Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-250 - Radioactive waste-Licensing land disposal › RECORDS, REPORTS, TESTS, AND INSPECTIONS › Section 246-250-600 - Maintenance of records, reports, and transfers

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Each licensee shall maintain any records
				  and make any reports in connection with the licensed activities as may be
				  required by the conditions of the license or by the rules, regulations, and
				  orders of the department.
(2)
				  Records which are required by these regulations or by license conditions shall
				  be maintained for a period specified by the appropriate regulations or by
				  license condition. If a retention period is not otherwise specified, these
				  records must be maintained and transferred to the officials specified in
				  subsection (4) of this section as a condition of license termination unless the
				  department otherwise authorizes their disposition.
(3) Records which shall be maintained
				  pursuant to this chapter may be the original or a reproduced copy or microfilm
				  if this reproduced copy or microfilm is capable of producing copy that is clear
				  and legible at the end of the required retention period.
(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) through
				  (3) of this section, copies of records of the location and the quantity of
				  wastes contained in the disposal site must be transferred upon license
				  termination to the chief executive of the nearest municipality, the chief
				  executive of the county in which the facility is located, the county zoning
				  board or land development and planning agency, the state governor, the United
				  States Department of Energy, and other state, local, and federal governmental
				  agencies as designated by the department at the time of license
				  termination.
(5) Following receipt
				  and acceptance of a shipment of radioactive waste, the licensee shall record
				  the date that the shipment is received at the disposal facility, the date of
				  disposal of the waste, a traceable shipment manifest number, a description of
				  any engineered barrier or structural overpack provided for disposal of the
				  waste, the location of disposal at the disposal site, the containment integrity
				  of the waste disposal containers as received, any discrepancies between
				  materials listed on the manifest and those received, the volume of any pallets,
				  bracing, or other shipping or on-site generated materials that are
				  contaminated, and are disposed of as contaminated or suspect materials, and any
				  evidence of leaking or damaged disposal containers or radiation or
				  contamination levels in excess of limits specified in U.S. Department of
				  Transportation and state of Washington regulations. The licensee shall briefly
				  describe any repackaging operations of any of the disposal containers included
				  in the shipment, plus any other information required by the department as a
				  license condition. The licensee shall retain these records until the department
				  transfers or terminates the license that authorizes the activities described in
				  these regulations.
(6) Each
				  licensee authorized to dispose of waste received from other persons shall file
				  a copy of its financial report or a certified financial statement annually with
				  the department in order to update the information base for determining
				  financial qualifications.
(7)
(a) Each licensee authorized to dispose of
				  waste received from other persons, pursuant to this chapter, shall submit
				  annual reports to the department. Reports shall be submitted by the end of the
				  first calendar quarter of each year for the preceding year.
(b) The reports shall include:
(i) Specification of the quantity of each of
				  the principal contaminants released to unrestricted areas in liquid and in
				  airborne effluents during the preceding year;
(ii) The results of the environmental
				  monitoring program;
(iii) A summary
				  of licensee disposal unit survey and maintenance activities;
(iv) A summary, by waste class, of activities
				  and quantities of radionuclides disposed of;
(v) Any instances in which observed site
				  characteristics were significantly different from those described in the
				  application for a license; and
(vi)
				  Any other information the department may require.
(c) If the quantities of waste released
				  during the reporting period, monitoring results, or maintenance performed are
				  significantly different from those expected, the report must cover this
				  specifically.