[Rockhounds] for those in New York City w/an interest in radioactivity

[Jim Daly]

Sounds like "Big Brother" at work.
  One more reason for the reply I give when asked where I'm from originally: "I'm from New York City. It's a good place to be from- as far from as I can manage!"
  Jim

"Jeffrey T. Cessna" <jcessna at nist.gov> wrote:
  Dave,

The story was about a proposed broad permitting program for any 
detector capable of detecting biological, chemical, or radiological 
weapons, not a ban. However, possession of a detector without a 
permit would become a misdemeanor.

Rocks would be up to New York state, since they are an NRC agreement 
state. I'm sure it is in the table of exemptions. I tried to find a 
link to the law, but

"NOTE: Part 16 APPENDIX-A (Tables) is available for inspection and/or 
copying at the New York State Department of Health, Bureau of 
Environmental Radiation Protection, Flanigan Square, 547 River 
Street, Troy, NY (518) 402-7550"

Interesting point about radon detectors. I should have thought of that.

Cheers, Jeff

At 04:38 PM 1/29/2008, you wrote:
>Jeff,
>
>? Just out of curiosity, why would they ban detecters? It doesn't make sense,
>
>why not ban rocks instead. What happens to radon detecters?
>Dave
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeffrey T. Cessna 
>To: rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com
>Sent: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:18 pm
>Subject: [Rockhounds] for those in New York City w/an interest in 
>radioactivity
>
>For any rockhounds in New York City that own radiation detectors to 
>check on their radioactive specimens, you may have to get a permit 
>from police to own that detector. This link about a proposed law was 
>posted to a medical Health Physicist listserv...?
>?
>http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0803,thompson,78873,2.html
>?
>Cheers,?
>Jeff ?
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