the Lockheed Martin Corporation – Ocala Operations. The petitioner is seeking a variance from rule 64E-5.434(5), F.A.C., which requires personnel using industrial cabinet x-ray systems complete sixteen hours of training and testing as specified in ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Division of Environmental Health

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
64E-5.426: Radiation Survey Instruments
64E-5.428: Quarterly Inventory
64E-5.429: Source Movement Logs, Daily Survey Reports, and Individual Dosimeter Logs
64E-5.430: Inspection and Maintenance
64E-5.433: Radiation Safety Officer
64E-5.434: Training, Testing, Certification, and Audits

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 26, 2012, the Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control, received a petition for the Lockheed Martin Corporation – Ocala Operations. The petitioner is seeking a variance from subsection 64E-5.434(5), F.A.C., which requires personnel using industrial cabinet x-ray systems complete sixteen hours of training and testing as specified in the rule. The petitioner is seeking a variance from subsection 64E-5.433(1), F.A.C., which requires industrial radiography x-ray machine registrants appoint a radiation safety officer meeting the qualifications specified in rule. The petitioner is seeking a variance from subsection 64E-5.430(2), F.A.C., which requires industrial radiography x-ray machine registrants perform quarterly inspection and maintenance of survey instruments and radiation machines. The petitioner is seeking a variance from subsection 64E-5.429(2), F.A.C., which requires industrial radiography x-ray machine registrants generate and maintain daily survey reports and individual dosimeter logs. The petitioner is seeking a variance from Rule 64E-5.428, F.A.C., which requires industrial radiography x-ray machine registrants conduct quarterly physical inventories of their radiation machines. The petitioner is seeking a variance from subsection 64E-5.426(1), F.A.C., which requires industrial radiography x-ray machine registrants maintain radiation survey instruments able to ensure a range from 2 mrem per hour through 1 rem per hour. The petitioner is seeking a variance from paragraph 64E-5.426(2)(a), F.A.C., which requires industrial radiography x-ray machine registrants calibrate their radiation survey instruments at intervals not to exceed six months.

A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Don Steiner, Environmental Administrator, Bureau of Radiation Control, Radiation Machine Program, 705 Wells Road, Orange Park, Florida 32073, [phone]. Comments on this petition should be filed with the Bureau of Radiation Control within 14 days of this notice.