DAR File No. 38751

Environmental Quality, Radiation Control

Rule R313-70

Payments, Categories and Types of Fees

Notice of Proposed Rule

(Amendment)

DAR File No.: 38751
Filed: 08/13/2014 12:00:44 PM

RULE ANALYSIS

Purpose of the rule or reason for the change:

The purposes for changing the rule include making technical corrections, adding clarity to the description of the time when registration fees are due, specifying when a delinquent fee may be transferred to the Office of State Debt Collection, and specifying the circumstances when the director may renew an expired license.

Summary of the rule or change:

As applicable, the descriptive terms "rule", "section", and "subsection" are added before each citation. The due date for x-ray registration fees is being changed from July 30 to a date specified by the director. This due date comports with Section R313-16-230. Provisions for transferring a delinquent account to the Office of State Debt Collection are added. These accounts include delinquent licensing, registration, and x-ray inspection fees. It is also proposed that the provisions for assessing late fees be deleted. Finally, the changes specify the circumstances that must be met for the director to renew an expired radioactive materials license.

State statutory or constitutional authorization for this rule:

• Subsection 19-3-104(6)

Anticipated cost or savings to:

the state budget:

The proposed changes include technical corrections that properly cite the Utah Administrative Code and these changes will not have an impact on the state budget. The deletion of the provisions for assessing late fees could result in a decrease in the state budget, but the amount is unknown. Since past due debts are referred to the Office of State Debt Collection and there are processing fees charged to collect the debt, it may be that the processing fees collected will exceed what could have been generated through assessing a late fee.

local governments:

Since the proposed changes are meant to address technical corrections to citations of the Utah Administrative Code, there are no anticipated costs or savings to local government due to the technical corrections. A number of local government agencies are authorized to use radioactive materials or x-ray systems and, to date, there are no cases where a local government has been referred to the Office of State Debt Collection because of a delinquent account with the Division of Radiation Control.

small businesses:

Since the proposed changes are meant to address technical corrections to citations of the Utah Administrative Code, there are no anticipated costs or savings to small business due to the technical corrections. However, if a small business has a delinquent account that is referred to the Office of State Debt Collection; it may be that the processing fees will be larger than the late fee that is proposed for deletion. The Division is not able to provide an estimate of the impact on a small business because the fee to process the debt is dependent on the initial amount of the delinquent account and the time it remains unpaid.

persons other than small businesses, businesses, or local governmental entities:

Since the proposed changes are meant to accurately cite the Utah Administrative Code, there are no anticipated costs or savings to other persons due to the technical corrections. However, if other persons have a delinquent account that is referred to the Office of State Debt Collection, it may be that the processing fees will be larger than the late fee that is proposed for deletion. The Division is not able to provide an estimate of the costs incurred by other persons because the fee to process the debt is dependent on the initial amount of the delinquent account and the time it remains unpaid.

Compliance costs for affected persons:

There are no expected changes involving compliance costs associated with this rulemaking. Inspection intervals will not be changed.

Comments by the department head on the fiscal impact the rule may have on businesses:

The proposed rule changes do not include any new fees or requirements for businesses and individuals possessing radioactive material or using x-ray machines in the state. Referring delinquent accounts to the Office of State Debt Collection may cause some business to incur a debt collection fee that is larger than the late fee that is proposed for deletion.

Amanda Smith, Executive Director

The full text of this rule may be inspected, during regular business hours, at the Division of Administrative Rules, or at:

Environmental Quality
Radiation ControlRoom Third Floor
195 N 1950 W
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84116-3085

Direct questions regarding this rule to:

• Craig Jones at the above address, by phone at 801-536-4264, by FAX at 801-533-4097, or by Internet E-mail at [email protected]

Interested persons may present their views on this rule by submitting written comments to the address above no later than 5:00 p.m. on:

10/01/2014

This rule may become effective on:

10/21/2014

Authorized by:

Rusty Lundberg, Director

R313. Environmental Quality, Radiation Control.

R313-70. Payments, Categories and Types of Fees.

R313-70-1. Purpose and Authority.

(1) The purpose of this rule is to prescribe the requirements to assess fees of registrants and licensees possessing sources of radiation.

