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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 8 - RECORDS FOR REGISTRANTS › Section 7:28-8.1 - Personnel-monitoring records

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(a) Clear and legible records shall be maintained by the owner for calendar quarters on Form RH-26, or on a clear and legible form containing all the information required on RH-26. These records shall show the radiation exposures of all individuals who are required to wear personnel-monitoring equipment according to 7:28-7.4, Use of personnel-monitoring equipment.
(b) Each employee, at his or her request, shall be supplied by the owner with an annual statement of his or her radiation exposure record.
(c) At the request of an individual formerly employed by the owner, each owner shall furnish such individual a report of his exposure to radiation, including bio-assays, as shown in records maintained by the owner pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section. Such report shall be furnished within 30 days from the time the request is made or within 60 days from termination of employment, whichever is later. The report shall cover each calendar quarter of the individual's employment involving exposure to radiation.
(d) When an individual working on the premises of an owner, but not employed by him, is required by the owner to wear personnel-monitoring equipment, the owner of the radiation source shall furnish such individual's employer within 90 days a statement of the individual's radiation record and this shall be incorporated in the individual's exposure record.
(e) Each report or statement required by subsections (b) through (d) of this Section shall contain the following statement: "This report is furnished to you under the provisions of Subchapter 8 of the New Jersey Radiation Protection Code. You should preserve this report for future reference."
(f) The exposure records on each employee shall be preserved during the course of his employment and for at least ten years after termination of employment. Exposure records of other persons shall be preserved for at least ten years.
(g) These records or true copy of same shall be made available to the Department on request.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 8 - RECORDS FOR REGISTRANTS › Section 7:28-8.2 - Records of surveys

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(a) Records shall be maintained showing the results of such surveys as are required pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:28-7, Radiation Surveys and Personnel Monitoring for Registrants.
(b) The records of each survey shall be retained for at least ten years.
(c) These records or true copy of same shall be made available to the Department on request.
(d) The owner of any installation covered in N.J.A.C. 7:28-14 through 16 shall submit to the Department within 30 days of receipt a copy of each report of radiation surveys made in compliance with N.J.A.C. 7:28-7, Radiation Surveys and Personnel Monitoring for Registrants.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 8 - RECORDS FOR REGISTRANTS › Section 7:28-8.3 - Records from discontinued installations

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The discontinuance of a radiation installation does not relieve the owner from the responsibility of retaining the records required by this Subchapter. Such owner may, however, request the Department to accept the records. The acceptance of such records by the Department relieves the owner of subsequent responsibility only in respect to their preservation as required by this Chapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 10 - LABELING, POSTING, AND CONTROLS › Section 7:28-10.1 - General requirement

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(a) All signs and labels required by this Subchapter shall use the conventional radiation caution symbol shaped and colored as follows:
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1. Cross-hatched area is to be magenta or purple;
2. Background is to be yellow.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 10 - LABELING, POSTING, AND CONTROLS › Section 7:28-10.2 - Radiation areas

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(a) Each radiation area shall be conspicuously posted with a sign or signs bearing the radiation caution symbol and the words:
1. CAUTION-RADIATION AREA; or
2. DANGER-RADIATION AREA
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 10 - LABELING, POSTING, AND CONTROLS › Section 7:28-10.3 - High radiation areas

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(a) Each high radiation area shall be conspicuously posted with a sign or signs bearing the radiation caution symbol and the words:
1. CAUTION-HIGH RADIATION AREA; or
2. DANGER-HIGH RADIATION AREA
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 10 - LABELING, POSTING, AND CONTROLS › Section 7:28-10.4 - Labeling of equipment

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All ionizing radiation-producing machines capable, when operated, of producing a radiation area shall be labeled in a manner which cautions individuals of this fact.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 10 - LABELING, POSTING, AND CONTROLS › Section 7:28-10.5 - Removal of signs and labels

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All radiation caution signs and labels which may have been posted at a time when they were required shall be removed when the condition which originally required the posting no longer exists.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 10 - LABELING, POSTING, AND CONTROLS › Section 7:28-10.6 - Exceptions from posting and labeling requirements

