New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XI - New York State Energy Research And Development Authority › Part 502 - Reports By Generators Of Low-level Radioactive Waste › Section 502.3 - Reports

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) No later than
				March 1st of each year, each generator shall submit to the director a report
				(one copy), containing the information set forth in subdivision (c) of this
				section, for the preceding calendar year; provided, that if a generator
				generated low-level radioactive waste at facilities located more than 25 miles
				apart, or at facilities located 25 miles or less apart for which separate
				authorizations are held, issued by the operator of a licensed LLRW disposal
				facility (e.g., site use permit) or the host state in which a licensed LLRW
				disposal facility is located, which authorize transfer of LLRW to a licensed
				LLRW disposal facility, the generator shall submit a separate report (one copy)
				for each such facility.
(b) In the
				event two or more persons are generators with respect to the same low-level
				radioactive waste (for instance, because of their relationship as employer and
				employee or principal and agent), those persons shall designate between or
				among themselves one person who shall submit the report required by this
				section. The designee shall indicate on the report required by this section the
				identities of each of the other generators who are not submitting the report,
				and the nature of the relationships between or among the designee and such
				other generators. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subdivision,
				an employer may submit the report on behalf of its employees, and a medical
				institution or university may submit the report on behalf of its physicians,
				interns, staff, or students who generate LLRW as independent contractors to
				such medical institution or university, without identifying the employees,
				physicians, interns, staff, or students on behalf of whom the report is
				submitted.
(c) Each report shall
				contain the following information:
(1)
				calendar year reporting period;
(2)
				name, principal office address (and, if different, address of the facility at
				which LLRW was generated), e-mail address, if available, and telephone number
				of the generator;
(3) type of
				generator (e.g., medical, university, industrial, electric utility, or
				governmental) and a description of the activity, process, or use of radioactive
				material which results in the generation of LLRW;
(4) the information with respect to other
				generators, if applicable, described in subdivision (b) of this
				section;
(5) name, title, e-mail
				address, if available, and telephone number of the individual who prepared the
				report;
(6) identification of any
				and all radioactive material and nuclear facility licenses issued by the United
				States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the New York State Department of Health,
				or the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene under which LLRW
				is generated, including identification of the respective licensing
				agency;
(7) identification of any
				and all authorizations held by the generator, issued by the operator of a
				licensed LLRW disposal facility (e.g., site use permit) or the host state in
				which a licensed LLRW disposal facility is located, which authorize transfer of
				LLRW to its respective licensed LLRW disposal facility;
(8) details regarding LLRW transferred,
				either directly or through a broker or agent, for disposal at a licensed LLRW
				disposal facility during the reporting period, including:
(i) the total volume, volume by class, and
				activity by radionuclide and class;
(ii) the types and specifications of
				individual containers used and the number of each type transferred for
				disposal;
(iii) the maximum surface
				radiation exposure level on any single container of LLRW transferred, the
				number of disposal containers with surface radiation exposure levels that
				exceed 200 mR/hour, and the identification of the contents of each such
				container by volume, class, and activity by radionuclide;
(iv) the volume of Class A LLRW that meets
				the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission stability requirements, as set
				forth in section 61.56(b) of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations;
(v) the identification of each licensed LLRW
				disposal facility to which LLRW was transferred, either directly or through a
				broker or agent, and the volume and activity by class of LLRW transferred to
				each licensed LLRW disposal facility;
(vi) the identification of all brokers or
				agents to which LLRW was transferred, the volume and activity by class of LLRW
				transferred to each, and the volume and activity by class of the generator's
				LLRW transferred by each such broker or agent to each licensed LLRW disposal
				facility;
(vii) the weight of
				source material by type (e.g., natural uranium, depleted uranium, or
				thorium);
(viii) the total number
				of grams of special nuclear material by radionuclide, and the maximum number of
				grams of special nuclear material in any single shipment by
				radionuclide;
(ix) as complete a
				description as practicable of the principal chemical and physical form of the
				LLRW by volume and radionuclide, including the identification of any known
				hazardous properties, other than its radioactive property;
(x) for solidified or sorbed liquids, the
				nature of the liquid, the solidifying or sorbing agent used, and the final
				volume;
(xi) for LLRW containing
				more than 0.1 percent by weight chelating agents, the identification of the
				chelating agent, the volume and weight of the LLRW and the weight percentage of
				chelating agent; and
(xii) Where
				LLRW identified in this paragraph was treated, either by the generator or its
				agent or independent contractor, in preparation for transfer to a licensed LLRW
				disposal facility, to reduce its volume or activity (including reduction by
				storage for decay) or to change its physical or chemical characteristics (other
				than by solidification or sorption of liquids as addressed in subparagraph (x)
				of this paragraph, a description of the treatment process and the generator's
				best estimate of the effectiveness in terms of the quantitative volume or
				activity reduction, or in quantitative or other relevant terms for changes in
				physical or chemical characteristics, as applicable;
(9) the radionuclides originally contained in
				any LLRW generated during the reporting period which was held for decay and
				disposed of as nonradioactive waste;
(10) a description, including, but not
				limited to, the capacity in terms of volume of LLRW, of any facilities or parts
				thereof which the generator has dedicated to the storage of LLRW for periods in
				excess of 90 days prior to transfer, either directly or through a broker or
				agent, to a licensed LLRW disposal facility, and the volume of LLRW stored by
				the generator in such facilities at the end of the reporting period;
(11) the volume, volume by class, and
				activity by radionuclide and class of that LLRW, if any, which the generator is
				holding at the end of the reporting period because the generator knows or has
				reason to believe that LLRW will not be accepted for disposal at any of the
				licensed LLRW disposal facilities, and a description of the LLRW and the reason
				it is known or believed to be unacceptable for disposal at any of the licensed
				LLRW disposal facilities; and
(12)
				an estimate of the period of time the generator could store its LLRW at its
				facilities without disruption of its LLRW generating activities, should the
				generator be unable to transfer LLRW, either directly or through a broker or
				agent, to a licensed LLRW disposal facility.