Section 330.210  General Licenses – Source Material

a)         A general license is hereby issued authorizing commercial and industrial firms, research, educational and medical institutions, and State and local government agencies to use, possess and transfer not more than 6.82 kilograms (15 pounds) of source material at any one time for research, development, educational, commercial or operational purposes.  A person authorized to use, possess or transfer source material, pursuant to this general license, may not receive more than a total of 68.2 kilograms (150 pounds) of source material in any 1 calendar year.

b)         Persons who receive, possess, use or transfer source material pursuant to the general license issued in subsection (a) are exempt from the provisions of 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340 and 400 to the extent that such receipt, possession, use or transfer is within the terms of such general license; provided, however, that this exemption shall not be deemed to apply to any such person who is also in possession of source material under a specific license issued pursuant to this Part.

c)         A general license is hereby issued authorizing the receipt of title to source material without regard to quantity.  This general license does not authorize any person to receive, possess, use or transfer source material.

d)         Depleted Uranium in Industrial Products and Devices

1)         A general license is hereby issued to receive, acquire, possess, use or transfer, in accordance with the provisions of subsections (d)(2) through (5), depleted uranium contained in industrial products or devices for the purpose of providing a concentrated mass in a small volume of the product or device.

2)         The general license in subsection (d)(1) applies only to industrial products or devices which have been manufactured either in accordance with a specific license issued to the manufacturer of the products or devices pursuant to Section 330.280(l) of this Part or in accordance with a specific license issued to the manufacturer by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State that authorizes manufacture of the products or devices for distribution to persons generally licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State.

3)         Persons who receive, acquire, possess or use depleted uranium pursuant to the general license established by subsection (d)(1) shall:

A)        File the form, "Registration Certificate − Use of Depleted Uranium Under General License," with the Department.  The form shall be submitted within 30 days after the first receipt or acquisition of such depleted uranium.  The registrant shall furnish on the form "Registration Certificate – Use of Depleted Uranium Under General License," the following information:  

i)          Name and address of the registrant;

ii)         A statement that the registrant has developed and will maintain procedures designed to establish physical control over the depleted uranium described in subsection (d)(1) and designed to prevent transfer of such depleted uranium in any form, including metal scrap, to persons not authorized to receive the depleted uranium; and

iii)         Name and/or title, address and telephone number of the individual duly authorized to act for and on behalf of the registrant in supervising the procedures identified in subsection (d)(3)(A)(ii).

B)        Report in writing to the Agency any changes in information furnished by the registrant in the form, "Registration Certificate − Use of Depleted Uranium Under General License."  The report shall be submitted within 30 days after the effective date of such change.

4)         A person who receives, acquires, possesses or uses depleted uranium pursuant to the general license established by subsection (d)(1):

A)        Shall not introduce such depleted uranium, in any form, into a chemical, physical or metallurgical treatment or process, except a treatment or process for repair or restoration of any plating or other covering of the depleted uranium;

B)        Shall not abandon such depleted uranium;

C)        Shall transfer or dispose of such depleted uranium only by transfer in accordance with the provisions of Section 330.400 of this Part.  In the case where the transferee receives the depleted uranium pursuant to the general license established by subsection (d)(1), the transferor shall furnish the transferee a copy of this Part and a copy of the form, "Registration Certificate – Use of Depleted Uranium Under General License".  In the case where the transferee receives the depleted uranium pursuant to a general license contained in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's regulation 10 CFR 40.25(a) or Agreement State's regulation equivalent to subsection (d)(1), the transferor shall furnish the transferee a copy of this Part and a copy of the form, "Registration Certificate − Use of Depleted Uranium Under General License", accompanied by a note explaining that use of the product or device is regulated by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or Agreement State under requirements substantially the same as those in this Part;

D)        Within 30 days after any transfer, shall report in writing to the Agency the name and address of the person receiving the depleted uranium pursuant to such transfer; and

E)         Shall not export such depleted uranium except in accordance with a license issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission pursuant to 10 CFR 110.

5)         Any person receiving, acquiring, possessing, using or transferring depleted uranium pursuant to the general license established by subsection (d)(1) is exempt from the requirements of 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340 and 400 with respect to the depleted uranium covered by that general license.

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 6462, effective April 7, 2008)