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Radiation areas and high radiation areas which result from the operation of therapeutic x-ray machines operated at potentials of 60 kv and below or from the operation of diagnostic x-ray machines shall be exempt from the posting requirements of 7:28-10.2, 10.3 and 10.4 provided that the operator of the equipment has taken precautions to insure that no individual other than the patient shall be in the radiation area.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 7:28-12.1 - Purpose and scope

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The purpose of this subchapter is to establish minimum standards for the remediation of real property contaminated by radioactive materials. This subchapter also provides direction on remediating a site contaminated with radioactive materials with regard to sampling, surveying, and laboratory requirements, remedial action selection, and remedial action requirements.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 7:28-12.2 - Applicability

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(a) The standards and/or dose criteria in this subchapter are applicable to:
1. Remediation of radioactive contamination of real property by any technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials, source, by-product, certain special nuclear material, and diffuse NARM; and
2. Any other remediation of radioactive contamination including, without limitation, any remediation pursuant to: the Spill Compensation and Control Act, N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.1 1 et seq.; the Water Pollution Control Act, 58:10A-1 et seq.; the Industrial Site Recovery Act, 13:1K-6 et seq.; the Solid Waste Management Act, 13:1E-1 et seq.; the Comprehensive Regulated Medical Waste Management Act, 13:1E-48.1 et seq.; the Major Hazardous Waste Facilities Siting Act, 13:1E-49 et seq.; the Sanitary Landfill Facility Closure and Contingency Fund Act, 13:1E-100 et seq.; the Regional Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Siting Act, 13:1E-177 et seq.; any law or regulation by which the State may compel a person or licensee to perform remediation activities; or N.J.A.C. 7:26C.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 7:28-12.4 - General requirements

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(a) Any person or licensee conducting remediation pursuant to this subchapter shall comply with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:26E, Technical Requirements for Site Remediation, excluding those sections related to sampling, surveying, and background investigations. Sampling, surveying and laboratory requirements shall be in accordance with 7:28-12.5.
(b) The Department shall require a licensee to provide a decommissioning plan that addresses historical site assessment, scoping, characterization, remedial action options and selection, and a final status survey report when, based on the types, quantities, and half-lives of the licensed material, such elements of the decommissioning plan are appropriate.
(c) Compliance with this subchapter shall not relieve any person or licensee from complying with more stringent cleanup standards or provisions imposed by any other applicable statute, rule or regulation.
(d) Upon Departmental approval of the remedial action workplan or similar plan, the Department may not subsequently require a change to that workplan or similar plan in order to compel a different remediation standard due to the fact that the established remediation standards have changed; however, the Department may compel a different remediation standard if the difference between the new remediation standard and the remediation standard approved by the Department in the workplan or similar plan differs by an order of magnitude.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 7:28-12.5 - Sampling, surveying and laboratory requirements

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(a) Facilities licensed under 10 CFR Part 50 that have Nuclear Regulatory Commission-approved quality assurance plans are exempt from the requirements of this section. Otherwise, in addition to the requirements in N.J.A.C. 7:26E Appendix A IV.1, persons responsible for conducting remediations or licensees shall include the following in the radionuclide analysis reports:
1. Report final results as a value plus or minus the associated error for each sample;
2. Report data as calculated, and not report "less than" values for any sample;
3. Report minimum detectable activities;
4. Calculate results for single sample and composites to the sample collection period mid point;
5. Provide a quantitation report; and
6. Provide copies of the instrument run logs.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 7:28-12.6 - Remedial action selection

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Remedial action selection for all sites contaminated with radioactive material shall be in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26E-5.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 7:28-12.7 - Remedial action requirements

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The remedial action requirements for all sites contaminated with radioactive material shall be in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26E-6, with the exception of N.J.A.C. 7:26E-6.4, Post-remedial action requirements. Post-remedial sampling shall be conducted in accordance with the guidance provided in that version of the Department of Environmental Protection's Field Sampling Procedure Manual's section on Radiological Assessment, in effect at the time of the post-remedial sampling.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 7:28-12.8 - Radiation dose standards applicable to remediation of radioactive contamination of all real property

