The omnibus House Bill 59, passed by the Ohio state legislature in 2013. This short extract of that massive 699-page bill deals with new procedures for how Ohio's Oil & Gas drillers, including Utica Shale drillers, must handle potentially radioactive substances created during the drilling process. TENORM means Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material and is material that exists deep below the earth's surface (naturally occurring) that is brought to the surface during drilling operations. The new rules were developed to protect the environment from becoming contaminated.
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IN THIS SLIDE WE ARE DETAILED DISCUSSED ABOUT THE NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PASYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES 1985.
The Central Acts like Opium Act, 1857,the Opium Act ,1878 and the Dangerous Drugs Act,1930 were enacted a long time ago. With the changing circumstances and the developments in the field illicit drug traffic and drug abuse at national and international level ,many drawbacks have come to notice in the said Acts.
this presentation explains about tne history, scope, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances definitions, offences and penalties, controlled operations, amendments, manufactured drugs, favourable conditions, production, sale of opium.
IN THIS SLIDE WE ARE DETAILED DISCUSSED ABOUT THE NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PASYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES 1985.
The Central Acts like Opium Act, 1857,the Opium Act ,1878 and the Dangerous Drugs Act,1930 were enacted a long time ago. With the changing circumstances and the developments in the field illicit drug traffic and drug abuse at national and international level ,many drawbacks have come to notice in the said Acts.
ICF Study Showing $30B Per Year Needed on New Pipeline Infrastructure in US/C...Marcellus Drilling News
A new research report titled The study is titled, "North America Midstream Infrastructure through 2035: Capitalizing on Our Energy Abundance" that shows midstream (pipeline) and related infrastructure spending in the U.S. and Canada will need to be on the order of $30 billion per year through 2035 ($641B total) in order to keep pace with the rapid development of shale energy resources. The spending and buildout of new infrastructure will result in 432,000 new jobs and approximately $885 billion in new spending throughout U.S. and Canadian economies. Truly staggering numbers.
The new report was prepared by ICF International for the INGAA Foundation (Interstate Natural Gas Association of America) and ANGA (America’s Natural Gas Alliance).
Consent Order from PA DEP Signed by Halliburton Admitting Guilt over HCl Stor...Marcellus Drilling News
A Consent Assessment of Civil Penalty signed by Halliburton (issued by the Pennsylvania Dept of Environmental Protection) in which Halliburton admits to guilt over hauling, storing and treating over the legal limit of hydrochloric acid (HCl) at a facility in Homer City, PA. This activity went on from 1999 to 2011. Halliburton was given a pass because they claimed the quantities of HCl they handled at the facility was small enough to exempt them from PA's Solid Waste Management Act of 1980. The DEP eventually investigated and discovered the violation and fined Halliburon $1.8 million--one of the largest fines in PA DEP history.
An update to a study originally published in 2008. This new study (2012), titled "Selected Economic & Demographic Indicators in Particular Counties in the Barnett, Fayetteville and Marcellus Shale Play" is published by a consortia of colleges in northeastern Pennsylvania called the Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development. The data show the dramatic impact shale gas drilling has had in NE PA on employment and median income. It also shows counties where drilling does not happen have far less of an impact (no surprise there).
ACCF Letter to DOE Sec. Ernest Moniz Requesting Expedited Approval of LNG Exp...Marcellus Drilling News
A letter from the American Council for Capital Formation to Dept. of Energy Sec. Ernest Moniz making the case for more liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. The DOE under Moniz is charged with approving exports of energy to countries with no free trade agreement with the U.S. They have approved 5 such facilities, but another 21 permits have been filed. Anti-drillers don't want more exports. ACCF provides Moniz with compelling reasons to push forward, quickly, with approvals for more of the LNG export facilities.
The final list of disbursements that will be issued by the state of Pennsylvania to counties and towns as a result of revenue raised from a new Impact Fee, provided for in the new Act 13 drilling law. Collection and disbursement is handled by the PA Public Utility Commission.
World energy markets outlook from some of the best and brightest minds both inside and outside of BP--one of the world's largest energy companies. The outlook reflects a ‘to the best of our knowledge’ assessment of the world’s likely path from today’s vantage point. It is not a statement about how BP would like the market to evolve, but rather how they believe it will evolve. Published Jan. 2013.