(2) The rules set forth herein are adopted pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 19-3-104(6).

 

R313-70-2. Scope.

The requirements of Rule R313-70 apply to persons who receive, possess, or use sources of radiation provided: however, that nothing in these rules shall apply to the extent a person is subject to regulation by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

 

R313-70-3. Communications.

Communications concerning [the rules in ]Rule R313-70 should be addressed to the Director, and may be sent to the Division of Radiation Control, Department of Environmental Quality. Communications may be delivered in person at the Division of Radiation Control offices.

 

R313-70-5. Payment of Fees.

(1) New Application Fee: Applications for radiation machine registration or radioactive material licensing for which a fee is prescribed, shall be accompanied by a remittance in the full amount of the fee. Applications will not be accepted for filing or processing prior to payment of the full amount specified. Applications for which no remittance is received will be returned to the applicant. Application fees will be charged irrespective of the Director's disposition of the application or a withdrawal of the application.

(2) Annual Fee: Persons and individuals who are subject to licensing or registration of radioactive material or radiation machine registration with the Department of Environmental Quality under provisions of the Utah Radiation Control Rules, are assessed an annual fee in accordance with categories of Sections R313-70-7 and R313-70-8. The appropriate fee shall be filed annually with the Director, by the due date the Director specifies[July 30] for registrants or by the anniversary date for licensees. The account of a licensee or registrant that is delinquent on or after 61 days may be transferred to the Office of State Debt Collection in accordance with Section R21-1-5.[Fees for radiation machine registration will be considered late if not received annually by the last day of August. Licensees may be assessed late fees if license fees are not received within 30 days after the license anniversary date. Late fees may also be assessed for successive 30 day periods during which the annual fee or registration fee remains unpaid.]

(3) Inspection Fee: Persons and entities who, under provisions of the Utah Radiation Control Rules, are subject to radiation machine registration with the Department of Environmental Quality are assessed an inspection fee in accordance with Section R313-70-8. Fees for inspection of a radiation machine are due within 30 days of receipt of an invoice from the Agency.[Registrants may be assessed late fees if inspection fees are not received in a timely manner.]The inspection account of a registrant that is delinquent on or after 61 days may be transferred to the Office of State Debt Collection in accordance with Section R21-1-5.

(4) Failure to pay the prescribed fee: the Director will not process applications and may suspend or revoke licenses or registrations or may issue an order with respect to the activities as the Director determines to be appropriate or necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this part of Rule R313-70, and of the Act.

(a) General license certificates of registration and new specific licenses issued pursuant to the provisions in Rules R313-21 or R313-22, will be valid for a period of five years unless failure to submit appropriate fee occurs. Specific license renewals issued pursuant to the provisions in Rule R313-22 may be valid for a period of ten[s] years or less in accordance with Subsections R313-22-34(1)(b) and (1)(c). Machine registrations will be valid for one year during the schedule established by the Director in accordance with[interval outlined in] Section R313-16-230. Failure to submit appropriate fees will render the license, certificate or registration invalid, at which time a new application with appropriate fees shall be submitted.

(b) Renewal applications shall be filed in a timely manner in accordance with Sections R313-22-37 or R313-16-230. The radioactive material license will expire on the date specified on the license. A general license certificate of registration will expire on the date specified on the certificate of registration. A radiation [M]machine registration will expire as outlined in Section R313-16-230. The Director may renew a[A]n expired license if the licensee provides information that explains why the renewal application was not submitted pursuant to the provisions in Subsection R313-22-36(1) and other information the Director may request to determine that issuance of the license will not be inimical to the health and safety of the public.[cannot be renewed, rather the licensee will be required to submit an application for a new license and submit the appropriate application and new license fee.]

(5) Method of Payment: Fees shall be made payable to: Division of Radiation Control, Department of Environmental Quality.

 

R313-70-7. License Categories and Types of Fees for Radioactive Materials Licenses.

Fees shall be established in accordance with the Legislative Appropriations Act. Copies of established fee schedules may be obtained from the Director.