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(a) Sites shall be remediated so that the incremental radiation dose to any person from any residual radioactive contamination at the site above that due to natural background radionuclide concentration, under either an unrestricted use remedial action, limited restricted use remedial action, or a restricted use remedial action, shall be as specified below:
1. For the sum of annual external gamma radiation dose (in effective dose equivalent) and intake dose (in committed effective dose equivalent), including the groundwater pathway: 15 millirem (0.15 milliSievert) total annual effective dose equivalent (15 mrem/yr TEDE).
2. For radon-222: three picocuries per liter (pCi/L) of radon gas (111 Bq/m 3).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 7:28-12.9 - Minimum remediation standards for TENORM and source material contamination

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(a) For radioactive contamination, the requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:28-12.8 shall be considered to be met for a specific radionuclide if:
1. Where only one radionuclide adds to the radioactive contamination of the site, the incremental concentration of the radionuclide above the natural background radionuclide concentration does not exceed the value in Table 1A, 1B (for unrestricted use), 2A, 2B (for limited restricted use), 3A, or 3B (for restricted use) below;
Allowed Incremental Derived Concentration Guideline Level of Individual Radionuclides in Soils
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[LESS THAN](1)[GREATER THAN] The allowed Incremental Concentrations are added to the natural background radionuclide concentration to obtain the absolute value of the allowed radionuclide concentration following site remediation.
[LESS THAN](2)[GREATER THAN] These allowable concentrations may however, further be limited by the chemical toxicity of uranium. Applicants should inquire with NJDEP's Site Remediation Program for the additional applicable chemical cleanup standards for uranium.
[LESS THAN](3)[GREATER THAN] When more than one nuclide is present, use the Radium-226 Table in Appendix A, incorporated herein by reference, for applying the sum of the fractions rule. Then use whatever number is more restrictive for radium-226, the value in Tables 1A through 3B or the value derived using the sum of the fractions rule.
2. Where more than one radionuclide contaminant is present at the site, their concentrations meet the sum of the fractions as described below:
Sum of
CA[i]
< 1
--------
C[i]
where:
CA[i]=the incremental concentration of radionuclide i at the
site, and
C[i]=the incremental allowed concentration of radionuclide i from
Table 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, or 3B above, if it were the only remaining
radionuclide at the site; and
3. Natural background radionuclide concentration shall be established by the methods presented in the Multi Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM), NUREG-1575, EPA 402 R-97-018, and any subsequent revisions thereto, or as discussed in Chapter 12 of the Department's Field Sampling Procedures Manual.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 7:28-12.10 - Minimum remediation standards for accelerator-produced, by-product, and certain special nuclear materials

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(a) Remediation standards shall meet the requirements at 7:28-12.8.
(b) Computer models acceptable to the Department shall be used to determine the remediation standards.
(c) Modeling parameters used in developing unrestricted and restricted use standards shall be equivalent to those used in the NJDEP's model, RaSoRS, as supplemented or amended, and incorporated herein by reference, which is available on the Radiation Protection Program's website at
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/rpp/index.htm
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(d) Dose calculations shall be performed out to the time of peak dose or 1,000 years, whichever is longer.
(e) Restricted use remediation standards shall meet requirements at 7:28-12.11(e)  and 12.12.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 7:28-12.11 - Petition for alternative remediation standards for radioactive contamination

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(a) In lieu of using the minimum remediation standards for radioactive contamination found at 7:28-12.9 or developed under 7:28-12.10, a person or licensee may petition the Department for an alternative remediation standard for radioactive contamination. Such an alternate remediation standard:
1. Shall not result in incremental doses, for sum of annual external radiation dose and intake dose, exceeding 15 mrem/yr (0.15 mSv/yr) total effective dose equivalent;
2. Shall not result in incremental concentrations exceeding three pCi/L (111 Bq/m[LESS THAN]3[GREATER THAN]) of radon in indoor air in the lowest level of the building;
3. Shall not result in radionuclide in groundwater levels exceeding those in the New Jersey Groundwater Quality Standards in N.J.A.C. 7:9C; and
4. Shall not result in radionuclide in surface water levels exceeding those in the New Jersey Surface Quality Standards in 7:9B-1.14(c)6.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 7:28-12.12 - Requirements pertaining to engineering or institutional controls

