§30.18 Exempt quantities.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section, any person is exempt
from the requirements for a license set forth in section 81 of the Act and from the
regulations in parts 30 through 34, 36 and 39 of this chapter to the extent that such person
receives, possesses, uses, transfers, owns, or acquires byproduct material in individual
quantities each of which does not exceed the applicable quantity set forth in §30.71,
Schedule B.
(b) Any person who possesses byproduct material received or acquired prior to
September 25, 1971 under the general license then provided in §31.4 of this chapter is
exempt from the requirements for a license set forth in section 81 of the Act and from the
regulations in parts 30 through 34 of this chapter to the extent that such person possesses,
uses, transfers, or owns such byproduct material.
(c) This section does not authorize for purposes of commercial distribution the
production, packaging, repackaging, or transfer of byproduct material or the
incorporation of byproduct material into products intended for commercial distribution.
(d) No person may, for purposes of commercial distribution, transfer byproduct material
in the individual quantities set forth in §30.71 Schedule B, knowing or having reason to
believe that such quantities of byproduct material will be transferred to persons exempt
under this section or equivalent regulations of an Agreement State, except in accordance
with a license issued under §32.18 of this chapter, which license states that the byproduct
material may be transferred by the licensee to persons exempt under this section or the
equivalent regulations of an Agreement State.
[35 FR 6427, Apr. 22, 1970, as amended at 36 FR 16898, Aug. 26, 1971; 43 FR 6921,
Feb. 17, 1978; 52 FR 8241, Mar. 17, 1987; 58 FR 7736, Feb. 9, 1993]