The following eight (8) states have issued NORM/TENORM specific licensing regulations. There are other states with regulations as well, and this list will continue to grow. The links will direct you to either the agency’s website, or to the regulations. Draft rules are not added to this list since not all draft rules become regulations. 

 

ARKANSAS

Department of Health – Possession, Decontamination, and Worker Protection

 

LOUISIANA

Department of Environmental Quality – Possession, Decontamination, and Worker Protection

Department of Natural Resources – Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Waste Storage, Treatment, and Disposal

 

MISSISSIPPI

Department of Health – Possession, Decontamination, and Worker Protection

 

NEW MEXICO

Environment Department – Possession, Decontamination and Worker Protection

Oil Conservation Department – Disposal of Oil and Gas NORM

 

NORTH DAKOTA

Department of Health – Possession, Decontamination and Worker Protection

Industrial Commission – Disposal of Oil and Gas NORM

 

OHIO

Department of Health – Possession, Decontamination, and Worker Protection

 

TEXAS

Department of State Health Services – Possession, Decontamination and Worker Protection

Railroad Commission – Disposal of Oil & Gas NORM

Texas Commission of Environmental Quality – Disposal of Non-Oil & Gas NORM

 

WEST VIRGINIA

Department of Health and Human Resources – Possession, Decontamination, and Worker Protection