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APPENDIX B<br />

New Mexico Radiation Control Bureau and Regulations<br />

Within the NMED, the Radiation Control Bureau regulates the uses of sources of radioactivity and<br />

radiation within the State. The New Mexico Agreement State Director is William Floyd, Manager,<br />

Radiation Control Bureau.<br />

The New Mexico Radiation Protection regulations are found in Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the New Mexico<br />

Environmental Protection Regulations (20 NMAC 3). In the general provisions at 20 NMAC 3.1, source<br />

material is defined as ―uranium or thorium, or any combination thereof, in any physical or chemical<br />

form.‖ In 20 NMAC 3.3, Licensing of Radioactive Materials, exemptions from licensing are provided for<br />

certain types of source material, including the following:<br />

source material in any chemical mixture, compound, solution, or alloy in which the source<br />

material is by weight less than 0.05 percent of the mixture, compound, solution, or alloy<br />

uranium contained in counterweights installed in aircraft, rockets, projectiles, and missiles,<br />

or stored or handled in connection with installation or removal of such counterweights<br />

(under certain conditions).<br />

20 NMAC 3 Subpart 4, Standards for Protection Against Radiation, ―establishes standards for protection<br />

against ionizing radiation resulting from activities conducted pursuant to licenses or registrations<br />

[emphasis added] issued by the Department.‖ Therefore, if the type of radioactive material present at the<br />

site is exempt and/or the radiation did not result from licensed activities, the New Mexico Radiation<br />

Protection Regulations may not be applicable. However, as discussed in the following section, the<br />

Department of the Air Force has a Master Materials License from the NRC which grants regulatory<br />

authority to the Department of the Air Force for the receipt, possession, distribution, use, transportation,<br />

transfer, and disposal of radioactive material at Air Force activities. Exceptions are for reactors and<br />

associated radioactivity, nuclear weapons, and some components of weapons delivery systems.<br />

Radioactive Material Within the Department of Air Force<br />

The Department of the Air Force has a Master Materials License from the NRC which grants regulatory<br />

authority to the Air Force for the receipt, possession, distribution, use, transportation, transfer, and<br />

disposal of radioactive material at Air Force activities. Exceptions are for reactors and associated<br />

radioactivity, nuclear weapons, and some components of weapons delivery systems. Air Force<br />

Radioactive Material Permits are issued within the Air Force to maintain control over all radioactive<br />

material used in the Air Force.<br />

Key Air Force policy and instructions pertaining to radioactive material include:<br />

Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 40-2, Radioactive Materials (Non-Nuclear Weapons),<br />

April 8, 1993, and<br />

Air Force Instruction (AFI) 40-201, Managing Radioactive Materials in the U.S. Air Force,<br />

September 1, 2000.<br />

In AFPD 40-2, it states, that ―[t]he Air Force will fully comply with Federal regulations for control of<br />

radioactive material.‖ The AFPD also defines the Air Force Master Materials License as ―the single<br />

Nuclear Regulatory Commission license issued to the US Air Force Radioisotope Committee delegating<br />

to the Air Force regulatory authority over Byproduct, Source, and limited quantities of Special Nuclear<br />

Kirtland AFB<br />

SOPs for Field Investigations B-182 April 2004

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