 

TABLE

     LICENSE CATEGORY          TYPE OF FEE

     (1)  Special Nuclear
     Material
     (a)  Licenses for         New License or Renewal
     possession and use        Annual Fee
     of special nuclear
     material in sealed
     sources contained
     in devices used in
     industrial
     measuring systems,
     including x-ray
     fluorescence
     analyzers and neutron
     generators.
     (b)  Licenses for         New License or Renewal
     possession and use        Annual Fee
     of less than 15 g
     special nuclear
     material in
     unsealed form for
     research and
     development.
     (c)  All other            New License or Renewal
     special nuclear           Annual Fee
     material licenses.
     (d)  Special              New License or Renewal
     nuclear material          Annual Fee
     to be used as
     calibration and
     reference sources.
     (2)  Source
     Material.
     (a)  Licenses for         New License or Renewal
     concentrations            Annual Fee
     of uranium from           Review Fees
     other areas like
     copper or phosphates
     for the production
     of moist, solid,
     uranium yellow
     cake.
     (b)  Licenses for         Monthly fee for active
     possession and use        or inactive mill
     of source material        Review Fees
     in extraction
     facilities such as
     conventional milling,
     in-situ leaching, heap
     leaching, and other
     processes including
     licenses authorizing
     the possession of
     byproduct material
     (tailings and other
     wastes) from source
     material extraction
     facilities, as well
     as licenses authorizing
     the possession and
     maintenance of a
     facility in a standby
     mode, and licenses that
     authorize the receipt
     of byproduct material,
     as defined in Section
     19-3-102, from other
     persons for possession and
     disposal incidental to the
     disposal of the uranium waste
     tailings generated by the
     licensee's milling
     operations.
     (c)  Licenses that        Application Fee
     authorize the receipt of  New License or Renewal
     byproduct material, as    Monthly Fee
     defined in Section
     19-3-102, from other
     persons for possession
     and disposal.
     (d)  Licenses for         New License or Renewal
     possession and use of     Annual Fee
     source material for
     shielding.
     (e)  All other            New License or Renewal
     source material           Annual Fee
     licenses.
     (3)  Radioactive
     Material Other
     than Source
     Material and
     Special Nuclear
     Material.
     (a)(i)  Licenses of       New License or Renewal
     broad scope for           Annual Fee
     possession and use of
     radioactive material
     for processing or
     manufacturing of
     items containing
     radioactive
     material for
     commercial
     distribution.
     (a)(ii)  Other            New License or Renewal
     licenses for              Annual Fee
     possession and use of
     radioactive material
     for processing or
     manufacturing of items
     containing radioactive
     material for commercial
     distribution.
     (b)  Licenses             New License or Renewal
     authorizing the           Annual Fee
     processing or
     manufacturing and
     distribution or
     redistribution of
     radio-
     pharmaceuticals,
     generators, reagent
     kits, or sources or
     devices containing
     radioactive material.
     (c)  Licenses             New License or Renewal
     authorizing               Annual Fee
     distribution or
     redistribution of
     radiopharmaceuticals,
     generators, reagent
     kits, or sources or
     devices not
     involving
     processing of
     radioactive
     material.
     (d)  Licenses for         New License or Renewal
     possession and            Annual Fee
     use of radioactive
     material for
     industrial
     radiography
     operations.
     (e)  Licenses for         New License or Renewal
     possession and use        Annual Fee
     of sealed sources
     for irradiation
     of materials
     in which
     the source is not
     removed from its
     shield (self-
     shielded units).
     (f)(i)  Licenses for      New License or Renewal
     possession and use        Annual Fee
     of less than
     10,000 curies of
     radioactive
     material in sealed
     sources for
     irradiation of
     materials in which
     the source
     is exposed for
     irradiation purposes.
     (f)(ii)  Licenses         New License or Renewal
     for possession            Annual Fee
     and use of 10,000
     curies or more
     of radioactive
     material in sealed
     sources for
     irradiation
     of materials in
     which the source
     is exposed
     for irradiation
     purposes.
     (g)  Licenses to          New License or Renewal
     distribute items          Annual Fee
     containing
     radioactive
     material that
     require device
     review to persons
     exempt from the
     licensing
     requirements of
     
Rule R313-19, except
     specific licenses
     authorizing
     redistribution of
     items that have
     have been authorized
     for distribution to
     persons exempt from
     the licensing
     requirements of
     
