Public Act 90-0359 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0359

HB0989 Enrolled                                LRB9004102DPcc

    AN ACT to amend the Radiation Protection Act of  1990  by
changing Section 10.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The  Radiation  Protection  Act  of  1990  is
amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

    (420 ILCS 40/10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-10)
    Sec.   10.  Licensing  of  certain  sources  of  ionizing
radiation.
    (1)  The Department shall provide by rule  or  regulation
for  general  or  specific licensing of by-product materials,
source materials, special nuclear materials,  or  devices  or
equipment utilizing or producing such materials. Such rule or
regulation   shall  provide  for  amendment,  suspension,  or
revocation of licenses.
    (2)  The Department is authorized to require registration
of other sources of ionizing radiation.
    (3)  The  Department  is  authorized  to  exempt  certain
sources of ionizing radiation or kinds of uses or users  from
the licensing requirements set forth in this section when the
Department makes a finding that the exemption of such sources
of  ionizing  radiation  or  kinds  of uses or users will not
constitute a significant risk to health  and  safety  of  the
public.
    (4)  The   Department  is  authorized  to  enforce  rules
pertaining to labeling, handling, packaging, transferring and
transporting radiation sources.
    (5)  The Department is authorized to  require  licensees,
including  those  conducting  activities involving by-product
material as defined in subsection  (a)(2)  of  Section  4  or
possessing  such  material,  to  provide  adequate  financial
assurances  such as surety bonds, cash deposits, certificates
of deposit, or deposits of government securities  to  protect
the  State  against costs in the event of site abandonment or
failure of a licensee to meet the Department's  requirements,
as  well  as the costs of site reclamation and long-term site
monitoring and maintenance.  In the  event  that  custody  of
by-product  material  as  defined  in  subsection  (a)(2)  of
Section  4,  and  the site at which such material is disposed
of, is transferred to the Federal Government,  any  financial
assurances collected for reclamation and long-term monitoring
and  maintenance  for  that  site shall be transferred to the
Federal Government.
    (6)  The Department is  authorized  to  promulgate  rules
establishing  radiation  exposure limits for given population
groups, including differential exposure limits based on age.
    (7)  The Department is authorized to promulgate rules  to
provide  specific  standards  for what training or equivalent
experience it will require of a physician before approving  a
specific license for human use of sealed radiation sources.
    (8)  Rules  and regulations promulgated to implement this
Act may provide for recognition of  other  State  or  Federal
licenses  as  the  Department  may deem desirable, subject to
such  registration  requirements  as   the   Department   may
prescribe.
    (9)  This  Section  shall  not be applicable to radiation
sources or materials regulated by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission until an agreement or agreements have been entered
into pursuant to Section 11 of this Act.
    (10)  In the licensing and the regulation  of  by-product
material  as defined in subsection (a)(2) of Section 4, or of
any  activity  which  results  in  the  production  of   such
by-product  material, the Department shall provide by rule or
regulation, and shall require compliance with, standards  for
the  protection  of  the  public  health  and  safety and the
environment  which  are  equivalent   to,   to   the   extent
practicable,  or  more  stringent than, standards adopted and
enforced by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory  Commission  for  the
same    purpose,   including   requirements   and   standards
promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
    (11)  Not later than 30  days  after  submission  to  the
Department  of  an  application for a new license for a fixed
location facility or a license amendment for a  new  location
for  a  facility, the Department shall provide written notice
of the application to the municipality where the facility  is
to  be  located.   If  the  facility  is  to be located in an
unincorporated area, the notice  shall  be  provided  to  the
county  in  which  the  facility is to be located and to each
municipality located within one and  one-half  miles  of  the
facility.   As  used  in  this  subsection,  "fixed  location
facility"  or  "facility"  means  a parcel of land or a site,
including the structures, equipment, and improvements  on  or
appurtenant  to  the  land or site, that is to be used by the
applicant  for  the  utilization,  manufacture,  storage,  or
distribution of licensed radioactive materials or devices  or
equipment   utilizing   or   producing  licensed  radioactive
materials, but shall not include a temporary job site.
(Source: P.A. 86-1341.)

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
becoming law.

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