Wash. Admin. Code § 246-221-220

Current through Register Vol. 24-23, December 1, 2024

Section 246-221-220 - Disposal of specific wastes

(1) Any licensee may dispose of the following licensed material without regard to its radioactivity:

(a) 1.85 KBq (0.05 microcurie or less of hydrogen-3 or carbon-14, per gram of medium, used for liquid scintillation counting; and

(b) 1.85 KBq (0.05 microcurie or less of hydrogen-3 or carbon-14, per gram of animal tissue averaged over the weight of the entire animal.

(2) The licensee shall not dispose of tissue under this section in a manner that would permit its use either as food for humans or as animal feed; and

(3) Nothing in this section, however, relieves the licensee of maintaining records showing the receipt, transfer and disposal of such radioactive material as specified in WAC 246-220-020; and

(4) Nothing in this section relieves the licensee from complying with other applicable federal, state and local regulations governing any other toxic or hazardous property of these materials.

Wash. Admin. Code § 246-221-220

Amended by WSR 14-01-077, filed 12/16/13, effective 1/16/2014

Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050. 94-01-073, § 246-221-220, filed 12/9/93, effective 1/9/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050 and 70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184), § 246-221-220, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-221-220, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.080. 83-19-050 (Order 2026), § 402-24-165, filed 9/16/83.