Rule R313-19.
     (h)  Licenses to          New License or Renewal
     distribute items          Annual Fee
     containing
     radioactive
     material or
     quantities of
     radioactive material
     that do not require
     device evaluation to
     persons exempt
     from the licensing
     requirements of
     
Rule R313-19, except
     for specific licenses
     authorizing
     redistribution of
     items that have been
     authorized for
     distribution to
     persons exempt from
     the licensing
     requirements of
     
Rule R313-19.
     (i)  Licenses to          New License or Renewal
     distribute items          Annual Fee
     containing radio-
     active material
     that require sealed
     source or device
     review to persons
     generally licensed
     under 
Rule R313-21, except
     specific licenses
     authorizing
     redistribution of
     items that have been
     authorized for
     distribution to
     persons generally
     licensed under
     
Rule R313-21.
     (j)  Licenses to          New License or Renewal
     distribute                Annual Fee
     items containing
     radioactive material
     or quantities of
     radioactive material
     that do not require
     sealed source or
     device review to
     persons generally
     licensed under
     
Rule R313-21, except
     specific licenses
     authorizing
     redistribution of
     items that have been
     authorized for
     distribution to
     persons generally
     licensed under
     
Rule R313-21.
     (k)  Licenses for         New License or Renewal
     possession and use        Annual Fee
     of radioactive
     material for
     research and
     development,
     which do not
     authorize commercial
     distribution.
     (l)  All other            New License or Renewal
     specific radioactive      Annual Fee
     material licenses.
     (m)  Licenses of          New License or Renewal
     broad scope for           Annual Fee
     possession and use of
     radioactive material
     for research and
     development
     which do
     not authorize
     commercial
     distribution.
     (n)  Licenses that        New License or Renewal
     authorize services        Annual Fee
     for other licensees,
     except licenses that
     authorize leak
     testing or waste
     disposal services
     which are subject to
     the fees specified
     for the listed
     services.
     (o)  Licenses that        New License or Renewal
     authorize                 Annual Fee
     services for
     leak testing only.
     (4)  Radioactive
     Waste Disposal:
     (a)  Licenses             Application Fee
     specifically              New License or Renewal
     authorizing the           Siting Review Fee
     receipt of
     waste radioactive
     material from other
     persons for the
     purpose of
     commercial disposal
     by land by the
     licensee.
     (b)  Licenses             New License or Renewal
     specifically              Annual Fee
     authorizing the
     receipt of waste
     radioactive material
     from other persons
     for the purpose of
     packaging or
     repackaging the
     material.  The
     licensee will
     dispose of the
     material by
     transfer to
     another person
     authorized to
     receive or
     dispose of the
     material.
     (c)  Licenses             New License or Renewal
     specifically              Annual Fee
     authorizing the
     receipt of
     prepackaged waste
     radioactive
     material from
     other persons.
     The licensee will
     dispose of the
     material by
     transfer to
     another person
     authorized to
     receive or dispose
     of the material.
     (d) Licenses              New License or Renewal
     authorizing               Annual Fee
     packaging of
     radioactive waste
     for shipment
     to waste disposal
     site where licensee
     does not take
     possession of
     waste material.
     (5)  Well logging,
     well surveys and
     tracer studies.
     (a)  Licenses for         New License or Renewal
     possession                Annual Fee
     and use of
     radioactive material
     for well logging,
     well surveys and
     tracer studies other
     than field flooding
     tracer studies.
     (b)  Licenses for         New License or Renewal
     possession and use of     Annual Fee
     radioactive material
     for field flooding
     tracer studies.
     (6)  Nuclear
     laundries.
     (a)  Licenses for         New License or Renewal
     commercial                Annual Fee
     collection and
     laundry of items
     contaminated with
     radioactive
     material.
     (7)  Human use of
     radioactive
     material.
     (a)  Licenses             New License or Renewal
     for human use             Annual Fee
     of radioactive
     material in
     sealed sources
     contained in
     teletherapy
     devices.
     (b)  Other licenses       New License or Renewal
     issued for human          Annual Fee
     use of radioactive
     material, except
     licenses for use
     of radioactive
     material contained
     in teletherapy
     devices.
     (c)  Licenses of          New License or Renewal
     broad scope issued        Annual Fee
     to medical
     institutions or two
     or more physicians
     authorizing research
     and development,
     including human use
     of radioactive
     material, except
     licenses for radio-
     active material in
     sealed sources
     contained in
     teletherapy devices.
     (8)  Civil Defense.
     (a)  Licenses for         New License or Renewal
     possession and use        Annual Fee
     of radioactive
     material for civil
     defense activities.
     (9)  Power Source.
     (a)  Licenses for         New License or Renewal
     the manufacture and       Annual Fee
     distribution of
     encapsulated
     radioactive
     material wherein
     the decay energy
     of the material is
     used as a source
     for power.
     (10)  General
     License.
     (a)  Measuring,           Fee per device
     gauging and
     control devices as
     described in Subsection
     R313-21-22(4),
     other than
     hydrogen-3 (tritium)
     devices and
     polonium-210
     devices containing
     no more than 10
     millicuries used
     for producing light
     or an ionized
     atmosphere.
     (b)  In Vitro testing     Fee per registration certificate
     (c)  Depleted uranium     Fee per registration certificate
     (d)  Reciprocal           Annual fee for license category
     recognition, as           listed in R313-70-7(1) through
     provided for in           (10), per 180 days in one calendar
     
