That on June 19, 2012, pursuant to Section 120.542, F.S., the Bureau of Radiation Control has issued an order. The Order grants and denies, in part, the petition for variance. The Order grants a variance from paragraph 64E-5.426(1), F.A.C., for ...

 

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

The Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control hereby gives notice that on June 19, 2012, pursuant to Section 120.542, F.S., the Bureau of Radiation Control has issued an order. The Order grants and denies, in part, the petition for variance. The Order grants a variance from subsection 64E-5.426(1), F.A.C., for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (Ocala Operations). The petition for a variance was received by the Department on March 26, 2012. Notice of receipt of the petition was published in the Florida Administrative Weekly, on April 13, 2012. Subsection 64E-5.426(1), F.A.C., requires the industrial radiography registrant to maintain enough calibrated radiation survey instruments capable of measuring radiation fields ranging from 2 millirem to 1 rem per hour, for making radiation surveys as required by the regulations. The Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Ocala Operations has been granted a variance to subsection 64E-5.426(1), F.A.C., allowing them to use a survey instrument able to measure from 2 mrem per hour to 200 mrem per hour for industrial cabinet systems only and under the condition the survey instrument does not display 0 when it over ranges. The requested variances to Rule 64E-5.428, subsections 64E-5.430(2), 64E-5.433(1), F.A.C., do not demonstrate the substantial hardship requirements specified in Section 28.104.002(g), F.S. Paragraph 64E-5.426(2)(a), subsections 64E-5.429(2), and 64E-5.429(3), F.A.C. do not apply to industrial cabinet systems. Subsection 64E-5.434(5), F.A.C., does not specify the method of instruction required, only the content of the instruction. No variance is needed to use computer based training or to allow instruction to be presented in various formats.

A copy of the Order or additional information may be obtained by contacting: Philip Thoma, Bureau of Radiation Control, Radiation Machine Program, 705 Wells Road, Suite 300, Orange Park, FL 32073, [phone].