DHS 157.10(2)(a)(a) Application fee. An application for a specific license shall be accompanied by payment in the full amount of the fee specified in sub. (3). The department may not process the application prior to receipt of the required fee. The application fee is not refundable except in those cases where the department determines that a license is not required. The department will consider any application abandoned if the department does not receive a reply within 90 days of its most recent request for additional information. In such cases, the applicant shall submit a new application with the application fee specified in sub. (3). DHS 157.10(2)(b)(b) Annual fee. A person holding a specific license in effect prior to the effective date of August 1, 2002, or a specific license issued after the effective date of August 1, 2002, shall pay the annual fee specified in sub. (3) at least 60 days prior to the anniversary date of the issuance of the license. The annual fee is not refundable except in those cases where the department determines that the fee is not required. DHS 157.10(2)(c)(c) Amendment fee. An application for amendment to a specific license shall be accompanied by payment in full of the fee specified in sub. (3). The department may not process the application prior to the department’s receipt of the required fee. The department may not charge an amendment fee to modify a license on its own initiative. DHS 157.10(2)(d)(d) Reciprocity fee. A person submitting an application for reciprocal recognition of a materials license issued by an agreement state or the nuclear regulatory commission shall include remittance for the full amount of the fee specified in sub. (3). The department may not process the application prior to the department’s receipt of the appropriate fee. Requests for reciprocal recognition approved by the department prior to November 1 shall remain in effect until December 31 of that year. Requests for reciprocal recognition approved on or after November 1 shall remain in effect until December 31 of the subsequent year. DHS 157.10(3)(3) Fee schedule. The following is the schedule of application, annual, amendment, and reciprocity fees for specific radioactive material licenses. DHS 157.10 HistoryHistory: CR 01-108: cr. Register July 2002 No. 559, eff. — see Note at the start of the chapter; CR 06-021: am. (3) Register October 2006 No. 610, eff. 11-1-06; CR 16-078: r. and recr. (3) Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2-1-18; CR 22-015: am. (3) (table) Register June 2023 No. 810, eff. 7-1-23. DHS 157.11(1)(a)(a) General license for certain organizations to use and transfer limited amounts of source material. A general license is issued authorizing commercial and industrial firms, research, educational and medical institutions and state and local government agencies to receive, possess, use, and transfer uranium and thorium, in their natural isotopic concentrations and in the form of depleted uranium, for research, development, educational, commercial, or operational purposes. DHS 157.11(1)(a)1.1. The general license issued under this paragraph shall be limited to the following forms and quantities: DHS 157.11(1)(a)1.a.a. No more than 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs) of uranium and thorium in dispersible forms (e.g., gaseous, liquid, powder, etc.) at any one time. Any material processed by the general licensee that alters the chemical or physical form of the material containing source material shall be accounted for as a dispersible form. A person authorized to possess, use, and transfer source material under this paragraph may not receive more than a total of 7 kg (15.4 lbs) of uranium and thorium in any one calendar year. DHS 157.11(1)(a)1.b.b. No more than a total of 7 kg (15.4 lbs) of uranium and thorium at any one time. A person authorized to possess, use, and transfer source material under this paragraph may not receive more than a total of 70 kg (154 lbs) of uranium and thorium in any one calendar year. A person may not alter the chemical or physical form of the source material possessed under this subsection unless it is accounted for under the limits of subd. 1. a. DHS 157.11(1)(a)1.c.c. No more than 7 kg (15.4 lbs) of uranium, removed during the treatment of drinking water, at any one time. A person may not remove more than 70 kg (154 lbs) of uranium from drinking water during a calendar year under this paragraph. DHS 157.11(1)(a)1.d.d. No more than 7 kg (15.4 lbs) of uranium and thorium at laboratories for the purpose of determining the concentration of uranium and thorium contained within the material being analyzed at any one time. A person authorized to possess, use, and transfer source material under this paragraph may not receive more than a total of 70 kg (154 lbs) of source material in any one calendar year. DHS 157.11(1)(a)2.2. A person who receives, possesses, uses or transfers source material under the general license issued under this paragraph shall comply with all the following: DHS 157.11(1)(a)2.a.a. Not administer source material under the general license issued under this paragraph, or radiation from the source material, either externally or internally, to human beings except as authorized by the department in a specific license. DHS 157.11(1)(a)2.c.c. Not abandon source material under the general license issued under this paragraph. DHS 157.11(1)(a)3.a.a. A cumulative total of 0.5 kg (1.1 lbs) of source material in a solid, non-dispersible form may be transferred each calendar year, by a person authorized to receive, possess, use, and transfer source material under this general license to persons receiving the material for permanent disposal. A person is exempt from the requirement to obtain a license under this subchapter if source material is transferred to the person for permanent disposal under the provisions of this paragraph, and the person is not authorized to possess source material under a specific license issued under this chapter. DHS 157.11(1)(a)4.4. A person who receives, possesses, uses or transfers source material under the general license issued under this paragraph is subject to the provisions in ss. DHS 157.01 to 157.03, 157.05 (2), 157.06 (1) to (3), 157.13 (9), (10), (15), and (16), 157.31, 157.32, 157.89 (4) (b), and 157.90 to 157.91. DHS 157.11(1)(a)5.5. A person who receives, possesses, uses, or transfers source material under the general license issued under this paragraph shall conduct activities so as to minimize contamination of the facility and the environment. The general licensee shall notify the department immediately if evidence of contamination is identified when activities at any site involving source materials have permanently ceased. The department may offer consultation to the general licensee regarding the appropriateness of sampling and restoration activities to ensure that contamination or residual source material remaining at the site is not likely to result in exposures that exceed the limits in s. DHS 157.33 (2). DHS 157.11(1)(a)6.6. A person who receives, possesses, uses or transfers source material pursuant to the specific terms of a general license issued under this paragraph, and who does not possess source material under a specific license issued under this chapter, is exempt from subchs. III and X, except that such person shall comply with ss. DHS 157.30 (1) and 157.33 (2) DHS 157.11(1)(a)7.7. No person may initially transfer or distribute source material to persons in possession of a general license issued in subd. 1. a. or b., or equivalent regulations of the NRC or another agreement state, unless authorized by a specific license issued by the department, the NRC, or another agreement state. This prohibition does not apply to analytical laboratories returning processed samples to the client who initially provided the sample. DHS 157.11(1)(b)(b) General license authorizing receipt of title to source material without regard to quantity. A general license is issued authorizing the receipt of title to source material without regard to quantity. This general license does not authorize any person to receive, possess, use or transfer source material. DHS 157.11 NoteNote: A person may take title to source material under a general license. In order to receive, possess, use or transfer source material, he or she must obtain a specific license under s. DHS 157.13.