DHS 157.91 Note
Note: A plan of correction should be sent to: Department of Health Services, Radiation Protection Section, P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI 53701-2659. Certified mail may be sent to: Department of Health Services, Radiation Protection Section, 1 West Wilson St., Room 150, Madison, WI 53702-0007.
DHS 157.91(2)(a)(a) A person to whom an order is issued under sub.
(1) may petition the department for review of the order by submitting within 10 days after receipt of the department's order, to the administrator of the division of public health, a written petition for review. A petition for review shall include all of the following:
DHS 157.91 Note
Note: A petition for review should be sent to: Department of Health Services, Radiation Protection Section, P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI 53701-2659. Certified mail may be sent to: Department of Health Services, Radiation Protection Section, 1 West Wilson St, Room 150, Madison, WI 53702-0007.
DHS 157.91(2)(b)
(b) Failure to petition the department for review as required under par.
(a) may result in a denial of the review.
DHS 157.91(3)(a)(a) If the department finds that an emergency exists concerning a matter subject to regulation under ss.
254.31 to
254.45, Stats., or this chapter, that requires immediate action to protect the public health or safety, the department may issue an emergency order without hearing or notice. The order shall recite the existence of the emergency and state such action the department deems necessary to mitigate the emergency.
DHS 157.91(3)(b)
(b) An emergency order shall be issued within 24 hours of finding the emergency and shall be effective upon issuance. An emergency order shall remain in effect for up to 90 days after issuance, unless revoked or modified by the results of a hearing held under sub.
(4). Any person to whom an emergency order is issued shall immediately comply with the order.
DHS 157.91(3)(c)
(c) A person to whom an emergency order is issued may contest the action by filing with the division of hearings and appeals, within 10 days after receipt of the emergency order, a written request for hearing under sub.
(4).
DHS 157.91(4)(a)(a) Any person against whom the department takes an action under sub.
(3) or s.
DHS 157.90 (2), may contest the action by sending to the division of hearings and appeals, within 10 days after receipt of the action, a written request for hearing under s.
227.44, Stats. The hearing request shall contain all of the following:
DHS 157.91(4)(a)5.
5. A copy of any notice issued by the department that is the subject of the action.
DHS 157.91(4)(b)
(b) Materials mailed to the division of hearings and appeals shall be considered filed with the division on the date of the postmark. Materials submitted by personal service or by inter-departmental mail shall be considered filed on the date the materials are received by the division. Materials transmitted by facsimile shall be considered filed on the date the materials are received by the division as recorded on the division facsimile machine.
DHS 157.91 Note
Note: The mailing address of the Division of Hearings and Appeals is: 5005 University Avenue, Suite 201, Madison, WI 53705-5400. The facsimile transmission number is 608-267-2744.
DHS 157.91(4)(c)
(c) On the date a hearing request is sent to the division of hearings and appeals under par.
(a), the petitioner shall send a copy of the hearing request to the department.
DHS 157.91 Note
Note: A copy of the hearing request should be sent to: Department of Health Services, Radiation Protection Section, P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI 53701-2659. Certified mail may be sent to: Department of Health Services, Radiation Protection Section, 1 West Wilson St, Room 150, Madison, WI 53702-0007.
DHS 157.91(4)(d)
(d) The division of hearings and appeals shall commence a hearing within 30 days of receipt of a request for hearing and issue a final decision within 15 days after the close of the hearing. Proceedings before the division shall be governed by ch.
227, Stats.
DHS 157.91 History
History: CR 01-108: cr.
Register July 2002 No. 559, eff. 8-1-02.
DHS 157.92
DHS 157.92 General regulatory provisions. DHS 157.92(1)(1)
Requirement for license. No person may transport radioactive material or deliver radioactive material to a carrier for transport except as authorized in a general or specific license issued by the department under s.
254.365, Stats., or unless exempt under sub.
(2).
DHS 157.92(2)(a)(a) Common and contract carriers, freight forwarders and warehouse workers who are subject to the requirements of
49 CFR 170 to
189 or the U.S. postal service regulations in the U.S. postal service domestic mail manual (DMM),
Section C-023.9.0, and the U.S. postal service are exempt from the requirements of this section to the extent that they transport or store radioactive material in the regular course of their carriage for others or storage incident thereto. Common and contract carriers who are not subject to the requirements of the U.S. department of transportation or U.S. postal service are subject to sub.
(1).
DHS 157.92(2)(b)
(b) A licensee is exempt from the requirements of this subchapter with respect to shipment or carriage of any of the following materials:
DHS 157.92(2)(b)1.
