Department of Homeland Security
Department of Homeland Security's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
Hazardous/Radioactive Materials Management and Operations
Exclusion Text
F3 Use (that may include the processes of installation, maintenance, non-destructive testing, and calibration), transport, and storage of hand-held, mobile or stationary instruments, containing sealed radiological and radioactive materials, to screen for or detect dangerous or illegal individuals or materials in compliance with commercial manufacturers’ specifications, as well as applicable Federal requirements to protect the human environment. Examples of such instruments include but are not limited to: (a) Gauging devices, tracers, and other analytical instruments, (b) Instruments used in industrial radiography, (c) Systems used in medical and veterinary practices; and (d) Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved, sealed, small source radiation devices for scanning vehicles and packages where radiation exposure to employees or the public does not exceed 0.1 rem per year and where systems are maintained within the NRC license parameters at existing facilities.
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