ML21238A274
| ML21238A274 | |
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| Issue date: | 08/25/2021 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
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| Beardsley M | |
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Document 3 HRG Page 12 of 19 1 DRAFT 1 02/25/2021 2 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT 3 Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Div ision 4 RADIATION CONTROL - RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR WELL LOGGING AND 5 SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES 6 6 CCR 1007-1 Part 16 Commented [JSJ1]:
7 [Editors Notes follow the text of the rules at the end of this CCR Document.] Editorial note 1: All comments (such as this one) shown in the right side margin of this draft document are for information purposes only to assist the reader in understanding the 8 _________________________________________________________________________ proposed rule change during the review and comment process.
9 Adopted by the Board of Health July 20, 2016May 19, 2021, effective date July 15, 2021 These side margin notes are not part of the rule and all comments will be deleted prior to publication of the final rule by the Colorado Secretary of State.
10 PART 16: RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR WELL LOGGING AND SUBSURFACE 11 TRACER STUDIES Editorial note 2: Alignment and formatting corrections and minor typographical adjustments may be made in the rule and may not be specifically identified with a side margin comment.
12 Editorial note 3: Note that this is only a partial rule and only 13 [ * *
- DENOTES UNAFFECTED SECTIONS/PROVISIONS IN THE DRAFT RULE ] those sections impacted by the proposed changes are included.
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- Commented [JSJ2]:
Adoption and effective dates are tentative and subject to 15 16.1.5 Published Material Incorporated by Reference. change, pending Board of Health meeting schedule, final adoption of the rule, and the Colorado Register publication 16 Published material incorporated in Part 16 by reference is available in accord with Part 1, Section dates.
17 1.4.
The annual rulemaking schedule (regulatory agenda) for the Department may be found online.
18 A. Throughout this Part 16, federal regulations, state regulations, and standards or 19 guidelines of outside organizations hav e been adopted and incorporated by Commented [JSJ3]:
20 reference. Unless a prior v ersion of the incorporated material is otherw ise Language in section 16.1.5, is revised and amended for 21 specifically indicated, the materials incorporated by reference cited herein include consistency with the Colorado Administrative Procedure Act 22 only those v ersions that w ere in effect as of the most recent effectiv e date of this (24-4-103(12.5)(a)(2), CRS) regarding documents incorporated by reference, and consistent with other recently 23 Part 16 (July 2021), and not later amendments or editions of the incorporated amended rules.
24 material.
25 B. Materials incorporated by reference are available for public inspection, and copies 26 (including certified copies) can be obtained at reasonable cost, during normal 27 business hours from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Env ironment, 28 Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Div ision, 4300 Cherry Creek Driv e 29 South, Denv er, Colorado 80246. Additionally, 30 https://w w w.colorado.gov/cdphe/radregs identifies where the incorporated 31 materials are available to the public on the internet at no cost. Due to copyright 32 restrictions certain materials incorporated in this Part are av ailable for public 33 inspection at the state publications depository and distribution center.
34 C. Av ailability from Source Agencies or Organizations.
35 1. All federal agency regulations incorporated by reference herein are 36 av ailable at no cost in the online edition of the Code of Federal Regulations 37 (CFR) hosted by the U.S. Gov ernment Printing Office, online at 38 w ww.govinfo.gov.
Document 3 HRG Page 13 of 19 39 2. All state regulations incorporated by reference herein are available at no 40 cost in the online edition of the Code of Colorado Regulations (CCR) 41 hosted by the Colorado Secretary of States Office, online at 42 https://w w w.sos.state.co.us/CCR/RegisterHome.do.
43 3. Copies of the standards or guidelines of outside organizations are 44 av ailable either at no cost or for purchase from the source organizations 45 listed below .
46 47 a. American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 48 (Formerly the United States of America Standards Institute) 49 1899 L Street, NW 50 11 th Floor 51 Washington, DC 20036 52 https://w w w.ansi.org/
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- 55 56 16.15.1.1 Has completed training in the subjects outlined in Appendix 16A and 57 demonstrated an understanding thereof; 58 Commented [JSJ4]: Formatted to remove unneeded 59 spaces/gaps in rule between 16.15.1.1 and 16.15.1.2.
60 16.15.1.2 Has received copies of and instruction in:
61 (1) The regulations contained in the applicable sections of Parts 1, 4, 10 and 16 of 62 these regulations or their equivalent; 63 (2) The license or certificate of registration under which the logging supervisor will 64 perform well logging; and 65 (3) The licensee's or registrant's operating and emergency procedures required by 66 16.16; Commented [JSJ5]:
The provisions of 16.17 are revised for consistency with 2020 67 * *
- amendments to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements in 10 CFR Part 39.65.
68 16.17 Personnel monitoring. The NRC amended this federal rule to authorize/allow the use of modern individual monitoring devices in well 69 16.17.1No licensee or registrant shall permit any individual to act as a logging supervisor or to assist in logging/wireline operations. In the past, NRC has required the 70 the handling of sources of radiation unless each such individual wears, at all times during the use of personnel dosimetry that is processed and evaluated by an accredited National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation 71 handling of such sources, a personnel dosimeter that is processed and evaluated by an Program (NVLAP) processor. Some new dosimetry devices 72 accredited National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) processor.The do not require the type of processing envisioned in the text of 73 licensee or registrant may not permit an indiv idual to act as a logging superv isor or the current rule and may instead be read directly by internet-enabled computers, smartphones, and tablets by the 74 logging assistant unless that person w ears a personnel dosimeter at all times during the licensee/registrant. The design of these newer devices (rather 75 handling of licensed radioactive materials or sources of radiation. than the qualifications of the processor) allow for collection of accurate dose information. The proposed rule is rephrased to 76 16.17.1.1 Each personnel dosimeter shallmust be assigned to and worn by only one allow the use of individual monitoring devices that do not require NVLAP processing.
77 individual.
Additionally, since Colorado regulates both radioactive 78 16.17.1.2 Film badges must be replaced at least monthly and all other personnel materials and machine generated sources of radiation when 79 dosimeters that require replacement. Other types of personnel dosimeter must used in well logging, references to registrants and sources of radiation are retained in the updated language.
80 be replaced at least quarterly.
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Document 3 HRG Page 14 of 19 81 16.17.1.3 After replacement, each personnel dosimeter must be promptly processed.All 82 personnel dosimeters must be ev aluated at least quarterly or promptly after 83 replacement, whichever is more frequent.
84 16.17.2The licensee shall provide bioassay services to individuals using licensed materials in subsurface 85 tracer studies if required by the license.
86 16.17.3Personnel monitoring records shall be maintained for inspection until the Department authorizes 87 disposition.
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- 90 [NO FURTHER CHANGES TO THE RULE AFTER THIS POINT]