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(a) All remediation proposals shall designate the intended use(s) of the property. Such intended use(s) shall be restricted as necessary to prevent future exposure, and shall otherwise be consistent with current and projected State and local zoning designations or land uses. For sites not remediated to the unrestricted use standards in 7:28-12.9 or 12.10, the Department shall define the nature and duration of all appropriate engineering or institutional controls necessary to meet the standards in N.J.A.C. 7:28-12.9, 12.10, or 12.11(a), based upon the particular conditions of the site.
(b) In order for any remediation under this subchapter requiring engineering controls or institutional controls to meet the standards in N.J.A.C. 7:28-12.9, 12.10, or 12.11(a), the person responsible for conducting the remediation, or licensee, shall, in addition to meeting the provisions of 58:10B-13:
1. Implement all necessary actions, as determined by the Department, to assure that such engineering or institutional controls are being implemented and maintained for an appropriate period of time; and
2. Provide sufficient financial assurance for the costs of implementing and maintaining the requisite active engineered or institutional controls for an appropriate period of time. Except as set forth in (b)2i below, acceptable financial assurance mechanisms are incorporated by reference at 10 CFR 20.1403(c) as follows:
i. At 10 CFR 20.1403(c)(1), delete ", and in which the adequacy of the trust funds is to be assessed based on an assumed annual 1 percent real rate of return on investment;" and add ". The adequacy of the trust fund shall be based upon a rate of return to be determined by the Department, based upon site-specific conditions, such that the Department can ensure that sufficient assets are available in the trust funds to maintain engineering controls for an appropriate period of time. Site-specific conditions are the engineering controls and environmental conditions at the property, and the half-lives of radionuclides of concern.
i. For radionuclides that are short-lived (have half-lives of less than 30 years), a one percent annual real rate of return shall be assumed to be acceptable. A higher real annual rate of return shall apply if the licensee demonstrates to the Department that site-specific conditions exist to justify the higher real annual rate of return.
ii. For longer-lived radionuclides, a declining annual real rate of return that begins above one percent and declines below one percent shall be assumed."
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 7:28-12.13 - Requirements pertaining to a change in land use

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(a) Any subsequent proposed use of a property that is different from the intended use (other than unrestricted use remedial actions) described in the original remediation proposal shall require a prior review and prior approval by the Department. To initiate this review, 90 calendar days prior to a proposed change in land use, the person or licensee proposing such use shall prepare and submit to the Department's Bureau of Environmental Radiation at the address listed in N.J.A.C. 7:28-1.5, and to each affected municipality, a brief written description of the new proposed use as compared to the intended use upon which the original remediation was based including all planned soil excavations, and any additional remedial actions to be implemented.
(b) If the Department determines that the proposed new use may cause the dose limitations of N.J.A.C. 7:28-12.8 to be exceeded, the person or licensee requesting the use change shall be required to prepare and submit to the Department's Bureau of Environmental Radiation at the address listed in N.J.A.C. 7:28-1.5, a dose assessment analysis, containing the information required under N.J.A.C. 7:28-12.11(f)2, (g), and (h), to ascertain whether the dose limitation requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:28-12.8will be met for the proposed new use.
(c) In preparing the dose assessment analysis, the person or licensee may incorporate into the new use plan new remedial measures such as different radionuclide in soil concentrations, or radioactive contamination vertical extents, and/or new engineering or institutional controls, provided that for engineering or institutional controls, the person responsible for conducting the remediation or licensee provides for the cost of implementing and maintaining them as specified in 7:28-12.12(c)3.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 7:28-12.14 - Requirements pertaining to the final status survey

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The final status survey is performed to demonstrate that a site meets the remediation standards. It shall be done in accordance with that version of the Department of Environmental Protection's Field Sampling Manual's section on Radiological Assessment, which is incorporated herein by reference, in effect at the time of the survey which may be obtained by calling the Bureau of Environmental Radiation at (609) 984-5400 or from the Radiation Protection Program's web site at
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/rpp/index.htm
. Chapter 12 of the Department's Field Sampling Procedures Manual follows the methodology provided in MARSSIM with some modifications.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 7:28-12.15 - Requirements pertaining to onsite burial or capping

