Cal. Code Regs. tit. 17 § 30348.2

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 24, June 14, 2024
Section 30348.2 - Operating and Emergency Procedures
(a) Each licensee shall develop and follow written operating and emergency procedures that cover:
(1) The handling and use of radiation sources, including protection of fresh water aquifers, if appropriate;
(2) The use of remote handling tools for handling sealed sources and radioactive tracer material except low-activity calibration sources;
(3) Methods and occasions for conducting radiation surveys, including surveys for detecting contamination, as required by Section 30348.4 (c)-(e);
(4) Minimizing personnel exposure including exposures from inhalation and ingestion of radioactive tracer materials;
(5) Methods and occasions for locking and securing stored radioactive materials;
(6) Personnel monitoring and the use of personnel monitoring equipment;
(7) Transportation of radioactive materials to field stations or temporary jobsites, packaging of licensed materials for transport in vehicles, placarding of vehicles when needed, and physically securing radioactive materials in transport vehicles during transportation to prevent accidental loss, tampering, or unauthorized removal;
(8) Picking up, receiving, and opening packages containing radioactive materials, in accordance with the United States, title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, part 20, section 20.1906 as incorporated by reference in section 30253;
(9) For the use of tracers, decontamination of the environment, equipment, and personnel;
(10) Maintenance of records generated by logging personnel at temporary fieldsites;
(11) Inspection and maintenance of sealed sources, source holders, logging tools, injection tools, source handling tools, storage containers, transport containers, and uranium sinker bars as required by Section 30346.10;
(12) Actions to be taken if a sealed source is lodged in a well;
(13) Notifying proper persons in the event of an accident; and
(14) Actions to be taken if a sealed source is ruptured including actions to prevent the spread of contamination and minimize inhalation and ingestion of radioactive materials and actions to obtain suitable radiation survey instruments as required by Section 30346.2(b).

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 17, § 30348.2

1. New section filed 11-4-91; operative 12-4-91 (Register 92, No. 5).
2. Amendment of subsection (a)(8) filed 3-3-94 as an emergency; operative 3-3-94 (Register 94, No. 9). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-1-94 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-3-94 order transmitted to OAL 6-7-94 and filed 7-14-94 (Register 94, No. 28).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 208 and 25811, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25801, 25802, 25815, 25875 and 25876, Health and Safety Code.

1. New section filed 11-4-91; operative 12-4-91 (Register 92, No. 5).
2. Amendment of subsection (a)(8) filed 3-3-94 as an emergency; operative 3-3-94 (Register 94, No. 9). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-1-94 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-3-94 order transmitted to OAL 6-7-94 and filed 7-14-94 (Register 94, No. 28).