Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-254 - Radiation protection - Fees › Section 246-254-010 - Definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms in this section
				  and in WAC
				  246-220-010
				  apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
(1) "Application" means a
				completed RHF-1 or equivalent with supporting documentation requesting the
				department to grant authority to receive, possess, use, transfer, own or
				acquire radioactive material. For radiation machine facility registrations,
				"application" means the forms used by BLS.
(2) "BLS" means the department of revenue's
				business licensing service.
(3)
				"Compliance inspection" means a routinely scheduled visit to the licensee's
				facility and/or temporary job site(s) for the purpose of determining compliance
				with the radioactive material license and applicable regulations. This service
				is covered by the annual fee for the radioactive material license.
(4) "Department" means the department of
				health which has been designated as the state radiation control
				agency.
(5) "Direct staff time"
				means all work time directly applicable to or associated with a specific
				radioactive material licensee and includes license file review, inspection
				preparation, on-site visits, report writing, review and acknowledgment of
				correspondence, review of license applications, renewals and amendment
				requests, telephone contacts, and staff or management conferences specifically
				related to the license. Travel time is not considered direct staff
				time.
(6) "Emission unit" means the
				point of release of airborne emissions of radioactive material.
(7) "Environmental cleanup monitoring" means
				an on-site visit by the department to a licensee's facility or site of
				operation to determine the status of corrective actions to remove environmental
				radiation contamination resulting from the licensee's operation. Such a
				monitoring visit may include, but is not limited to, the review of the
				licensee's records pertaining to the environmental cleanup, observation of the
				licensee's cleanup work, sampling by the department for analysis, associated
				laboratory work, and the analysis of the information collected by the
				department.
(8) "Facility" means
				all buildings, structures and operations on one contiguous site using or
				identified by one physical location address designation.
(9) "Follow-up inspection" means an on-site
				visit to a licensee's facility to verify that prompt action was taken to
				correct significant items of noncompliance found by the department in a
				previous inspection. The first follow-up inspection is covered by the annual
				fee for the radioactive material license.
(10) "Inspection" means an official
				examination or observation by the department including but not limited to
				tests, surveys and monitoring to determine compliance with rules, regulations,
				orders, requirements and conditions of the department.
(11) "Investigation" means an on-site visit
				to a licensee's facility or site of operation when, in the department's
				judgment, it is required for the purpose of reviewing specific conditions,
				allegations, or other information regarding unusual conditions, operations, or
				practices. This service is covered by the annual fee for the radioactive
				material license.
(12) "License"
				means a document issued by the department in accordance with the regulations
				adopted by the department.
(13)
				"New license application" means a request to the department to use radioactive
				material from a person not currently a licensee or from a current licensee
				requesting authorization to use radioactive material in a new way such that a
				change of fee category is required.
(14) "Perpetual care and maintenance" means
				further maintenance, surveillance or other care of milling or tailings
				impoundment sites after termination of the site operator's decommissioning
				responsibilities and license.
(15)
				"Radiation machine facility" means each separate building, structure, and
				operation or buildings, structures, and operations designated by one physical
				address that connect through a walkway or share a common wall, where there is
				at least one radiation machine installed, manufactured, tested, or used. A
				vehicle that has one or more radiation machines installed, manufactured,
				tested, or used is considered a radiation machine facility.
(16) "Sealed source and device evaluation"
				means a radiological safety evaluation performed by the department on the
				design, manufacture, and test data of any single sealed source or device model
				for the purpose of registering the sealed source or device with the United
				States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    19.02.050,
					 43.20B.020,
					 43.70.110,
					 43.70.250,
					 70.98.080. 07-14-130, §
					 246-254-010, filed 7/3/07, effective 8/3/07. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.110. 91-22-027 (Order 208), §
					 246-254-010, filed 10/29/91, effective 11/29/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-254-010, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.080. 87-01-031 (Order 2450), §
					 402-70-020, filed 12/11/86; 79-12-073 (Order 1459), § 402-70-020, filed
					 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80.