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(a) No owner or licensee shall bury or construct an engineered barrier (cap) over radioactive material onsite unless the requirements of 7:28-12.8 and 12.11 are met.
(b) Owners or licensees with sites that have been used for burial of radioactive materials or where radioactive material has been capped, shall not be allowed to convert these sites to other uses unless the requirements of 7:28-12.8 and 12.11 are met.
(c) The owner or licensee of any burial ground or capped material shall notify the Department in writing not less than 30 days in advance of any transfer of title to the property involved.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 12 - REMEDIATION STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Appendix A - Allowed Incremental Derived Concentration Guideline Levels

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Allowed Incremental Derived Concentration Guideline Levels
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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 13 - REPORTS OF THEFTS AND RADIATION INCIDENTS FOR REGISTRANTS › Section 7:28-13.1 - Reports of theft or loss

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A registrant shall immediately notify the Department by telephone, telefax or telegraph of any theft or loss of any ionizing radiation-producing machine under such circumstances that a substantial radiation hazard may result.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 13 - REPORTS OF THEFTS AND RADIATION INCIDENTS FOR REGISTRANTS › Section 7:28-13.2 - Reportable radiation incidents

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(a) A registrant shall immediately notify the Department by telephone, telefax or telegraph of any radiation incident which may have caused or threatens to cause the following:
1. Exposure of the whole body of any individual to 25 rems or more of radiation; exposure of the skin of the whole body of any individual to 150 rems or more of radiation; or exposure of the feet, ankles, hands or forearms of any individual to 375 rems or more of radiation;
2. A loss of one working week or more of the operation of any facilities affected; or
3. Damage to property in excess of $ 100,000.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 14 - THERAPEUTIC INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-14.1 - Scope

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(a) This subchapter covers therapeutic installations used in the healing arts. These therapeutic installations include x-ray, accelerator and teletherapy installations. No registrant shall operate or permit the operation of therapeutic equipment used in the healing arts unless the equipment and installation meet the applicable requirements of this subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 14 - THERAPEUTIC INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-14.3 - Therapeutic x-ray systems with energies less than one MeV

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(a) Equipment requirements for therapeutic x-ray systems with energies less than one MeV are as follows:
1. Leakage radiation shall be measured under conditions which provide maximum leakage radiation. The leakage radiation shall not exceed the value specified at the distance specified for the classification of that x-ray system. Compliance shall be determined by measurements averaged over an area of 100 square centimeters. Measurement shall be performed at installation and whenever the tube is changed. Measurement shall be performed at least once every five years;
i. For Contact Therapy Systems, leakage radiation shall not exceed 100 milliroentgens in one hour at five centimeters from the surface of the tube housing assembly;
ii. For 0-150 kVp Systems which are installed prior to October 1, 1987, leakage radiation shall not exceed one roentgen in one hour at one meter from the target;
iii. For 0-150 kVp Systems which are installed on or after October 1, 1987, leakage radiation shall not exceed 100 milliroentgens in one hour at one meter from the target;
iv. For 151 to 500 kVp Systems the leakage radiation shall not exceed one roentgen in one hour at one meter from the target;
v. For 501 to 999 kVp Systems the leakage radiation shall not exceed 0.1 percent of the useful beam exposure rate at one meter from the target; and
vi. Records of leakage radiation shall be maintained at the facility for at least five years and shall be made available for inspection by the Department.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 14 - THERAPEUTIC INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-14.4 - Therapeutic x-ray and therapeutic accelerator installations with energies of one MeV and above

