N.M. Code R. § 20.3.15.2 – Scope

A. The requirements of this part (20.3.15 NMAC) are in addition to other requirements in these regulations. In particular, the provisions of Parts 3, 4 and 10 (20.3.3 NMAC, 20.3.4 NMAC, and 20.3.10 NMAC) apply to applications and licenses subject to this part (20.3.15 NMAC). Nothing in this part (20.3.15 NMAC) relieves the licensee from complying with other applicable federal, state and local regulations governing the siting, zoning, land use and building code requirements for industrial facilities.
B. The regulations in this part (20.3.15 NMAC) apply to panoramic irradiators that have either dry or wet storage of the radioactive sealed sources and to under water irradiators in which both the source and the product being irradiated are under water. Irradiators whose dose rates exceed five grays (500 rads) per hour at one meter from the radioactive sealed sources in air or in water, as applicable for the irradiator type, are covered by this part (20.3.15 NMAC).
C. The regulations in this part (20.3.15 NMAC) do not apply to self-contained dry-source storage irradiators (those in which both the source and the area subject to irradiation are contained within a device and are not accessible by personnel), medical radiology or teletherapy, radiography (the irradiation of materials for nondestructive testing purposes), gauging, or open-field (agricultural) irradiations.
[5/3/1995; 20.3.15.2 NMAC - Rn, 20 NMAC 3.1.15.1500, 4/15/2004]