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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13451-13456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05851]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2014-0080]

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Regulatory Program

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft programmatic assessment results; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is requesting 
comment on a draft list of prioritized low-level radioactive waste 
(LLW) tasks based upon the assessment updates to the strategic 
assessment (now called a programmatic assessment) performed in 2007. 
The objective of this updated assessment remains the same as the 2007 
assessment; that is, to identify and prioritize tasks that the NRC 
staff can undertake to ensure a stable, reliable, and adaptable 
regulatory framework for effective LLW management, while also 
considering future needs and changes that may occur in the nation's 
commercial LLW management system.
    In 2014, through public meetings, webinars, and Federal Register 
notices, the NRC staff solicited public comment on what changes, if 
any, should be made to the current LLW program's regulatory framework, 
as well as specific actions that the staff might undertake to 
facilitate such changes. The NRC staff considered the comments 
received, performed an assessment of the comments, and developed a 
draft list of prioritized LLW tasks.

DATES: Submit comments by April 13, 2015. Comments received after this 
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the NRC is 
able to assure consideration only for comments received on or before 
this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods 
(unless this document describes a different method for submitting 
comments on a specific subject):
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0080. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 
of this document.
     Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, 
Mail Stop: OWFN-12-H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, 
DC 20555-0001.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Dembek, telephone: 301-415-
2342, email: [email protected]; or Melanie C. Wong, telephone: 
301-415-2432, email: [email protected], both are staff of the Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2014-0080 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information regarding this document. You may 
obtain publicly-available information related to this document by any 
of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2014-0080.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The 
``Strategic Assessment of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Regulatory 
Program'' and ``Transcript of Public Workshop on Low-Level Radioactive 
Waste Disposal Rulemaking and Strategic Assessment of Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste'' are available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. 
ML071350291 and ML14086A540.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2014-0080 in the subject line of your 
comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into 
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove 
identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS.

II. Background

    In 2007, due to developments in the national program for LLW 
disposal, as well as changes in the regulatory environment, the NRC's 
LLW program faced new challenges and issues. New technical issues 
related to protection of public health and the environment and security 
emerged. These challenges and issues included (1) the need for greater 
flexibility and reliability in LLW disposal options; (2) increased 
storage of Class B and Class C LLW because of the potential closing of 
the Barnwell, South Carolina disposal facility to out-of-compact waste 
generators; (3) the potential need to dispose of large quantities of 
power plant decommissioning waste, as well as depleted uranium (DU) 
from enrichment facilities; (4) increased safety concerns; (5) the need 
for greater LLW program resources than were available; (6) increased 
security concerns related to storing LLW in general and sealed 
radioactive sources in particular; and (7) the potential for generation 
of new waste streams (for example, by the next generation of nuclear 
reactors and the potential reemergence of nuclear fuel reprocessing in 
the United States).
    Based on these challenges and issues, the NRC staff conducted a 
Strategic Assessment of the NRC's LLW regulatory program. Based on 
extensive stakeholder input during public meetings, the NRC staff 
received a variety of tasks to be included in the

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Strategic Assessment and evaluated them based on the overall strategic 
objectives for ensuring safety, and security, and other factors. From 
these solicited tasks, the NRC developed a list of 20 tasks responsive 
to identified programmatic needs. These tasks were assigned priorities 
of high, medium, or low, and ranged from narrowly focused tasks such as 
updating LLW storage guidance to broader tasks such as suggesting 
legislative changes to Congress to improve the national LLW program.
    The NRC staff issued the strategic assessment in late 2007 in SECY-
07-0180, ``Strategic Assessment of Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
Regulatory Program'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML071350291). The strategic 
assessment identified and prioritized the NRC staff's tasks to ensure 
that the LLW program continued to: (1) Ensure safe and secure LLW 
disposal; (2) improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and adaptability 
of the NRC's LLW regulatory program; and (3) ensure regulatory 
stability, and predictability, while allowing flexibility in disposal 
options.
    Since 2007, the NRC has completed several high priority tasks 
identified in the 2007 Strategic Assessment, including updating 
guidance for LLW storage and evaluating the disposal of DU and the 
measures needed to ensure its safe disposal. In addition, the NRC 
continues to work on the revisions to part 61 of Title 10 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) and implementation of the update to the 
Concentration Averaging and Encapsulation Branch Technical Position. In 
addition, the national LLW program continues to evolve.
    To set the direction for the NRC's LLW regulatory program in the 
next several years, the NRC began developing a new strategic assessment 
of its LLW program (now called a programmatic assessment). The 
objective of this updated programmatic assessment remains the same as 
the 2007 strategic assessment; i.e., to identify and prioritize tasks 
that the NRC can undertake to ensure a stable, reliable and adaptable 
regulatory framework for effective LLW management, while also 
considering future needs and changes that may occur in the nation's 
commercial LLW management system.
    The NRC solicited public comment on what changes, if any, should be 
made to the current LLW program's regulatory framework, as well as 
specific actions that the NRC might undertake to facilitate such 
changes. Specifically, the NRC requested comments at a public workshop 
in Phoenix, Arizona on March 7, 2014. Additionally, the NRC requested 
comments by issuing a Federal Register notice on May 15, 2014 (79 FR 
27772), with a 60-day public comment period. The NRC also held webinars 
on June 17, 2014, and July 8, 2014, requesting comments on the proposed 
update to the assessment. The initial comment period was scheduled to 
close on July 14, 2014. However, on July 9, 2014 (79 FR 38796), the NRC 
extended the comment period to September 15, 2014. The NRC sought 
comments on developments that would affect the LLW regulatory program 
over the next several years and that would affect licensees and sited 
States and actions that the NRC could take to ensure safety, security, 
and the protection of the environment.
    The NRC received twelve comment submissions to the Federal Register 
notices and also received numerous comments as the result of the public 
meeting and webinars. The comment submissions are available on the 
federal rulemaking Web site at http://www.regulations.gov under Docket 
ID NRC-2014-0080.

