Section 609.50  Waste Shipment Tracking Process

a)         Each person sending a shipment of waste to a broker who will transport the waste to the broker's Facility in Illinois shall telefax a copy of the shipment manifest to the TSO or contact the TSO at 1-800-274-9784 and provide the TSO with the following information at the time of shipment:

1)         Consignor name;

2)         Consignee name;

3)         Tractor or trailer numbers if known;

4)         Number of containers;

5)         For each container:

A)        The container number;

B)        Waste type code;

C)        Total activity and the unit of measure;

D)        Prominent isotope;

E)         The activity of the prominent isotope and unit of measure; and

6)         Date of the shipment.

b)         Illinois brokers shall provide the TSO with an EDT file containing the information regarding the received shipment formatted and containing the information as prescribed in Appendix A of this Part.  All EDT file submittals shall be made in a manner that allows the TSO to incorporate the transmission into the TSO's electronic database.

c)         Each person sending a shipment of waste into, within or out of the State of Illinois that is not specified in subsection (a) of this Section shall provide the TSO with an EDT file formatted and containing the information as prescribed in Appendix A of this Part at the time of the shipment.  All EDT file submittals shall be made in a manner that allows the TSO to incorporate the transmission into the TSO's electronic data base.

d)         All instate receiving Facilities that store waste for decay in storage shall report to the TSO the placement of waste into decay in storage according to the procedures outlined in Appendix A of this Part.  The receiving Facilities shall also report to the TSO when the containers are removed from the decay in storage inventory utilizing the procedures identified in Appendix A of this Part.

e)         All instate receiving Facilities that process waste such that no waste, either direct or residual, is attributable back to the shipper shall report those affected containers according to the procedures identified in Appendix A of this Part.

f)          Each person needing to correct information previously provided to the TSO pursuant to this Section shall provide those corrections to the Department in writing addressed to the Chief, Division of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management, Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety, 1035 Outer Park Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62704.

g)         If the tracking system is not functioning at the time the shipper is ready to transmit an EDT file pursuant to this Section, the shipper may proceed with the shipment and shall:

1)         Telefax a copy of the shipment manifest to the TSO; and

2)         Transmit the EDT file information to the TSO when the tracking system is functional.

(Source:  Amended at 24 Ill. Reg. 18191, effective December 1, 2000)