WAC 246-231-050
General licenses for carriers. (1) A
general license is hereby issued to any common or contract
carrier not exempted under WAC 246-231-040 to receive, possess,
transport and store radioactive material in the regular course of
their carriage for another or storage incident thereto, provided
the transportation and storage is in accordance with the
applicable requirements of the regulations, appropriate to the
mode of transport, of the United States Department of
Transportation.
(2) A general license is hereby issued to any private
carrier to transport radioactive material, provided the
transportation is in accordance with the applicable requirements
of the regulations, appropriate to the mode of transport, of the
United States Department of Transportation insofar as such
regulations relate to the loading and storage of packages,
placarding of the transporting vehicle, shipping papers, and
incident reporting. Any notification of incidents referred to in
those requirements shall be filed with, or made to, the
department.
(3) Persons who transport radioactive material pursuant to
the general licenses of subsection (1) or (2) of this section are
exempt from the requirements of chapters 246-221 and 246-222 WAC
to the extent that they transport radioactive material.
(4) A general license is hereby issued to deliver
radioactive material to a carrier1 for transport provided that:
(a) The licensee complies with the applicable requirements
of the regulations, appropriate to the mode of transport, of the
United States Department of Transportation insofar as such
regulations relate to the packaging of radioactive material, to
shipping papers, and to the monitoring, marking and labeling of
those packages.
(b) The licensee has established procedures for opening and
closing packages in which radioactive material is transported to
provide safety and to assure that, prior to the delivery to a
carrier for transport, each package is properly closed for
transport.
(c) Prior to delivery of a package to a carrier for
transport, the licensee shall assure that any special
instructions needed to safely open the package are sent to or
have been made available to the consignee.
(d) In addition to the requirements of the United States
Department of Transportation, each package of Type A or B
quantity radioactive material prepared for shipment must have the
innermost container labeled as to the isotope, chemical form,
number of bequerels or subunits thereof, and date of
determination of activity and each innermost container shall be
tested to assure that the container is properly sealed and that
contamination which would cause undue hazard to public health and
safety or property is not present prior to transportation. This
requirement does not apply to properly packaged shipments of
radioactive waste consigned to a commercial low level radioactive
waste disposal facility.
Note 1-
For the purpose of this regulation, licensees who transport their own licensed material as a private carrier are considered to have delivered
such material to a carrier for transport.