1. Naturally occurring radioactive material and ores that are either in their natural state or have only been processed for purposes other than the extraction of the radionuclides, and that are not intended to be processed for use of these radionuclides, provided the activity concentration of the material does not exceed 10 times the values specified in ch.
DHS 157 Appendix O,
Table VII or Table VIII.
DHS 157.92(2)(b)2.
2. Materials for which the activity concentration is not greater than the activity concentration values specified in ch.
DHS 157 Appendix O,
Table VII or Table VIII, or for which the consignment activity is not greater than the limit for an exempt consignment found in ch.
DHS 157 Appendix O,
Table VII or Table VIII.
DHS 157.92(2)(b)3.
3. Non-radioactive solid objects with radioactive substances present on any surfaces in quantities not in excess of the levels in the definition of contamination.
DHS 157.92(2)(c)
(c) Fissile materials meeting one of the following requirements are exempt from classification as fissile material and from the fissile material package standards of
10 CFR 71.55 and
10 CFR 71.59, but are subject to all other requirements of
10 CFR 71, except as noted:
DHS 157.92(2)(c)2.
2. Individual or bulk packaging containing 15 grams or less of fissile material provided the package has at least 200 grams of solid nonfissile material for every gram of fissile material. Lead, beryllium, graphite, and hydrogenous material enriched in deuterium may be present in the package but may not be included in determining the required mass for solid nonfissile material.
DHS 157.92(2)(c)3.
3. Low concentrations of solid fissile material commingled with solid nonfissile material, provided that there is at least 2000 grams of solid nonfissile material for every gram of fissile material and there is no more than 180 grams of fissile material distributed within 360 kg of contiguous nonfissile material. Lead, beryllium, graphite and hydrogenous material enriched in deuterium may be present in the package, but may not be included in determining the required mass of solid nonfissile material.
DHS 157.92(2)(c)4.
4. Uranium enriched in uranium-235 to a maximum of one percent by weight, and with total plutonium and uranium-233 content of up to one percent of the mass of uranium-235, provided that the mass of any beryllium, graphite, and hydrogenous material enriched in deuterium present in the package is less than 5% of the uranium mass, and that the fissile material is distributed homogeneously and does not form a lattice arrangement within the package.
DHS 157.92(2)(c)5.
5. Liquid solutions of uranyl nitrate enriched in uranium-235 to a maximum of 2% by mass, provided that all the following conditions apply:
DHS 157.92(2)(c)5.a.
a. The total plutonium and uranium-233 content does not exceed 0.002 percent of the total mass of uranium.
DHS 157.92(2)(c)5.c.
c. The material is contained in at least a U.S. department of transportation Type A package.
DHS 157.92(2)(c)6.
6. Plutonium with a total mass of less than 1000 grams, provided that: plutonium-239, plutonium-241, or any combination of these radionuclides, constitutes less than 20% by mass of the total quantity of plutonium in the package.
DHS 157.92 Note
Note: The U.S. postal service domestic mail manual (DMM), Section C-023.9.0, is available at
http://pe.usps.gov/.
DHS 157.92(2)(d)
(d) Any physician licensed by the state of Wisconsin to dispense drugs in the practice of medicine is exempt from sub.
(1) with respect to transport by the physician of radioactive material for use in the practice of medicine provided the physician is an authorized user under subch.
II of this chapter.
DHS 157.92(3)(a)
(a) A licensee who transports licensed material outside the site of usage, as specified in the department license, or on public highways, or who delivers licensed material to a carrier for transport, shall comply with the applicable requirements of the U.S. department of transportation regulations in
49 CFR 107,
171 to
180, and
390 to
397, appropriate to the mode of transport and do all the following:
DHS 157.92(3)(a)1.
1. Comply with the requirements, appropriate to the mode of transport, of the regulations of the U.S. department of transportation in all the following areas:
DHS 157.92(3)(a)2.
2. Comply with U.S. department of transportation regulations pertaining to all the following modes of transportation:
DHS 157.92(3)(a)3.
3. Before delivery of a package to a carrier for transport, the licensee shall ensure that any special instructions needed to safely open the package have been sent to, or otherwise made available to, the consignee for the consignee's use under s.
DHS 157.29 (6) (e).
DHS 157.92(3)(b)
(b) If the regulations of the U.S. department of transportation are not applicable to a shipment of licensed material, a licensee shall comply with the requirements of
49 CFR 107,
171 to
180, and
390 to
397, appropriate to the mode of transport as if the shipment was subject to the regulations. A request for modification, waiver or exemption from these requirements and any notification referred to in these requirements shall be submitted in writing to the department.
