12VAC5-481-3151. Licensing.
A. The agency will approve an application for a specific license for the use of licensed material in well logging if the applicant meets the following requirements:
1. The applicant satisfies the general requirements specified in 12VAC5-481-440 and 12VAC5-481-450.
2. The applicant shall develop a program for training logging supervisors and logging assistants and submit to the agency a description of this program that specifies:
a. Initial training;
b. On-the-job training;
c. Annual safety reviews provided by the licensee;
d. Means the applicant will use to demonstrate the logging supervisor's knowledge and understanding of and ability to comply with the agency's regulations and licensing requirements and the applicant's operating and emergency procedures; and
e. Means the applicant will use to demonstrate the logging assistant's knowledge and understanding of and ability to comply with the applicant's operating and emergency procedures.
3. The applicant shall submit to the agency written operating and emergency procedures as described in 12VAC5-481-3280 or an outline or summary of the procedures that includes the important radiation safety aspects of the procedures.
4. The applicant shall establish and submit to the agency its program for annual inspections of the job performance of each logging supervisor to ensure that the agency's regulations, license requirements, and the applicant's operating and emergency procedures are followed. Inspection records shall be retained for three years after each annual internal inspection.
5. The applicant shall submit a description of its overall organizational structure as it applies to the radiation safety responsibilities in well logging, including specified delegations of authority and responsibility.
6. If an applicant wants to perform leak testing of sealed sources, the applicant shall identify the manufacturers and the model numbers of the leak test kits to be used. If the applicant wants to analyze its own wipe samples, the applicant shall establish procedures to be followed and submit a description of these procedures to the agency. The description must include the following:
a. Instruments to be used;
b. Methods of performing the analysis; and
c. Pertinent experience of the person who will analyze the wipe samples.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-229 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 24, Issue 18, eff. June 12, 2008.