South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-63 - Radioactive Materials (Title A) › Part II - LICENSING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 61-63.II.RHA 2.20 - Exemptions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
2.20.1 Source Material.
2.20.1.1 Any person is exempt from these
				regulations to the extent that such person receives, possesses, uses, 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 percent (0.05 percent) of the
				mixture, compound, solution, or alloy.
2.20.1.2 Any person is exempt from these
				regulations 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, such person shall not refine or process such
				ore.
2.20.1.3 Any person is exempt from
				the requirements for a license set forth in the Act and from the regulations in
				Parts III and VI of Title A to the extent that such person receives, possesses,
				uses, or transfers:
2.20.1.3.1 Any quantities of
				thorium contained in (1) incandescent gas mantles, (2) vacuum tubes, (3) welding
				rods, (4) electric lamps for illuminating purposes provided that each lamp does not
				contain more than 50 milligrams of thorium, (5) germicidal lamps, sunlamps, and
				lamps for outdoor or industrial lighting provided that each lamp does not contain
				more than 2 grams of thorium, or (6) rare earth metals and compounds, mixtures, and
				products containing not more than 0.25 percent by weight thorium, uranium, or any
				combination of these, or (7) personnel neutron dosimeters provided that each
				dosimeter does not contain more than 50 milligrams of thorium.
2.20.1.3.2 Source material contained in the
				following products;
(1) glazed ceramic tableware
				manufactured before August 27, 2013, provided that the glaze contains not more than
				20 percent by weight source material;
(2) piezoelectric ceramic containing not more than
				2 percent by weight source material;
(3)
				glassware containing not more than 2 percent by weight source material or, for
				glassware manufactured before August 27, 2013, 10 percent by weight source material;
				but not including commercially manufactured glass brick, pane glass, ceramic tile or
				other glass or ceramic used in constructions; and
(4) glass enamel or glass enamel frit containing
				not more than 10 percent by weight source material imported or ordered for
				importation into the United States, or initially distributed by manufacturers in the
				United States before July 25, 1983.
2.20.1.3.3 Photographic film, negatives, and
				prints containing uranium or thorium;
2.20.1.3.4 Any finished product or part fabricated
				of, or containing, tungsten or magnesium-thorium alloys; provided that the thorium
				content of the alloy does not exceed 4 percent by weight and that the exemption
				contained in this subparagraph (2.20.1.3.4) shall not be deemed to authorize the
				chemical, physical or metallurgical treatment or processing or any such product or
				part;
2.20.1.3.5 Uranium contained in
				counterweights installed in aircraft, rockets, projectiles, and missiles, or stored
				or handled in connection with installation or removal of such counterweights:
				provided that:
2.20.1.3.5.1 Each counterweight has
				been impressed with the following legend clearly legible through any plating or
				other covering: "DEPLETED URANIUM";
2.20.1.3.5.2 Each counterweight is durably and
				legibly labeled or marked with the identification of the manufacturer, and the
				statement: "UNAUTHORIZED ALTERATIONS PROHIBITED"; [FN6] and
2.20.1.3.5.3 The exemption contained in this
				subparagraph (2.20.1.3.5) shall not be deemed to authorize the chemical, physical,
				or metallurgical treatment or processing of any such counterweights other than
				repair or restoration of any plating or other covering.
2.20.1.3.6 Natural or depleted uranium metal used
				as shielding constituting part of any shipping container, provided that:
2.20.1.3.6.1 The shipping container is
				conspicuously and legibly impressed with the legend: "CAUTION - RADIOACTIVE
				SHIELDING - URANIUM." and
2.20.1.3.6.2
				The uranium metal is encased in mild steel or equally fire resistant metal of
				minimum wall thickness of one-eighth inch (3.2 mm);
2.20.1.3.6.3 The shipping container meets the
				specifications for containers for radioactive materials prescribed by
				Section178.250. Specification 55, Part 178, of the regulations published by the
				Department of Transportation ( 49 CFR 178.250 ).
2.20.1.3.7 Thorium or uranium contained in or on
				finished optical lenses and mirrors, provided that each lens or mirror does not
				contain more than 10 percent by weight of thorium or uranium or, for lenses
				manufactured before August 27, 2013, 30 percent by weight of thorium. The exemption
				contained in this subparagraph (2.20.1.3.7) shall not be deemed to authorize either:
2.20.1.3.7.1 The shaping, grinding, or polishing
				of such lenses or mirror or manufacturing processes other than the assembly of such
				lens or mirror into optical systems and devices without any alteration of the lens
				or mirror; or
2.20.1.3.7.2 The receipt,
				possession, use or transfer of uranium or thorium contained in contact lenses, or in
				spectacles, or in eyepieces in binoculars or other optical instruments.
2.20.1.3.8 Uranium contained in detector
				heads for use in fire detection units, provided that each detector head contains not
				more than 0.005 microcurie of uranium.
2.20.1.3.9 Thorium contained in any finished
				aircraft engine part containing nickel-thoria alloy, provided that:
2.20.1.3.9.1 The thorium is dispersed in the
				nickel-thoria alloy in the form of finely divided thoria (thorium dioxide);
				and
2.20.1.3.9.2 The thorium content in
				the nickel-thoria alloy does not exceed 4 percent by weight.
2.20.1.3.10 No person may initially transfer for
				sale or distribution a product containing source material to persons exempt under
				RHA 2.20.1.3, or equivalent regulations unless authorized by a specific license to
				initially transfer such products for sale or distribution.
2.20.1.3.10.1 Persons initially distributing
				source material in products covered by the exemptions in RHA 2.20.1.3 before August
				27, 2013, without specific authorization may continue such distribution for 1 year
				beyond this date. Initial distribution may also be continued until the Department
				takes final action on a pending application for license or license amendment to
				specifically authorize distribution submitted no later than 1 year beyond this
				date.
2.20.1.3.10.2 Persons authorized
				to manufacture, process, or produce these materials or products containing source
				material by the NRC or an Agreement State, and persons who import finished products
				or parts, for sale or distribution must be authorized by a specific license for
				distribution only and are exempt from the requirements of Parts III and VI of Title
				A, and RHA 2.6.1 and 2.6.2.
2.20.1.4 The exemptions in this subsection
				(2.20.1) do not authorize the manufacture, processing, or production of any of the
				products described herein.