Minnesota Administrative Rules

4731.8110 PREPLANNING AND COORDINATION OF SHIPMENT OF CATEGORY 1 OR CATEGORY 2 QUANTITIES OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL.

A.

Each licensee that plans to transport, or deliver to a carrier for transport, licensed material that is a category 1 quantity of radioactive material outside the confines of the licensee's facility or other place of use or storage must:

(1)

preplan and coordinate shipment arrival and departure times with the receiving licensee;

(2)

preplan and coordinate shipment information with the governor or the governor's designee of any state through which the shipment will pass to:

(a)

discuss the state's intention to provide law enforcement escorts; and

(b)

identify safe havens; and

(3)

document the preplanning and coordination activities.

B.

Each licensee that plans to transport, or deliver to a carrier for transport, licensed material that is a category 2 quantity of radioactive material outside the confines of the licensee's facility or other place of use or storage must coordinate the shipment no-later-than arrival time and the expected shipment arrival with the receiving licensee. The licensee must document the coordination activities.

C.

Each licensee who receives a shipment of a category 2 quantity of radioactive material must confirm receipt of the shipment with the originator. If the shipment has not arrived by the no-later-than arrival time, the receiving licensee must notify the originator.

D.

Each licensee who transports or plans to transport a shipment of a category 2 quantity of radioactive material, and determines that the shipment will arrive after the no-later-than arrival time provided in item B must promptly notify the receiving licensee of the new no-later-than arrival time.

E.

The licensee must retain a copy of the documentation for preplanning and coordination, and any revision thereof, as a record for three years.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.1201; 144.1202; 144.1203; 144.1204; 144.1205

History:

40 SR 145

Published Electronically:

August 27, 2015