La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § XV-1418

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XV-1418 - NORM Manifests

A. Each shipment of NORM waste and NORM contaminated equipment to a facility specifically licensed for treatment, decontamination, storage, or disposal shall be accompanied by a manifest.

B. The manifest form shall be obtained from the department and shall consist of, at a minimum, the number of copies that will provide the licensee, each transporter, and the operator of the designated facility with one copy each for their records with the remaining copies to be returned to the licensee and the other appropriate parties.

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1. A licensee who transports, or offers for transportation, NORM waste and NORM contaminated equipment to a facility specifically licensed for treatment, decontamination, storage, or disposal shall prepare and sign sufficient copies of a manifest before transporting the NORM off-site.

2. A licensee shall designate on the manifest one facility which is permitted to handle the NORM described on the manifest.

3. If the transporter is unable to deliver the NORM to the designated facility, the licensee shall either designate another facility or instruct the transporter to return the NORM.

4. Licensees shall provide a statement concerning the nature of the material and general guidelines for an emergency situation involving this waste to accompany the manifest on shipments and loads.

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6. Before initiating a shipment, licensees shall obtain written confirmation of the acceptability of the NORM or NORM waste from the operation of the specifically licensed commercial treatment, decontamination, storage, or disposal facility. The confirmation shall be maintained by the affected licensees as part of their manifest records.

7. The licensee receiving a shipment is required to report to the Office of Environmental Compliance and to the licensee initiating the shipment any irregularities between the NORM actually received by the designated facility and the NORM described on the manifest, or any other irregularities, within 15 days. If the designated facility or receiving licensee is outside the state of Louisiana, the generating or originating licensee shall report the irregularities to the department.

D. Required Information

1. The manifest shall contain all of the following information prior to leaving the licensee's site:

a. a state manifest document which shall be obtained from the department;

b. the licensee's name, mailing address, telephone number, and NORM general license number;

c. the name, Interstate Commerce Commission number (ICC #), and telephone number of each transporter;

d. the name, address, telephone number, and NORM specific license number of the designated facility, if applicable;

e. the description of the waste(s) (e.g., scale, soil, sludge) or contaminated equipment (e.g., heater treater, tubular goods);

f. the total quantity of all NORM by units of weight in tons or pounds, and the type and number of containers (metal drums, barrels, kegs, fiberboard or plastic drums, cargo tanks, tank trucks, dump trucks, metal boxes, cartons, cases, burlap bags, paper bags, plastic bags, wooden drums, tanks portable, tank cars, cylinders, wooden boxes, and fiber or plastic boxes) as loaded into or onto the transport vehicle. If the weight is unknown, the volume and estimated weight should be provided.

2. The certification that appears on the manifest shall be read, signed, and dated by the licensee as follows:

"I hereby declare that the contents of this consignment are fully and accurately described above by proper shipping name and are classified, packed, marked, and labeled, and are in all respects in proper condition for transport according to applicable international and national government regulations."

E. Use of the Manifest

1. The licensee shall:

a. sign and date the manifest certification by hand when the initial transporter accepts the shipment;

b. obtain the handwritten signature of the initial transporter and date of acceptance of the manifest; and

c. retain one copy.

2. The licensee shall give the transporter the remaining copies of the manifest.

3. The licensee shall receive the fully signed copy of the manifest from the designated facility within 45 days from the delivery to the initial transporter. In the event the licensee does not receive the signed manifest timely, the licensee shall:

a. notify the Office of Environmental Compliance in writing within seven days;

b. conduct an investigation into the reasons why the manifest was not received;

c. report the results of the investigation to the Office of Environmental Compliance.

F. Transporters

1. A transporter may not accept NORM for transportation unless the NORM is accompanied by sufficient copies of a manifest properly prepared, with each copy signed and dated by the licensee and each previous transporter in accordance with these regulations.

2. Before transporting the NORM, the transporter shall sign and date each copy of the manifest acknowledging acceptance of the NORM from the licensee or previous transporter and return a signed copy to the licensee or previous transporter.

3. A transporter who delivers NORM to another transporter or to the designated storage, treatment, decontamination, or disposal facility shall:

a. obtain the date and signature of the accepting transporter or designated storage, treatment, decontamination, or disposal facility;

b. retain one copy of the manifest signed and dated by the licensee, all previous transporters, himself, and the next transporter or designated facility;

c. give the remaining copies of the manifest to the accepting transporter or designated facility.

G. Designated Facility. The designated facility should fill out his portion, retain a copy for his files, submit the original to the department, and send all remaining copies to the licensee no later than 15 days after delivery of the NORM waste.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § XV-1418

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Air Quality and Radiation Protection, Radiation Protection Division, LR 18:608 (June 1992), amended LR 21:28 (January 1995), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 26:2600 (November 2000), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 31:2537 (October 2005), LR 33:2189 (October 2007), Amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs and Criminal Investigations Division, LR 481808 (7/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2001 et seq. and 2104.B.