New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter IV - QUALITY SERVICES › Subchapter C - RADIATION › Part 383 - Regulations For Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities Financial Assurance Requirements › Subpart 383-12 - Emergency Response and Action Level Response Plans › Section 383-12.7 - Action level response plan

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The
					 permittee must establish an action level response plan for taking appropriate
					 action if the results of the monitoring programs required in Subpart 383-10 of
					 this Part indicate that there may have been a departure from the expected
					 performance of the land disposal facility. The action level response plan must be
					 approved by the department in the permit.
(b) The action level response plan must include
					 the following:
(1) for each parameter monitored,
					 identification of at least three action levels of increasing severity, i.e., the
					 levels, readings, or concentrations that indicate there may be, there is, or
					 there has been a departure from the expected performance of the land disposal
					 facility. The actions levels must be designated by number, action level 1 being
					 the least severe condition;
(2) for
					 each parameter monitored, procedures and schedules for actions to be taken if the
					 monitoring results exceed action level 1. These procedures must include the
					 following:
(i) checks of equipment calibration
					 and functioning;
(ii) additional
					 sampling and monitoring to verify the original results;
(iii) investigations to determine the cause for
					 the change from expected levels; and
(iv) increased frequency of, and/or additional
					 methods of, sampling and measuring to monitor the parameter and detect as soon as
					 possible any trends or exceedance of the next action level; and
(v) actions to correct and prevent
					 re-occurrence of the problem;
(3) for each parameter monitored, procedures
					 and schedules for actions to be taken if the monitoring results exceed action
					 level 2. These must include the level 1 actions, if they have not already been
					 done, and may include notification of local governments and emergency responders,
					 the New York State warning point, and the department;
(4) for each parameter monitored, procedures
					 and schedules for actions to be taken if the monitoring results exceed action
					 level 3. These procedures must include the following:
(i) the level 1 and 2 actions, if they have not
					 already been done;
(ii) immediate
					 notification of the department;
(iii)
					 potentially applicable remediation and decontamination measures to mitigate
					 adverse impacts to the environment and the public health and safety and to ensure
					 that the performance objectives will be met for a representative range of
					 possible failure scenarios;
(iv)
					 potentially applicable measures to prevent reoccurrence of the problem for a
					 representative range of possible failure scenarios; and
(v) declaration of an alert or a site area
					 emergency; and
(5) the
					 maximum time period within which corrective actions must be taken.