Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL)

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PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMIT (PEL). The maximum level to which an employee

may be exposed to a hazardous agent in a specified period, as defined by the U.S.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration in 29 CFR 1910 or 29 CFR 1926. (The

airborne PEL is based on concentrations in the ambient air and does not consider

personal protective equipment.) [DOE G 440.1-3]

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PERSON. Any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public

or private institution, group, Government agency, any State or political subdivision of, or

any political entity within a State, any foreign government or nation or any political

subdivision of any such government or nation, or other entity and any legal successor,

representative, agent or agency of the foregoing; provided that person does not include

the Department or the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. For purposes of

civil penalty assessment, the term also includes affiliated entities, such as a parent

corporation. [10 CFR 820.2]

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PERSON. Any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public

or private institution, group, Government agency, any State or political subdivision of, or

any political entity within a State, any foreign government or nation or other entity, and

any legal successor, representative, agent or agency of the foregoing; provided that

person does not include the Department or the United States Nuclear Regulatory

Commission. [10 CFR 835.2]

PERSONAL MONITORING. The process of measuring the concentration of a

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hazardous chemical in the breathing zone of an individual, using a method such as a

personal air pump to gather a sample for analysis, a direct-reading instrument, or a

monitor worn by the worker in the breathing zone. For physical or biological agents, it is

the process of measuring the quantity that potentially contacts or affects any part of an

exposed individual. Area monitoring is not considered personal monitoring. (See

Continuous Air Monitoring, Monitoring, Performance Monitoring, Personnel

Monitoring, Post-Accident Monitoring Equipment, Primary Environmental Monitors,

Safety Class Monitoring Equipment, and Secondary Environmental Monitors) [DOE G

440.1-3]

PERSONNEL MONITORING (radiation). Systematic and periodic estimate of radiation

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dose received by personnel during working hours. Also, the monitoring of personnel,

their excretions, skin, or any part of their clothing to determine the amount of

radioactivity present. (See Continuous Air Monitoring, Monitoring, Performance

Monitoring, Personal Monitoring, Post-Accident Monitoring Equipment, Primary

Environmental Monitors, Safety Class Monitoring Equipment, and Secondary

Environmental Monitors) [DOE G 440.1-3]

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