New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 3 - RADIATION PROTECTION › Part 3 - LICENSING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS › Section 20.3.3.304 - GENERAL LICENSES - SOURCE MATERIAL

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
General license to receive title to
				source material or byproduct material (as defined in Paragraph (2) of
				Subsection F of
				20.3.1.7
				NMAC).
A general license is hereby issued authorizing the receipt of
				title to source material or byproduct material (as defined in Paragraph (2) of
				Subsection F of
				20.3.1.7
				NMAC) without regard to quantity. This general license does not authorize any
				person to receive, possess, deliver, use or transfer source material or
				byproduct material (as defined in Paragraph (2) of Subsection F of
				20.3.1.7
				NMAC).
B.
Small quantities of
				source material.
A general license is hereby issued authorizing
				commercial and industrial firms; research, educational, and medical
				institutions; and federal, state, and local government agencies to receive,
				possess, use, and transfer uranium and thorium, in their natural isotopic
				concentrations and in the form of depleted uranium, for research, development,
				educational, commercial, or operational purposes in the following forms and
				quantities:
(1) No more than 1.5 kg (3.3 lb)
				of uranium and thorium in dispersible forms (e.g., gaseous, liquid, powder,
				etc.) at any one time. Any material processed by the general licensee that
				alters the chemical or physical form of the material containing source material
				must be accounted for as a dispersible form. A person authorized to possess,
				use, and transfer source material under Subsection B of this section may not
				receive more than a total of 7 kg (15.4 lb) of uranium and thorium in any one
				calendar year. Persons possessing source material in excess of these limits as
				of August 27, 2013, may continue to possess up to 7 kg (15.4 lb) of uranium and
				thorium at any one time for one year beyond this date, or until the department
				takes final action on a pending application submitted on or before August 27,
				2014, for a specific license for such material and receive up to 70 kg (154 lb)
				of uranium or thorium in any one calendar year until December 31, 2014, or
				until the department takes final action on a pending application submitted on
				or before August 27, 2014, for a specific license for such material;
				and
(2) no more than a total of 7
				kg (15.4 lb) of uranium and thorium at any one time. A person authorized to
				possess, use, and transfer source material under Subsection B of this section
				may not receive more than a total of 70 kg (154 lb) of uranium and thorium in
				any one calendar year. A person may not alter the chemical or physical form of
				the source material possessed under this paragraph unless it is accounted for
				under the limits of Subsection B(1) of this section; or
(3) no more than 7 kg (15.4 lb) of uranium,
				removed during the treatment of drinking water, at any one time. A person may
				not remove more than 70 kg (154 lb) of uranium from drinking water during a
				calendar year under Subsection B of this section; or
(4) no more than 7 kg (15.4 lb) of uranium
				and thorium at laboratories for the purpose of determining the concentration of
				uranium and thorium contained within the material being analyzed at any one
				time. A person authorized to possess, use, and transfer source material under
				Subsection B of this section may not receive more than a total of 70 kg (154
				lb) of source material in any one calendar year.