Wis. Admin. Code DHS § DHS 157.9719

Current through October 28, 2024
Section DHS 157.9719 - Advance notification of shipment

A licensee shall provide advanced notification, as provided in subs. (1) and (2),of the shipment of licensed material in a category 1 quantity, to, within, or across the boundary of the state, before the shipment, or before delivery to a carrier for shipment of the licensed material outside the confines of the licensee's facility or other place of use or storage.

(1) PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING ADVANCE NOTIFICATION.
(a) The notification shall be made to the department and to the office of each governor or governor's designee of any state to, within, or through which the material is shipped.
(b) A notification delivered by mail shall be postmarked at least 7 days before transport of the shipment commences at the shipping facility.
(c) A notification delivered by any means other than mail shall reach the department at least 4 days before the transport of the shipment commences and shall reach the office of any governor or the governor's designee at least 4 days before transport of a shipment to, within, or through the state.

Note: The contact information, including telephone and mailing addresses, of governors and governors' designees, is available on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission website at http://scp.nrc.gov/special/designee.pdf. A list of the contact information is also available upon request from the Director, Division of Materials Safety, Security, State, and Tribal Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

Note: The department may be contacted at: Department of Health Services, Radiation Protection Section, P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI, 53701-2659. Telephone contact is: 608-267-4797 during normal business hours or 608-258-0099 after hours.

(2) INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED IN ADVANCE NOTIFICATION. Each advance notification of shipment of category 1 quantities of radioactive material shall contain all of the following information, if available at the time of notification:
(a) The name, address, and telephone number of the shipper, carrier, and receiver of the category 1 radioactive material.
(b) The license numbers of the shipper and receiver.
(c) A description of the radioactive material contained in the shipment, including the radionuclides and quantity.
(d) The point of origin of the shipment and the estimated time and date that shipment will commence.
(e) The estimated time and date that the shipment is expected to enter each state along the route.
(f) The estimated time and date of arrival of the shipment at the destination.
(g) A point of contact, with a telephone number, for current shipment information.
(3) REVISION NOTICE.
(a) A licensee shall provide any information not previously available at the time of the initial notification, as soon as the information becomes available but not later than commencement of the shipment, to the governor of the state or the governor's designee and to the department.
(b) A licensee shall promptly notify the governor of the state or the governor's designee of any changes to the information provided under subs. (1) and (3) (a). A licensee shall also immediately notify the department of any such changes.
(4) CANCELLATION NOTICE. Any licensee who cancels a shipment for which advance notification has been sent shall send a cancellation notice to the department and to the governor of each state or to the governor's designee previously notified. The licensee shall send the cancellation notice before the shipment would have commenced or as soon thereafter as possible. The licensee shall state in the notice that it is a cancellation and identify the advance notification that is being cancelled.
(5) RECORDS. A licensee shall retain a copy of the advance notification and any revision and cancellation notices as a record for 3 years.
(6) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION. State officials, state employees, and other individuals, whether or not licensees of the Commission or an Agreement State, who receive schedule information of the kind specified in sub. (2) shall protect that information against unauthorized disclosure as specified in s. DHS 157.9708 (4).

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 157.9719

Adopted by, CR 16-078: cr. Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2-1-18; renumbered from DHS 157.119 under s. 13.92(4) (b) 1, Stats., and correction in (6) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2/1/2018
Amended by, CR 22-015: am. (1) (a) Register June 2023 No. 810, eff. 7/1/2023