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APPENDIX B<br />

Material used by the Air Force.‖ Further, the AFPD defines source material as ―uranium or thorium or<br />

any combination thereof in any physical or chemical form; or ores that have, by weight, one-twentieth of<br />

1 percent (0.05 percent) or more of uranium, thorium, or any combination thereof. Source material does<br />

not include special nuclear material‖ (i.e., plutonium, uranium-233, or enriched uranium).<br />

AFI 40-201, for which compliance is mandatory, ―sets forth how Air Force employees and activities<br />

acquire, receive, store, distribute, use, transfer, or dispose of any item or part that contains radioactive<br />

material not expressly excluded in this AFI from the purview of the AFI.‖ Within the regulatory authority<br />

discussion in Chapter 2 of the AFI, it states that ―Federal agencies are subject to NRC regulatory<br />

authority‖ and ―within an Agreement State, the state has regulatory authority over non-federal activities<br />

conducted on installation property; which is not under exclusive federal jurisdiction.‖ Further, pertaining<br />

to the regulation of mixed waste, AFI 40-201 states that the NRC regulates the byproduct, source, and<br />

special nuclear material constituents and that the EPA regulates the hazardous chemical and naturally<br />

occurring and accelerator produced radioactive material (NORM and NARM, respectively) constituents,<br />

with neither agency having exclusive jurisdiction over mixed waste. AFI 40-201 also states that<br />

generators of mixed waste must meet both the NRC and EPA rules unless exempted from the rules.<br />

However, within the regulatory authority chapter of AFI 40-201, it further states that ―the Air Force has<br />

regulatory authority, or receives it from the NRC through the USAF Master Materials License, for:<br />

2.6.1. Receipt, storage, internal distribution, use, transfer, and disposal by Air Force<br />

organizations of Byproduct, Source, and limited quantities of Special Nuclear Material.<br />

2.6.2. Production, receipt, storage, distribution, use, transfer, and disposal by Air Force<br />

organizations of Naturally Occurring and Accelerator Produced Radioactive Material.<br />

2.6.3. Receipt, storage, distribution, use, transfer, and disposal by Air Force organizations of<br />

radioactive materials classed as 91b Material.<br />

2.6.4 Receipt, storage, distribution, use, transfer, and disposal of Naturally Occurring and<br />

Accelerator Produced Radioactive Material and radioactive materials classed as 91b Material<br />

by non Air Force organizations on Air Force installations where exclusive federal<br />

jurisdiction exists.‖<br />

According to the AFI, the Air Force Safety Center, Division of Weapons, Space, and Nuclear Safety<br />

(AFSC/SEW) ―provides regulatory oversight for the remediation of radioactive waste disposal sites and<br />

accident sites involving 91b Materials.‖<br />

Section 3.10 of the AFI, Managing and Remediating Low Level Radioactive Waste Burial Sites, states<br />

that low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) burial sites are to be managed and remediated in accordance<br />

with ―AFI 32-7020, The Environmental Restoration Program and policies established by HQ USAF/IL<br />

and this instruction.‖ It notes that remediation of radiological waste burial sites requires prior approval<br />

by AFMOA/SGOR.<br />

Section 3.10.7 of AFI 40-201 states ―Work plans and health and safety plans for remediation of<br />

radioactive waste burial sites, to include waste disposal procedures, must be coordinated as follows:<br />

3.10.7.1. All plans will be submitted to AFIERA/SDRH, Air Force Radioactive and Mixed<br />

Waste Office, DSN 240-3486) for approval during the project planning stage.<br />

Kirtland AFB<br />

SOPs for Field Investigations B-183 April 2004

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