issued or
  denied.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 2 - REGISTRATION OF RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES › Section 180-2-006 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Current through June 17, 2024
Registrants must comply with conditions in the certificate of
	 registration or other requirements incorporated by rule, regulation or order
	 regarding the registrant's receipt, possession, use, and transfer of radiation
	 generating equipment, radiation source servicing, radiation measurements, or
	 services that the Department determines are necessary to:
(A) Minimize danger to occupational and
  public health and safety; and
(B)
  Prevent loss or theft of radiation generating equipment subject to Title
  180.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 2 - REGISTRATION OF RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES › Section 180-2-007 - SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION

Current through June 17, 2024
A certificate of registration issued under this chapter is subject to
	 the provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. §§
									71-3501
	 to 17-3520, and to these regulations.
007.01
TRANSFER OF
  REGISTRATION.
A certificate of registration issued under 180 NAC 2
  cannot be transferred, assigned, or in any manner disposed of, either
  voluntarily or involuntarily, to any person unless the Department authorizes
  the transfer in writing.
007.02
LOCATION AND PURPOSE LIMITATION.
A person registered
  by the Department for radiation generating equipment use under 180 NAC 2 must
  confine use and possession of the registered radiation generating equipment to
  the locations and purposes authorized in the certificate of
  registration.
007.03
COMPLIANCE.
The registrant is responsible for
  complying with Title 180 and any conditions of the certificate of
  registration.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 2 - REGISTRATION OF RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES › Section 180-2-008 - RESPONSIBILITES OF THE REGISTRANT

Current through June 17, 2024
The responsibilities of the registrant are as follows.
008.01
NOTIFICATION.
The registrant must notify the Department in writing within 30 days of any
  change that would make the information contained in the application for
  registration no longer accurate.
008.02
TEMPORARY USE OF RADIATION
  GENERATING EQUIPMENT.
Radiation generating equipment used for
  clinical trial evaluations, temporary replacement, or demonstration may be used
  for up to 60 days without registration. Radiation generating equipment used for
  more than 60 days for those purposes must be registered.
008.03
BANKRUPTCY.
In the event of a voluntary or involuntary petition for bankruptcy the
  registrant must notify the Department, in writing, immediately following the
  filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition for bankruptcy. The notification
  must include:
(A) The bankruptcy court that
  the petition for bankruptcy was filed and the date of the filing of the
  petition; and
(B) A copy of the
  petition for bankruptcy to the Department.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 2 - REGISTRATION OF RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES › Section 180-2-009 - EXPIRATION OF CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION

Current through June 17, 2024
Each certificate of registration will expire at the end of the day on
	 the expiration date stated on the registration. Expiration does not relieve the
	 registrant of the requirements of Title 180.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 2 - REGISTRATION OF RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES › Section 180-2-010 - RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

Current through June 17, 2024
Application for renewal of Registration must be filed according to 180
	 NAC
	 2-004 or 180 NAC
	 2-005.
010.01
TERMINATION OF
  REGISTRATION.
If a registrant does not renew the certificate of
  registration as required by this chapter on or before the expiration date on
  the certificate of registration, the registrant must notify the Department and:
(A) Request termination of the certificate of
  registration in writing;
(B) Submit
  a record of disposition of the radiation generating equipment, and
(C) Pay any outstanding fees per 180 NAC
  18-008.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 2 - REGISTRATION OF RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES › Section 180-2-011 - ASSEMBLER OR TRANSFER OBLIGATION

Current through June 17, 2024
A person who sells, leases, transfers, lends, disposes, assembles, or
	 installs radiation generating equipment or components which affect radiation
	 output in this State must notify the Department within 15 days of:
(A) The full name and address of persons who
  have received this equipment;
(B)
  The manufacturer, model, and serial number of each radiation generating
  equipment transferred; and
(C) The
  date of transfer of radiation generating equipment.
011.01
ASSEMBLER'S
  REPORT.
In the case of diagnostic x-ray systems which contain
  certified components, the registrant may submit a copy of the assembler's
  report (Form FDA 2579) prepared in compliance with requirements of
  21 CFR §
										1020.30(d), in place of any
  other report by the assembler.
011.02
REQUIREMENTS OF
  ASSEMBLER'S.
No person may make, sell, lease, transfer, lend,
  assemble, or install radiation generating equipment or the components used in
  connection with radiation generating equipment unless those components and
  equipment, when properly placed in operation, meet the requirements of Title
  180.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 2 - REGISTRATION OF RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES › Section 180-2-012 - OUT-OF-STATE RADIATION GENERATING EQUIPMENT