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(a) The following are the equipment requirements related to leakage radiation to the patient area:
1. Leakage radiation shall be measured under conditions producing maximum leakage radiation and shall be reported as absorbed dose in rads or grays in water. For equipment installed on or after October 1, 1987, measurements shall include x-rays, electrons and neutrons. For equipment incapable of operating at energies greater than 10 MeV, measurements shall exclude neutrons. For equipment installed before October 1, 1987, measurements shall exclude neutrons. The leakage radiation shall be measured in a plane perpendicular to the central axis of the beam located at the normal treatment distance or passing through the isocenter. The leakage radiation at any point on this plane outside the useful beam but within two meters of the central axis of the beam shall not exceed 0.1 percent of the maximum radiation of the useful beam, measured at the point of intersection of the central axis and the plane;
2. Measurements for leakage radiation shall be averaged over an area up to, but not exceeding, 100 square centimeters at the positions specified. For equipment installed on or after October 1, 1987, measurements of the portion of the leakage radiation dose contributed by neutrons shall be averaged over an area up to, but not exceeding, 400 square centimeters. For equipment incapable of operating at energies greater than 10 MeV, measurements shall exclude neutrons. For equipment installed before October 1, 1987, measurements shall exclude neutrons;
3. For each system the registrant shall determine, or obtain from the manufacturer, the amount of leakage radiation at the positions specified in 1 above. Records of leakage radiation shall be maintained at the facility for inspection by the Department.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 15 - MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-15.1 - Scope

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(a) This subchapter establishes the requirements for medical radiographic and fluoroscopic installations of certified and uncertified ionizing-radiation-producing machines used in all the healing arts, except where exempted by the rules in N.J.A.C. 7:28-16, Dental Radiographic Installations.
(b) No person shall operate or permit the operation of x-ray equipment used in the healing arts unless the equipment and installation meet the applicable requirements of this subchapter.
(c) Provisions of this subchapter are in addition to and not in substitution for the applicable provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:28.
(d) The registrant shall ensure that all ionizing-radiation-producing machines under his or her jurisdiction are operated only by persons authorized pursuant to the Radiologic Technologist Act, 26:2D-24 through 36, and applicable provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:28-19.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 15 - MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-15.3 - General requirements for radiographic installations

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(a) The provisions of this section are in addition to and not in substitution for the applicable provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:28.
(b) No person shall operate or permit the operation of any certified or uncertified radiographic x-ray equipment used in the healing arts unless a diagnostic type protective tube housing is provided.
(c) No person shall operate or permit the operation of any certified or uncertified radiographic x-ray equipment used in the healing arts unless a device is used to collimate the useful beam, and this device provides the same degree of protection as required of the diagnostic type protective tube housing.
1. Any new or used x-ray machine sold or otherwise transferred after July 1, 1969 shall be equipped with an adjustable, rectangular collimator fitted with a light field or laser system for delineating the edges of the collimated x-ray beam. The light field and/or laser system shall be operational. There shall be provided a means for stepless adjustment of the size of the x-ray field. The minimum field size at an SID of 100 centimeters (39.4 inches) shall be equal to or less than five centimeters by five centimeters (two inches by two inches). For equipment that employs a light field to define the x-ray field, the following criteria shall apply:
i. The light field shall have an average illumination of not less than 160 lux (15 foot candles) at 100 centimeters (39.4 inches) or at the maximum SID, whichever is less. The average illumination shall be based upon measurements made in the approximate center of each quadrant of the light field. Radiation therapy simulation systems are exempt from this requirement.
ii. The edge of the light field at 100 centimeters (39.4 inches) or at the maximum SID, whichever is less, shall have a contrast ratio, corrected for ambient lighting, of not less than four for beam-limiting devices designed for use on stationary equipment, and a contrast ratio of not less than three for beam-limiting devices designed for use on mobile and portable equipment.
iii. The total misalignment of the edges of the visually defined field with the respective edges of the x-ray field along either the length or width of the visually defined field shall not exceed two percent of the distance from the source to the center of the visually defined field when the surface upon which it appears is perpendicular to the axis of the x-ray beam.
iv. If a laser system is used to delineate the edges of the collimated x-ray beam, this source shall provide illumination levels sufficient to determine the collimated edges under ambient light conditions.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 15 - MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-15.4 - Mammography radiographic installations