Section R313-19-30, of a  [        ]year
     license issued by
     the U.S. Nuclear
     Regulatory Commission,
     an Agreement State or
     a Licensing State.

  

R313-70-8. Registration and Inspection Categories and Types of Fees for Registration of Radiation Machines.

(1) For machines registered under Section R313-16-230, registrants will pay an annual registration fee and an inspection fee that shall be established in accordance with the Legislative Appropriations Act. Copies of established fee schedules may be obtained from the Director.

 

TABLE

FACILITY TYPE               TYPE OF FEE

Hospital/Therapy            Registration        Annual per control
                                                unit and first
                                                tube plus annual
                                                per each
                                                additional tube
                                                connected to a
                                                control unit.
                           State Inspection     Per tube.
Medical                    Registration         Annual per control
                                                unit and first
                                                tube plus annual
                                                per each
                                                additional tube
                                                connected to a
                                                control unit.
                           State Inspection     Per tube.
Podiatry                   Registration         Annual per control
                                                unit and first
                                                tube plus annual
                                                per each
                                                additional tube
                                                connected to a
                                                control unit.
                           State Inspection     Per tube.
Veterinary                 Registration         Annual per control
                                                unit and first
                                                tube plus annual
                                                per each
                                                additional tube
                                                connected to a
                                                control unit.
                           State Inspection     Per tube.
Chiropractic               Registration         Annual per control
                                                unit and first
                                                tube plus annual
                                                per each
                                                additional tube
                                                connected to a
                                                control unit.
                           State Inspection     Per tube.
Dental                     Registration         Annual per control
                                                unit and first
                                                tube plus annual
                                                per each
                                                additional tube
                                                connected to a
                                                control unit.
                           State Inspection     Per control unit
                                                and first tube
                                                plus each
                                                additional tube
                                                connected to a
                                                control unit.
Industrial Facility        Registration         Annual per control
with High or Very                               unit and first
High Radiation                                  tube plus annual
Areas Accessible to                             per each
Individuals                                     additional tube
                                                connected to a
                                                control unit.
                           State Inspection     Per tube.
Industrial Facility        Registration         Annual per control
with Cabinet X-ray                              unit and first
or Units Designed                               tube plus annual
for Other Industrial                            per each
Purposes                                        additional tube
                                                connected to a
                                                control unit.
                           State Inspection     Per tube.
Other                      Registration         Annual per control
                                                unit and first
                                                tube plus annual
                                                per each
                                                additional tube
                                                connected to a
                                                control unit.
                           State Inspection     Per tube.
Acceptance of work,                             Per tube reviewed.
performed by a
person meeting the
qualifications in

Section R313-16-400, that
demonstrates
compliance with
these rules.

 

 

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KEY: radioactive materials, x-rays, registration, fees

Date of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment: [February 18, ]2014

Notice of Continuation: September 23, 2011

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 19-3-104(6)