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NEW YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS
TITLE 6. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
CHAPTER IV. QUALITY SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER C. RADIATION
PART 380. PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION BY RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
SUBPART 380-9. R
Date:
08/31/2009
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ยง 380-9.2 Notification of incidents
(a) Immediate notification. Notwithstanding any other requirements for notification, each person shall immediately report any event involving loss of control of licensed material that may have caused the release of radioactive material to the environment, so that, had an individual been present for 24 hours, the individual could have received an intake five times the occupational annual limit on intake.
(b) Twenty-four hour notification. Each person shall, within 24 hours of discovery of the event, report any event involving loss of control of licensed material that may have caused the release of licensed material to the environment, so that, had an individual been present for 24 hours, the individual could have received an intake in excess of one occupational annual limit on intake.
(c) The person shall prepare any notification report filed with the department pursuant to this section so that names of individuals who have received exposure to radiation or radioactive material are stated in a separate and detachable part of the report.
(d) Persons shall make the notification reports required by subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section by telephone to the department's Bureau of Radiation during normal business hours or to the department's Spill Hotline during off-hours and by telegram, mailgram, or facsimile to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Bureau of Radiation, Division of Hazardous Substances Regulation, 625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-7255. To the extent that the information is available at the time of notification, the information provided in these reports must include:
(1) the caller's name and call back telephone number; and
(2) a description of the event, including date and time; and
(3) the exact location of the event; and
(4) the isotopes, quantities, and chemical, physical, and biological form of the licensed material involved; and
(5) any radiation exposure data available.
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