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(a) This section establishes the requirements for medical diagnostic and screening radiographic mammography procedures. Hereafter, all references to mammography shall mean mammography performed with ionizing-radiation-producing equipment.
(b) The provisions of this section are in addition to and not in substitution for the applicable provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:28.
(c) No person shall operate or permit the operation of x-ray equipment used for mammography unless the equipment and installation meet the applicable requirements of this subchapter.
(d) The registrant shall ensure that each mammography unit under the registrant's jurisdiction is operated only by a licensed diagnostic x-ray technologist or a licensed practitioner as prescribed in N.J.A.C. 7:28-19.
(e) By October 18, 1995 or within two years of the installation of a mammography unit, whichever shall be later, the registrant shall not operate or permit the operation of each mammography unit under the registrant's jurisdiction unless the mammography unit is accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR) or meets an equivalent standard acceptable to the Commission. Current accreditation by the ACR or its equivalent acceptable to the Commission shall be maintained for each mammography unit under the registrant's jurisdiction.
1. If a mammography unit is accredited or certified by an agency or organization other than ACR, a registrant may petition the Commission in writing for recognition of this agency's or organization's accreditation or certification as equivalent to ACR accreditation. The registrant shall submit sufficient documentation to the Commission related to machine performance standards, quality assurance, operating safety standards, and any additional information that the Commission may request in order to demonstrate equivalence to ACR accreditation.
2. The Commission may approve the registrant's petition based on the information contained in the petition and the Commission's determination that the alternative agency's or organization's accreditation or certification is equivalent to ACR accreditation.
3. A mammography unit that is used exclusively for stereotactic biopsies is exempt from the requirements of (e)1 and 2 above but shall meet the other requirements of this subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 15 - MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-15.6 - Radiation therapy simulators

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(a) No person shall operate or permit the operation of a radiation therapy simulator system unless it meets the requirements of this section and complies with all applicable requirements of this subchapter, unless otherwise exempted.
(b) Operation of a radiation therapy simulator system on a patient shall be performed only by a licensed practitioner, a licensed radiation therapy technologist, or a licensed diagnostic x-ray technologist, as prescribed in N.J.A.C. 7:28-19.
(c) No person shall operate or permit the operation of a radiation therapy simulator system unless it meets the following requirements:
1. A quality assurance program has been established in collaboration with a qualified medical physicist for the supervision of quality assurance programs for therapy simulator systems, and implemented by the registrant to ensure congruence of the position and size of the simulated field with the position and size of the irradiation field.
i. The quality assurance program is consistent with, but not limited to, the guidelines established by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, (AAPM) Report Number 13;
ii. The quality assurance program is documented by the registrant; and
iii. The quality assurance program records are maintained by the registrant for at least 36 months, and are available for review at the facility by the department during any inspection;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 15 - MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-15.9 - Individual radiation safety

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(a) No person shall operate or permit the operation of certified or uncertified medical radiographic and fluoroscopic equipment or therapy simulation systems unless the following conditions are met:
1. Only individuals required for the medical procedure, for training, or for equipment maintenance shall be in the radiographic or fluoroscopic or therapy simulator room during an exposure.
i. Individuals who are present in a radiographic or fluoroscopic or therapy simulator room during any exposure shall wear protective aprons of at least 0.25 mm lead equivalent during every exposure.
ii. Protective gloves of at least 0.25 mm lead equivalent shall be worn by the fluoroscopist and assistant(s) during every examination when it is required that their hands be placed in the useful beam;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 15 - MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-15.11 - Prohibited installations

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(a) No person shall operate, permit to be operated, maintain or display in working condition any of the following:
1. Shoe-fitting fluoroscopic devices;
2. Chest photofluorographic machine after October 18, 1994;
3. Fixed vertical systems designed for non-image intensified fluoroscopy used for radiography after October 18, 1994;
4. Uncertified fluoroscopic equipment that does not have image intensification after October 18, 1994; or
5. Hand-held fluoroscopic screens.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 15 - MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-15.12 - X-ray bone densitometer equipment

