Section DHS 157.9721 - Reporting of events during shipping(1) The shipping licensee shall notify the LLEA in the area of the shipment's last confirmed location and the department by telephone within one hour of its determination that a shipment of category 1 quantities of radioactive material is lost or missing. During the investigation required by s. DHS 157.9720(3), the shipping licensee shall provide agreed upon updates to the department on the status of the investigation.(2) The shipping licensee shall initially notify the department by telephone within 4 hours of the shipping licensee's determination that a shipment of category 2 quantities of radioactive material is lost or missing. The licensee shall further notify the department, if the radioactive material has not been located and secured after 24 hours of the initial determination that the shipment is lost or missing.(3) The shipping licensee shall notify the designated LLEA along the shipment route as soon as possible upon discovery of any actual or attempted theft or diversion of a shipment or suspicious activities related to the theft or diversion of a shipment of a category 1 quantity of radioactive material. As soon as possible after notifying the LLEA, the licensee shall notify the department by telephone upon discovery of any actual or attempted theft or diversion of a shipment, or any suspicious activity related to the shipment of category 1 radioactive material.(4) The shipping licensee shall notify the department by telephone as soon as possible upon discovery of any actual or attempted theft or diversion of a shipment, or any suspicious activity related to the shipment, of a category 2 quantity of radioactive material.(5) The shipping licensee shall notify the department by telephone and the LLEA as soon as possible upon recovery of any lost or missing category 1 quantities of radioactive material.(6) The shipping licensee shall notify the department by telephone as soon as possible upon recovery of any lost or missing category 2 quantities of radioactive material.(7) The licensee shall submit a written report to the department within 30 days of providing the telephone notification to an LLEA or the department of the discovery of any actual or attempted theft or diversion of a shipment under subs. (1) to (4). A written report is not required for notifications of suspicious activities related to a shipment. The report shall set forth all the following information: (a) A description of the licensed material involved, including kind, quantity, and chemical and physical form.(b) A description of the circumstances under which the loss or theft occurred.(c) A statement of disposition, or probable disposition, of the licensed material involved.(d) Actions that have been taken, or will be taken, to recover the material.(e) Procedures or measures that have been, or will be, adopted to ensure against a recurrence of the loss or theft of licensed material.(8) After filing the written report under sub. (7), a licensee shall report to the department any additional substantive information on the loss or theft of the category 1 or category 2 quantity of radioactive material within 30 days after the licensee learns of such information.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 157.9721
Adopted by, CR 16-078: cr. Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2-1-18; renumbered from DHS 157.121 under s. 13.92(4) (b) 1, Stats., and correction in (1) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2/1/2018The 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.