Section 180-4-043 - DISPOSAL OF SPECIFIC WASTESThis section addresses the disposal of specific wastes.
043.01DISPOSAL AS NOT RADIOACTIVE. A licensee may dispose of the following licensed material as if it were not radioactive: (A)1.85 kBq ( 0.05µCi), or less, of Hydrogen-3, Carbon-14 or Iodine-125 per gram of medium used for liquid scintillation counting; and(B)1.85 kBq ( 0.05µCi), or less, of Hydrogen-3, or Carbon-14 or Iodine-125 per gram of animal tissue, averaged over the weight of the entire animal.043.02DISPOSAL OF TISSUE. A licensee must not dispose of tissue according to 180 NAC 4-041.01, (B) in a manner that would permit its use either as food for humans or as animal feed.043.03RECORD MAINTENANCE. The licensee must maintain records in accordance within 180 NAC 4-054.043.04CURIE AND CONCENTRATION LIMITS. Any licensee may, upon Department approval of procedures required in 180 NAC 4-043.06, dispose of radioactive material included in Appendix 4-G of 180 NAC 4, provided that it does not exceed the concentration and total curie limits contained there. Any radioactive material included in Appendix 4-G of 180 NAC 4 may be disposed of at a city or county landfill facility authorized to receive the radioactive material.043.05SURVEYS AND LABEL REMOVAL. Each licensee who disposes of radioactive material described in 180 NAC 4-043.01 or 4-043.04 must: (A) Make surveys adequate to assure that the limits of 180 NAC 4-043.01 or 4-043.04 are not exceeded; and(B) Remove or otherwise obliterate all labels, tags, or other markings which would indicate that the material or its contents is radioactive.043.06PROCEDURES. Prior to the initiation of disposals authorized by 180 NAC 4-043.04, a licensee must submit procedures to the Department for: (A) The physical delivery of the material to the disposal site, the physical placing of the material in the disposal location and that the material is properly covered;(B) Surveys to be performed for compliance with 180 NAC 4-043.05(A);(C) Maintaining secure packaging during transportation to the site;(D) Maintaining records of disposals made under 180 NAC 4-043.04; and(E) Written authorization by the landfill operator agreeing to such disposal .043.07MAINTAINING RECORDS. Nothing in 180 NAC 4, however, relieves the licensee of maintaining records showing the receipt, transfer, and disposal of such radioactive material as specified according to 180 NAC 1-004.043.08OTHER REGULATIONS. Nothing in 180 NAC 4 relieves the licensee from complying with other applicable federal, state or local regulations governing any other toxic or hazardous property of these materials.043.09EXCEPTION. Radioactive material disposed of under 180 NAC 4 is not subject to the requirements of 180 NAC 13.180 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 4, § 043
Amended effective 6/7/2021