An annual survey of energy industry executives and managers asking a series of questions about the desirability and barriers to investing in oil and gas drilling in geographies around the world. Each geography is ranked and a table (starting on page 15 of this report) details those rankings from best to worst place to invest.
A letter from the governors of 6 New England states to the Independent System Operator of New England (ISO New England) requesting regulatory help in bringing in a new natural gas pipeline from the Marcellus Shale to New England to help alleviate existing constraints (not enough natgas for New England). It is a remarkable request coming from 5 Democrat and 1 Republican governors--the bluest of blue states that typically oppose fracking and fossil fuels.
WV House Bill 4411 Allowing Shale Drill Cuttings in Special LandfillsMarcellus Drilling News
West Virginia House Bill (HB) 4411 was passed by a special session of the WV legislature on Friday, March 14. The bill removes caps from landfills on receiving drill cuttings. However, it also establishes in law strict requirements that landfills accepting drill cuttings (over a specified volume) must construct a special cell to store the cuttings, must monitor the leachate coming from the landfill, and must install radiation detectors at the landfill. The bill now goes to WV Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin who is expected to sign it.
IFR (Interim Final Rule) issued by the Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) granting the Secretary of the Dept. of Transportation broad new powers to bypass laws and regulations and make fiat decisions if he/she believes the public is in danger with respect to a pipeline.
ICF Study Showing $30B Per Year Needed on New Pipeline Infrastructure in US/C...Marcellus Drilling News
A new research report titled The study is titled, "North America Midstream Infrastructure through 2035: Capitalizing on Our Energy Abundance" that shows midstream (pipeline) and related infrastructure spending in the U.S. and Canada will need to be on the order of $30 billion per year through 2035 ($641B total) in order to keep pace with the rapid development of shale energy resources. The spending and buildout of new infrastructure will result in 432,000 new jobs and approximately $885 billion in new spending throughout U.S. and Canadian economies. Truly staggering numbers.
The new report was prepared by ICF International for the INGAA Foundation (Interstate Natural Gas Association of America) and ANGA (America’s Natural Gas Alliance).
Consent Order from PA DEP Signed by Halliburton Admitting Guilt over HCl Stor...Marcellus Drilling News
A Consent Assessment of Civil Penalty signed by Halliburton (issued by the Pennsylvania Dept of Environmental Protection) in which Halliburton admits to guilt over hauling, storing and treating over the legal limit of hydrochloric acid (HCl) at a facility in Homer City, PA. This activity went on from 1999 to 2011. Halliburton was given a pass because they claimed the quantities of HCl they handled at the facility was small enough to exempt them from PA's Solid Waste Management Act of 1980. The DEP eventually investigated and discovered the violation and fined Halliburon $1.8 million--one of the largest fines in PA DEP history.
An update to a study originally published in 2008. This new study (2012), titled "Selected Economic & Demographic Indicators in Particular Counties in the Barnett, Fayetteville and Marcellus Shale Play" is published by a consortia of colleges in northeastern Pennsylvania called the Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development. The data show the dramatic impact shale gas drilling has had in NE PA on employment and median income. It also shows counties where drilling does not happen have far less of an impact (no surprise there).
ACCF Letter to DOE Sec. Ernest Moniz Requesting Expedited Approval of LNG Exp...Marcellus Drilling News
A letter from the American Council for Capital Formation to Dept. of Energy Sec. Ernest Moniz making the case for more liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. The DOE under Moniz is charged with approving exports of energy to countries with no free trade agreement with the U.S. They have approved 5 such facilities, but another 21 permits have been filed. Anti-drillers don't want more exports. ACCF provides Moniz with compelling reasons to push forward, quickly, with approvals for more of the LNG export facilities.
The final list of disbursements that will be issued by the state of Pennsylvania to counties and towns as a result of revenue raised from a new Impact Fee, provided for in the new Act 13 drilling law. Collection and disbursement is handled by the PA Public Utility Commission.
