The Commission may impose restrictions in addition to the provisions of §§ 20.1702, 20.1703, and Appendix A to Part 20, in order to:
(a) Ensure that the respiratory protection program of the licensee is adequate to limit doses to individuals from intakes of airborne radioactive materials consistent with maintaining total effective dose equivalent ALARA; and
(b) Limit the extent to which a licensee may use respiratory protection equipment instead of process or other engineering controls.
[64 FR 54557, Oct. 7, 1999]
authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 11, 53, 63, 65, 81, 103, 104, 161, 170H, 182, 186, 223, 234, 274, 1701 (
42 U.S.C. 2014,
2073,
2093,
2095,
2111,
2133,
2134,
2201,
2210h,
2232,
2236,
2273,
2282,
2021,
2297f; Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202 (
42 U.S.C. 5841,
5842; Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985, sec. 2 (
42 U.S.C. 2021b);
44 U.S.C. 3504 note
cite as: 10 CFR 20.1704