DHS 157.92 Note
Note: A request for modification, waiver or exemption shall be submitted to the department at the following address: Department of Health Services, Radiation Protection Section, P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI 53701-2659. Certified mail may be sent to: Department of Health Services, Radiation Protection Section, 1 West Wilson St, Room 150, Madison, WI 53702-0007. Requests may be sent by facsimile to 608-267-3695.
DHS 157.92 History
History: CR 01-108: cr.
Register July 2002 No. 559, eff. 8-1-02;
CR 06-021: r. and recr. (2) (b) to (d) and (3) (a) 3., am. (3) (a) (intro.) and 1. b., cr. (3) (a) 1. h.
Register October 2006 No. 610, eff. 11-1-06;
CR 09-062: am. (2) (c) 5. (intro.), (3) (a) (intro.) and (b)
Register April 2010 No. 652, eff. 5-1-10;
CR 16-78: am. (2) (b) 1., 2., cr. (2) (b) 3., am. (2) (c) 4.
Register January 2018 No. 745, ef. 2-1-18; correction in (2) (b) 1., 2. made under s.
35.17, Stats.,
Register January 2018 No. 745.
DHS 157.93(1)(1)
Common or contract carrier. A general license is issued to any common or contract carrier not exempt under s.
DHS 157.92 (2) to receive, possess, transport and store radioactive material in the regular course of their carriage for others or storage incident thereto, provided the transportation and storage is under the applicable requirements, appropriate to the mode of transport, of the U.S. department of transportation
49 CFR 170 to
189 relating to loading and storage of packages, placarding of the transporting vehicle and incident reporting. Notification of an incident shall be filed with the department as prescribed in
49 CFR 170 to
189, in addition to notification made to the U.S. department of transportation or other agencies.
DHS 157.93(2)
(2)
Private carrier. A general license is issued to any private carrier to transport radioactive material, provided the transportation is under the applicable requirements, appropriate to the mode of transport, of the U.S. department of transportation insofar as the requirements relate to the loading and storage of packages, placarding of the transporting vehicle and incident reporting. Notification of an incident shall be filed with the department as prescribed in
49 CFR 170 to
189 in addition to notification made to the U.S. department of transportation or other agencies.
DHS 157.93(3)
(3)
Exemption. A person who transports radioactive material under the general licenses in subs.
(1) or
(2) is exempt from the requirements of subchs.
III and
X only for the purposes of transporting radioactive material.
DHS 157.93(4)
(4)
Nuclear regulatory commission-approved packages. DHS 157.93(4)(a)(a) A general license is issued to any licensee to transport, or to deliver to a carrier for transport, licensed material in a package for which a license, certificate of compliance, or other approval has been issued by the nuclear regulatory commission.
DHS 157.93(4)(am)
(am) The general license issued in par.
(a) applies only to a licensee who has a quality assurance program approved by the department as satisfying the provision of subpart H of
10 CFR 71.
DHS 157.93(4)(b)
(b) The licensee issued a general license in par.
(a) shall meet the following:
DHS 157.93(4)(b)1.
1. Maintain a copy of the specific license, NRC-issued certificate of compliance, or other approval of the package and the drawings and other documents referenced in the approval relating to the use and maintenance of the packaging and to the actions to be taken prior to shipment.
DHS 157.93(4)(b)2.
2. Comply with the terms and conditions of the license, certificate, or other approval, as applicable, and the applicable requirements of ch.
DHS 157 and subparts A, G, and H of
10 CFR 71.
DHS 157.93(4)(b)3.
3. Prior to the licensee's first use of the package, submits in writing to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the licensee's name and license number and the package identification number specified in the package approval. A licensee shall submit this information in accordance with
10 CFR 71.1 (a).
DHS 157.93(4)(c)
(c) The general license in par.
(a) applies only when the package approval authorizes use of the package under this general license.
DHS 157.93(4)(d)
(d) For a Type B or fissile material package, the design of which was approved by the nuclear regulatory commission before April 1, 1996, the general license issued in par.
(a) is subject to the additional restrictions of
10 CFR 71.19.
DHS 157.93(5)
(5)
US department of transportation specification container. DHS 157.93(5)(a)(a) A general license is issued to any licensee to transport, or to deliver to a carrier for transport, licensed material in a specification container for fissile material or for a Type B quantity of radioactive material as specified in
49 CFR Parts 173 and
178.
DHS 157.93(5)(b)
(b) The general license issued in par.
(a) applies only to a licensee who meets all the following criteria:
DHS 157.93(5)(b)2.
2. Complies with the terms and conditions of the specification and the applicable requirements of this subchapter.