World energy markets outlook from some of the best and brightest minds both inside and outside of BP--one of the world's largest energy companies. The outlook reflects a ‘to the best of our knowledge’ assessment of the world’s likely path from today’s vantage point. It is not a statement about how BP would like the market to evolve, but rather how they believe it will evolve. Published Jan. 2013.
An annual survey of energy industry executives and managers asking a series of questions about the desirability and barriers to investing in oil and gas drilling in geographies around the world. Each geography is ranked and a table (starting on page 15 of this report) details those rankings from best to worst place to invest.
A letter from the governors of 6 New England states to the Independent System Operator of New England (ISO New England) requesting regulatory help in bringing in a new natural gas pipeline from the Marcellus Shale to New England to help alleviate existing constraints (not enough natgas for New England). It is a remarkable request coming from 5 Democrat and 1 Republican governors--the bluest of blue states that typically oppose fracking and fossil fuels.
WV House Bill 4411 Allowing Shale Drill Cuttings in Special LandfillsMarcellus Drilling News
West Virginia House Bill (HB) 4411 was passed by a special session of the WV legislature on Friday, March 14. The bill removes caps from landfills on receiving drill cuttings. However, it also establishes in law strict requirements that landfills accepting drill cuttings (over a specified volume) must construct a special cell to store the cuttings, must monitor the leachate coming from the landfill, and must install radiation detectors at the landfill. The bill now goes to WV Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin who is expected to sign it.
IFR (Interim Final Rule) issued by the Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) granting the Secretary of the Dept. of Transportation broad new powers to bypass laws and regulations and make fiat decisions if he/she believes the public is in danger with respect to a pipeline.
Quarterly legislative action update: Marcellus and Utica shale region (4Q16)Marcellus Drilling News
A quarterly update from the legal beagles at global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. A quarterly legislative action update for the second quarter of 2016 looking at previously laws acted upon, and new laws introduced, affecting the oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
An update from Spectra Energy on their proposed $3 billion project to connect four existing pipeline systems to flow more Marcellus/Utica gas to New England. In short, Spectra has put the project on pause until mid-2017 while it attempts to get new customers signed.
A letter from Rover Pipeline to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requesting the agency issue the final certificate that will allow Rover to begin tree-clearing and construction of the 511-mile pipeline through Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Michigan. If the certificate is delayed beyond the end of 2016, it will delay the project an extra year due to tree-clearing restrictions (to accommodate federally-protected bats).
DOE Order Granting Elba Island LNG Right to Export to Non-FTA CountriesMarcellus Drilling News
An order issued by the U.S. Dept. of Energy that allows the Elba Island LNG export facility to export LNG to countries with no free trade agreement with the U.S. Countries like Japan and India have no FTA with our country (i.e. friendly countries)--so this is good news indeed. Although the facility would have operated by sending LNG to FTA countries, this order opens the market much wider.
A study released in December 2016 by the London School of Economics, titled "On the Comparative Advantage of U.S. Manufacturing: Evidence from the Shale Gas Revolution." While America has enough shale gas to export plenty of it, exporting it is not as economic as exporting oil due to the elaborate processes to liquefy and regassify natural gas--therefore a lot of the gas stays right here at home, making the U.S. one of (if not the) cheapest places on the planet to establish manufacturing plants, especially for manufacturers that use natural gas and NGLs (natural gas liquids). Therefore, manufacturing, especially in the petrochemical sector, is ramping back up in the U.S. For every two jobs created by fracking, another one job is created in the manufacturing sector.
Letter From 24 States Asking Trump & Congress to Withdraw the Unlawful Clean ...Marcellus Drilling News
A letter from the attorneys general from 24 of the states opposed to the Obama Clean Power Plan to President-Elect Trump, RINO Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel and RINO House Speaker Paul Ryan. The letter asks Trump to dump the CPP on Day One when he takes office, and asks Congress to adopt legislation to prevent the EPA from such an egregious overreach ever again.
Report: New U.S. Power Costs: by County, with Environmental ExternalitiesMarcellus Drilling News
Natural gas and wind are the lowest-cost technology options for new electricity generation across much of the U.S. when cost, public health impacts and environmental effects are considered. So says this new research paper released by The University of Texas at Austin. Researchers assessed multiple generation technologies including coal, natural gas, solar, wind and nuclear. Their findings are depicted in a series of maps illustrating the cost of each generation technology on a county-by-county basis throughout the U.S.