Current through June 17, 2024
Whenever any radiation generating equipment registered in another state
	 or by the federal government is to be brought into the State, for any temporary
	 use, the person proposing to bring the equipment into the State must give
	 written notice to the Department at least three working days before the
	 equipment is to be used in the State. The notice must include the:
(A) Type of radiation generating
  equipment;
(B) Nature, duration,
  and scope of use;
(C) Exact
  location or locations where the radiation generating equipment is to be used;
  and
(D) State or states where the
  equipment is registered.
012.01
HARDSHIP.
If the three working days period would
  impose an undue hardship on the person, the Department may grant permission to
  proceed sooner.
012.02
REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF OUT-OF-STATE RADIATION GENERATING
  EQUIPMENT.
A person referred to in 180 NAC 2-012 must:
(A) Comply with all applicable regulations of
  the Department;
(B) Supply the
  Department with other information as the Department may request;
(C) Not operate within the State on a
  temporary basis in excess of 180 calendar days per year; and,
(D) Submit the appropriate fee as specified
  in 180 NAC 18-008.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 3 - LICENSING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-3-001 - SCOPE AND AUTHORITY

Current through June 17, 2024
180 Nebraska Administrative Code (NAC) 3 provides for the licensing of
	 radioactive material. No person may manufacture, produce, receive, possess,
	 use, transfer, own, dispose or acquire radioactive material except as
	 authorized in a specific or general license issued according to 180 NAC 3 or as
	 otherwise provided in 180 NAC 3, 5, 7, 9, 14, 19 or 24. The regulations are
	 authorized by and implement the Radiation Control Act, Nebraska Revised Statute
	 (Neb. Rev. Stat.) §§
									71-3501
	 to
	 71-3520.
001.02
ADDITIONAL
  REQUIREMENTS.
In addition to the requirements of 180 NAC 3, all
  licensees are subject to the requirements of 180 NAC 1, 4, 10, 13, 15, and
  18.
001.03
10 CODE OF
  FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR).
10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
  as published on January 1, 2013 and referred throughout this Chapter are
  incorporated by reference and available for viewing at the Nebraska Department
  of Health and Human Services, Radiological Health, 301 Centennial Mall South,
  3rd Floor, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 3 - LICENSING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-3-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
The following definitions apply to this chapter.
002.01
ALERT.
An
  alert is an event that may occur, is in progress, or has occurred that could
  lead to a release of radioactive material but that the release is not expected
  to require a response by offsite response organizations to protect persons
  offsite.
002.02
CONSORTIUM.
A consortium is an association of medical
  use licensees and a positron emission tomography (PET) radionuclide production
  facility in the same geographical area that jointly own or share in the
  operation and maintenance cost of the positron emission tomography (PET)
  radionuclide production facility that produces positron emission tomography
  (PET) radionuclides for use in producing radioactive drugs within the
  consortium for noncommercial distributions among its associated members for
  medical use. The positron emission tomography (PET) radionuclide production
  facility within the consortium must be located at an educational institution or
  a Federal facility or a medical facility.
002.03
SITE AREA
  EMERGENCY.
A site area emergency is an event that may occur, is in
  progress, or has occurred that could lead to a significant release of
  radioactive material and that could require a response by offsite response
  organizations to protect persons offsite.
002.04
PRINCIPAL
  ACTIVITIES.
Principal activities are activities authorized by the
  license which are essential to achieving the purpose or purposes for which the
  license was issued or amended. Storage during which no license material is
  accessed for use or disposal and activities incidental to decontamination or
  decommissioning are not principal activities.
002.05
TECHNOLOGICALLY ENHANCED
  NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (TENORM).
Technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material (TENORM) is
  naturally occurring radioactive material whose radionuclide concentration are
  increased by or as a result of past or present human practices. Technologically
  enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material (TENORM) does not include
  background radiation or the natural radioactivity of rocks or soils.
  Technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material (TENORM) does
  not include "source material" and "byproduct material."
002.06
UNREFINED AND UNPROCESSED
  ORE.
Unrefined and unprocessed ore is ore in its natural form
  prior to any processing, such as grinding, roasting or beneficiating, or
  refining. Processing does not include sieving or encapsulation of ore or
  preparation of samples for laboratory analysis.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 3 - LICENSING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-3-003 - SOURCE MATERIAL EXEMPTIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
This section addresses source material exemptions.
003.01
ANY CHEMICAL MIXTURE,
  COMPOUND, SOLUTION, OR ALLOY IN WHICH THE SOURCE MATERIAL IS BY WEIGHT LESS
  THAN 1/20 OF 1% (
  0.05 %) OF THE MIXTURE, COMPOUND,
  SOLUTION, OR ALLOY.
Any person is exempt from 180 NAC 3 to the extent that the person
	 receives, possesses, uses, owns, or transfers source material in any chemical
	 mixture, compound, solution, or alloy in which the source material is by weight
	 less than 1/20 of 1% (
	 0.05 %) of the mixture, compound,
	 solution, or alloy.
003.02
UNREFINED AND UNPROCESSED ORE CONTAINING SOURCE
  MATERIAL.
Any person is exempt from 180 NAC 3 to the extent that
  such person receives, possesses, uses, or transfers unrefined and unprocessed
  ore containing source material; provided that, except as authorized in a
  specific license, the person must not refine or process such ore.
003.03
THORIUM, URANIUM, AND
  SOURCE MATERIAL CONTAINED IN GLASSWARE AND CERAMICS.
Any person is
  exempt from the requirements of the 180 NAC 3 and 4, and 10 to the extent that
  the person receives, possesses, uses, or transfers:
(A) Any quantities of thorium contained in:
(i) Incandescent gas mantles;
(ii) Vacuum tubes;
(iii) Welding rods;
(iv) Electric lamps for illuminating purposes
  provided that each lamp does not contain more than 50 milligrams of
  thorium;
(v) Germicidal lamps,
  sunlamps, and lamps for outdoor or industrial lighting provided that each lamp
  does not contain more than 2 grams of thorium;
(vi) Rare earth metals and compounds,
  mixtures, and products containing not than
  0.25% by weight thorium, uranium, or
  any combination of these; or
(vii)
  Personnel neutron dosimeters, provided that each dosimeter does not contain
  more than 50 milligrams of thorium;
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 3 - LICENSING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-3-004 - RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OTHER THAN SOURCE MATERIAL EXEMPTIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
This section addresses exemptions for radioactive material other than
	 source material.
004.01
EXEMPT CONCENTRATIONS.
This subsection addresses
  exempt concentrations.
004.01(A)
APPENDIX 3-A CONCENTRATIONS.
Other than as provided in
  3-004.01(C) and
  (D), any person is exempt from 180 NAC 3 to
  the extent that such person receives, possesses, uses, transfers, owns or
  acquires products containing radioactive material introduced in concentrations
  not in excess of those listed in 180 NAC 3, Appendix 3-A.
004.01(B)
IMPORTATION.
180 NAC
  3-004.01 must not be deemed to
  authorize the import of radioactive material or products containing radioactive
  material.
004.01(C)
PRODUCTS.
A manufacturer, processor, or producer of a
  product or material is exempt from the requirements for a license in 180 NAC
  3-004,
  3-005,
  3-006,
  3-008, 3013,
  3-014,
  3-016 through
  3-024, 180 NAC 5, 7, 14 and 19 to the
  extent that they transfer radioactive material contained in a product or
  material in concentrations not in excess of those specified in 180 NAC 3,
  Appendix 3-A and introduced into the product or material by a licensee holding
  a specific license issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
  expressly authorizing such introduction. This exemption does not apply to the
  transfer of radioactive material contained in any food, beverage, cosmetic,
  drug or other commodity or product designed for ingestion or inhalation by, or
  application to, a human being.
004.01(D)
TRANSFER TO EXEMPT
  PERSONS.
No person may introduce radioactive material into a
  product or material knowing or having reason to believe that it will be
  transferred to persons exempt under 180 NAC
  3-004.01(A) or
  equivalent regulations of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), or any
  Agreement State, other than according to a specific license issued according to
  10
  CFR 32.11.