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(a) The provisions of this section are in addition to and not in substitution for the applicable provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:28.
(b) No person shall operate or permit the operation of any x-ray bone densitometer equipment used in the healing arts unless the registrant ensures that the equipment is operated in such a manner as to meet the manufacturer's specifications.
(c) The registrant shall maintain a copy of the manufacturer's specifications and the operator's manual at the facility.
(d) The registrant shall ensure that the operator is trained in the operating procedures for the x-ray bone densitometer equipment.
(e) No person shall operate or permit the operation of any x-ray bone densitometer equipment unless the registrant has developed and has implemented a quality assurance program that meets the applicable requirements in 7:28-22.11, Quality assurance program for x-ray bone densitometer equipment.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 15 - MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-15.13 - Severability

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If any provision of this subchapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not effect other provisions or applications of the subchapter, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this subchapter are declared to be severable.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 16 - DENTAL RADIOGRAPHIC INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-16.1 - Scope

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(a) This subchapter establishes the requirements for dental radiographic installations.
(b) No person shall operate or permit the operation of x-ray equipment used in the practice of dentistry unless the equipment and installation meet the applicable requirements of this subchapter.
(c) The provisions of this subchapter are in addition to and not in substitution for the applicable provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:28-1 through 3, 5 through 8, 13 and 19.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 16 - DENTAL RADIOGRAPHIC INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-16.4 - Multiple dental radiographic tube installations

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(a) No person shall use x-ray equipment in a multiple dental radiographic tube installation set-up or cause it to be used unless the following requirements are met:
1. It shall be possible to activate only one dental radiographic tube at any one time.
2. Where two or more radiographic tubes are controlled by one exposure switch, the dental radiographic tube which has been selected shall be clearly indicated prior to initiation of the exposure. For certified units only, there shall be an indicator on both the x-ray control and at or near the dental radiographic tube housing assembly which has been selected.
3. It shall be possible to energize a dental radiographic tube from an exposure switch located at a specific dental radiographic tube's remote station only when that specific dental radiographic tube is selected.
4. It shall be possible to energize a dental radiographic tube from the main control panel exposure switch only when that specific dental radiographic tube is selected.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 16 - DENTAL RADIOGRAPHIC INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-16.5 - Cephalometric radiographic installations

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(a) No person shall use x-ray equipment or cause it to be used to perform cephalometric radiographic procedures unless the following requirements are met:
1. The x-ray field in the plane of the image receptor shall not exceed each dimension of the image receptor by more than two percent of the source-to-image distance, when the axis of the x-ray beam is perpendicular to the plane of the image receptor. In addition, the center of the x-ray field shall be aligned with the center of the image receptor to within two percent of the SID, or there shall be a device provided to both size and align the x-ray field such that the x-ray field at the plane of the image receptor does not extend beyond any edge of the image receptor.
2. The x-ray unit used for cephalometric radiographs shall meet all the requirements of this subchapter with the exception of 7:28-16.3(a)  3 and 7:28-16.6.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 16 - DENTAL RADIOGRAPHIC INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-16.6 - Panoramic radiographic installations

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(a) No person shall use any panoramic radiographic unit or cause it to be used unless the following requirements are met:
1. The x-ray field in the plane of the image receptor shall not exceed each dimension of the image receptor by more than two percent of the SID, when the axis of the x-ray beam is perpendicular to the plane of the image receptor. In addition, the center of the x-ray field shall be aligned with the center of the image receptor to within two percent of the SID or there shall be a device provided to both size and align the x-ray field such that the x-ray field at the plane of the image receptor does not extend beyond any edge of the image receptor.
2. These units shall meet all the requirements of this subchapter with the exception of 7:28-16.3(a)3  and 7:28-16.5.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 16 - DENTAL RADIOGRAPHIC INSTALLATIONS › Section 7:28-16.7 - Structural shielding

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(a) No person shall operate or permit the operation of x-ray equipment used in the practice of dentistry unless the following requirements are met:
1. Permanent structural shielding and protective barriers shall be used to ensure that no person other than the patient being x-rayed receives a radiation dose in excess of two milliroentgens in any one hour.
2. When dental x-ray units are installed in adjacent areas of the same room, such units shall not be used simultaneously unless protective barriers are provided and used in the area between the units when necessary to comply with the radiation exposure limits in N.J.A.C. 7:28-6.