Annual report issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration showing oil and natural gas proved reserves, in this case for 2015. These reports are issued almost a year after the period for which they report. This report shows proved reserves for natural gas dropped by 64.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), or 16.6%. U.S. crude oil and lease condensate proved reserves also decreased--from 39.9 billion barrels to 35.2 billion barrels (down 11.8%) in 2015. Proved reserves are calculated on a number of factors, including price.
The monthly tabulation and prediction from the U.S. Energy Information Administration on production and activity in the largest 7 U.S. shale plays. All 7 shale plays will experience a decrease in natural gas production from the previous month due to low commodity prices.
Velocys is the manufacturer of gas-to-liquids (GTL) plants that convert natural gas (a hyrdocarbon) into other hydrocarbons, like diesel fuel, gasoline, and even waxes. This PowerPoint presentation lays out the Velocys plan to get the company growing. GTL plants have not (so far) taken off in the U.S. Velocys hopes to change that. They specialize in small GTL plants.
PA DEP Revised Permit for Natural Gas Compression Stations, Processing Plants...Marcellus Drilling News
In January 2016, Gov. Wolf announced the DEP would revise its current general permit (GP-5) to update the permitting requirements for sources at natural gas compression, processing, and transmission facilities. This is the revised GP-5.
PA DEP Permit for Unconventional NatGas Well Site Operations and Remote Piggi...Marcellus Drilling News
In January 2016, PA Gov. Wolf announced the Dept. of Environmental Protection would develop a general permit for sources at new or modified unconventional well sites and remote pigging stations (GP-5A). This is the proposed permit.
Onerous new regulations for the Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale industry proposed by the state Dept. of Environmental Protection. The new regs will, according to the DEP, help PA reduce so-called fugitive methane emissions and some types of air pollution (VOCs). This is liberal Gov. Tom Wolf's way of addressing mythical man-made global warming.
The monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) from the U.S. Energy Information Administration for December 2016. This issue makes a couple of key points re natural gas: (1) EIA predicts that natural gas production in the U.S. for 2016 will see a healthy decline over 2015 levels--1.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) less in 2016. That's the first annual production decline since 2005! (2) The EIA predicts the average price for natural gas at the benchmark Henry Hub will climb from $2.49/Mcf (thousand cubic feet) in 2016 to a whopping $3.27/Mcf in 2017. Why the jump? Growing domestic natural gas consumption, along with higher pipeline exports to Mexico and liquefied natural gas exports.
A sort of "year in review" for the gas industry in the northeast. If you could boil it all down, the word that appears prominently throughout is "delay" with respect to important natgas pipeline projects. From the Constitution, which should have already been built by now, to smaller projects, delays were the prominent trend for 2016.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission responded to each point raised in a draft copy of the PA Auditor General's audit of how Act 13 impact fee money, raised from Marcellus Shale drillers, gets spent by local municipalities. The PUC says it's not their job to monitor how the money gets spent, only in how much is raised and distributed.
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Act 13/Impact Fees Audit by PA Auditor...Marcellus Drilling News
A biased look at how 60% of impact fees raised from PA's shale drilling are spent, by the anti-drilling PA Auditor General. He chose to ignore an audit of 40% of the impact fees, which go to Harrisburg and disappear into the black hole of Harrisburg spending. The Auditor General claims, without basis in fact, that up to 24% of the funds are spent on items not allowed under the Act 13 law.
The final report from the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection that finds, after several years of testing, no elevated levels of radiation from acid mine drainage coming from the Clyde Mine, flowing into Ten Mile Creek. Radical anti-drillers tried to smear the Marcellus industry with false claims of illegal wastewater dumping into the mine, with further claims of elevated radiation levels in the creek. After years of testing, the DEP found those allegations to be false.
FERC Order Denying Stay of Kinder Morgan's Broad Run Expansion ProjectMarcellus Drilling News
Several anti-drillers filed an appeal of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Certificate for the Kinder Morgan Broad Run Expansion Project, asking for a stay claiming a removal of 40 acres of forest for a compressor station would irreparably harm Mom Earth. FERC has ruled against the stay and told the antis Mom Earth will be just fine.
‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
An astonishing, first-of-its-kind, report by the NYT assessing damage in Ukraine. Even if the war ends tomorrow, in many places there will be nothing to go back to.
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1. Legislative Service Commission -507- Am. Sub. H.B. 59
As Passed by the General Assembly
Material safety data sheet
(R.C. 1509.10)
The act requires the term "material safety data sheet," as used in the statute
governing well completion records in the Oil and Gas Law, to conform to any revision
of or change in the term by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
TENORM and other material from horizontal wells
(R.C. 1509.074, 3734.01, 3734.02, 3734.125, 3748.01, and 3748.04)
The act establishes requirements and procedures governing technologically
enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material as defined by the act (hereafter
TENORM) (see below) and other material from horizontal wells. It assigns to the
Departments of Natural Resources and Health and the Environmental Protection
Agency specific functions and responsibilities regarding those requirements and
procedures. Under the Oil and Gas Law, a horizontal well is a well that is drilled for the
production of oil or gas in which the wellbore reaches a horizontal or near horizontal
position in the Point Pleasant, Utica, or Marcellus formation and the well is stimulated.
Department of Natural Resources
With regard to material, presumably any material, that results from the
construction, operation, or plugging of a horizontal well, the act establishes all of the
following requirements and procedures in the Oil and Gas Law:
(1) Except as discussed below, the owner of a well or a person that is an
authorized agent of the owner (hereafter owner) must determine the concentration of
radium-226 and radium-228 in representative samples of the material if the material is
TENORM. The owner must provide for the collection and analysis of the representative
samples of the material, which must be performed in accordance with requirements
approved by the Chief of the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management. The act
does not specify under what authority or in accordance with what procedures the Chief
approves those requirements.
Additionally, the owner cannot remove the material from the location associated
with the production operation of the horizontal well until the analysis is complete and
the results are available. However, the owner may do one of the following:
--Temporarily store the material in an area adjacent to that location while the
results from the analysis are pending if the material is located in an area that is
designated by the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management and the owner
complies with all conditions imposed by the Chief; or
2. Legislative Service Commission -508- Am. Sub. H.B. 59
As Passed by the General Assembly
--Prior to the collection of representative samples, transport the material to a
location for which a permit or order has been issued under the act for the storage,
recycling, treatment, processing, or disposal of brine or other waste substances (see
"Brine and other waste substances," above). The owner must provide for the
collection of representative samples of the material at that location in the same manner
as discussed above and must temporarily store the material at that location while the
results from the analysis are pending.
The act does not specify any other purpose of the analysis or use of the results.
An owner who has obtained results from the collection and analysis must keep
and maintain the results for a period of three years. The owner must provide a copy of
the results to the Chief upon request.
(2) The owner is not required to determine the concentration of radium-226 and
radium-228 of the TENORM if any of the following applies:
--The material is reused in the horizontal well from where it originated or is
transferred to another site for reuse in a horizontal well. For purposes of that provision,
a material is reused if the material is used in a substantially similar manner as it was
originally used.
--The owner disposes of the material at an injection well for which a permit has
been issued under continuing law;
--The owner uses the material in association with a method of enhanced recovery
for which a permit has been issued under ongoing law; or
--The material is transported out of the state for lawful disposal, in which case
the owner must retain records that substantiate the lawful disposal and provide them to
the Chief upon request.
(3) Except as discussed above in item (2), the owner must transport and dispose
of TENORM in accordance with all applicable laws.
(4) If the material is not TENORM and the material has come in contact with a
refined oil-based substance, the owner must do one of the following:
--If the material is removed from the location associated with the production
operation of the well or from a location specified in a permit or order issued under the
act for the storage, recycling, treatment, processing, or disposal of brine or other waste
substances as discussed above, dispose of the material at a solid waste facility that is
authorized to accept the material in accordance with the Solid, Hazardous, and
3. Legislative Service Commission -509- Am. Sub. H.B. 59
As Passed by the General Assembly
Infectious Wastes Law and rules adopted under it, or beneficially use the material in
accordance with rules adopted by the Director of Environmental Protection under the
act (see below); or
--If the material is not removed from the location associated with the production
operation of the well, recycle or reuse it with the approval of the Chief.
