Section 22-B6812. EXEMPTIONS: CARRIERS AND CONTRACTORS

 

6812.1Any Nuclear Regulatory Commission contractor or subcontractor of the following categories operating within the District shall be exempt from chapters 67 through 69 to the extent that the contractor or subcontractor under his or her contract receives, possesses, uses, transfers, owns, or acquires sources of radiation:

 

(a)Prime contractors performing work for the NRC at U.S. government-owned or

 

(b)Prime contractors performing research in or development, manufacture, storage, testing, or transportation of, atomic weapons or components of the weapons;

 

(c)Prime contractors using or operating nuclear reactors or other nuclear devices in a U.S. government-owned vehicle or vessel; and

 

(d)Any other prime contractor or subcontractor when the Director and the NRC jointly determine the following:

 

(1)That, under the terms of the contract or subcontract, there is adequate assurance that the work under the contract or subcontract can be accomplished without undue risk to the public health and safety; and

 

(2)That the exemption of the contractor or subcontractor is otherwise appropriate.

 

6812.2Common and contract carriers operating within the District shall be exempt from the provisions of chapters 67 through 69 to the extent that they transport or store sources of radiation in the regular course of their carriage for another or storage incident to that carriage.

 

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Regulation No. 70-33 (July 10, 1970), 17 DCR 39 (July 27, 1970); 6A DCRR §§8-2:1014 and 8-2:1015; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 3721 (May 5, 2006).