(5) If the material is not TENORM and the material has not come in contact with
a refined oil-based substance, the material may be used at the location associated with
the production operation of the horizontal well or at another location associated with a
production operation.
Environmental Protection Agency
The act prohibits the owner or operator of a solid waste facility licensed under
the Solid, Hazardous, and Infectious Wastes Law (hereafter licensed solid waste facility)
from accepting for transfer or disposal TENORM if that material contains or is
contaminated with radium-226, radium-228, or both (hereafter contaminated TENORM)
at concentrations equal to or greater than five picocuries per gram above natural
background. It defines "natural background" as two picocuries per gram or the actual
number of picocuries per gram as measured at an individual licensed solid waste
facility, subject to verification by the Director of Health. The act does not specify who is
required to take the measurements or how it is determined if the two picocuries level or
the actual number of picocuries level applies.
The owner or operator of a licensed solid waste facility may receive and process,
for purposes other than transfer or disposal, contaminated TENORM at concentrations
equal to or greater than five picocuries per gram above natural background, provided
that the owner or operator has obtained and maintains all other necessary
authorizations, including any authorization required by rules adopted by the Director
of Health under the Radiation Control Program Law.
Under the act, the Director of Environmental Protection may adopt rules in
accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act governing the receipt, acceptance,
processing, handling, management, and disposal by licensed solid waste facilities of
material that contains or is contaminated with radioactive material, including
contaminated TENORM at concentrations less than five picocuries per gram above
natural background. The rules may include, at a minimum, requirements in accordance
with which the owner or operator of a licensed solid waste facility must do both of the
following:
(1) Monitor leachate and ground water for radium-226, radium-228, and other
radionuclides; and
4. Legislative Service Commission -510- Am. Sub. H.B. 59
As Passed by the General Assembly
(2) Develop procedures to ensure that TENORM accepted at the facility neither
contains nor is contaminated with radium-226, radium-228, or both at concentrations
equal to or greater than five picocuries per gram above natural background.
Additionally, the act prohibits the owner or operator of a licensed solid waste
facility from receiving, accepting, processing, handling, managing, or disposing of
TENORM associated with drilling operations without first obtaining representative
analytical results to determine compliance with the above provisions and rules adopted
by the Director under them. The act defines "drilling operation" to include a production
operation as that term is defined in the Oil and Gas Law, which defines "production
operation" in part as all operations and activities and all related equipment, facilities,
and other structures that may be used in or associated with the exploration and
production of oil, gas, or other mineral resources that are regulated under that Law.
Under the act, the Director may adopt rules in accordance with the
Administrative Procedure Act establishing requirements governing the beneficial use of
material from a horizontal well that has come in contact with a refined oil-based
substance and that is not TENORM. The act expands the definition of "beneficially use"
in the Solid, Hazardous, and Infectious Wastes Law to include, with regard to material
from a horizontal well as described above, to use the material in any manner authorized
as a beneficial use in rules adopted by the Director under the act.
Department of Health
The act requires the Director of Health to adopt rules in accordance with the
Administrative Procedure Act establishing requirements governing TENORM and
requiring the maintenance of records on the receipt, use, storage, transfer, and disposal
of TENORM. It stipulates that the rules must not apply to naturally occurring
radioactive material. The act defines "technologically enhanced naturally occurring
radioactive material" as naturally occurring radioactive material with radionuclide
concentrations that are increased by or as a result of past or present human activities,
excluding drill cuttings, natural background radiation, byproduct material, or source
material. "Naturally occurring radioactive material" is defined by the act to mean
material that contains any nuclide that is radioactive in its natural physical state,
excluding source material, byproduct material, or special nuclear material. "Drill
cuttings" means the soil, rock fragments, and pulverized material that are removed
from a borehole and that may include a de minimus amount of fluid that results from a
drilling process. "Byproduct material," "source material," and "special nuclear material"
are defined in the continuing Radiation Control Program Law.