III. Updated Prioritized List of LLW Tasks

    The NRC received numerous comments in response to the request for 
suggested updates to the programmatic assessment. Many commenters 
expressed similar views, but there also were conflicting comments 
(e.g., some commenters wanted the NRC to make it easier to dispose of 
Low Activity Waste (LAW) at Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
sites or other disposal facilities not licensed in accordance with the 
NRC's regulations in 10 CFR part 61; other commenters wanted the NRC to 
require that disposal of LAW be done only at licensed LLW sites). 
Comments that were determined to be outside the scope of the 
programmatic assessment or comments related to tasks that have been 
recently completed by the NRC are not addressed in this programmatic 
assessment.
    To evaluate and prioritize these comments, the NRC used the LLW 
strategic objective that was developed for the 2007 strategic 
assessment. Specifically, in SECY-07-0180 the NRC used the NRC's 
Strategic Plan to develop a strategic objective for the LLW regulatory 
program. To ensure the strategic objective was still current, the NRC 
reviewed the latest version of the NRC's Strategic Plan (Strategic 
Plan: Fiscal Years 2014-2018 (NUREG-1614, Volume 6, which can be found 
at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1614/v6/). The NRC concluded that the strategic objective developed in SECY-
07-0180 is still applicable. The strategic objective is: ``The 
objective of the NRC's LLW regulatory program is to provide for a 
stable, reliable, and adaptable regulatory framework for effective LLW 
management, while maintaining safety, security, and protection of the 
environment.'' The NRC evaluated whether the need to complete each task 
was a short, medium, or long term priority. Also, the NRC considered 
potential costs and benefits along with consideration of the 
availability of disposal options.
    The NRC used the list of 20 items in SECY-07-0180, as a starting 
point and combined, deleted, or added items based on the current LLW 
landscape and on stakeholder comments received in 2014.

Completed Tasks

    Task 5, ``Review and update guidance on extended storage of LLW for 
materials and fuel cycle licensees and review industry guidance for 
reactors.'' This item was completed by the NRC by issuing Regulatory 
Issue Summary (RIS) 2008-12, ``Considerations for Extended Interim 
Storage of Low-Level Radioactive Waste by Fuel Cycle and Materials 
Licensees,'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML073330725) and RIS 2011-09 
``Available Resources Associated with Extended Storage of Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste,'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML111520042).
    Task 13, ``Identify new waste streams.'' This item is considered 
completed because the proposed changes to 10 CFR part 61 (i.e., Site-
Specific Analysis Rulemaking) are broad enough to include potential new 
waste streams that may be developed in the future.
    Task 17, ``Develop information notice on waste minimization.'' This 
item is considered completed because in 2012 the NRC issued its ``Low-
Level Radioactive Waste Management and Volume Reduction,'' policy 
statement that addressed this issue and no further work is anticipated 
by the NRC. This policy statement is available on the federal 
rulemaking Web site at http://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-
2011-0183.
    The completed tasks were removed from the task list:

Combined Tasks

    Similar tasks were grouped together, specifically under the topics 
related to the revision to 10 CFR part 61. Several tasks in the 2007 
assessment were related to the proposed revision to 10 CFR part 61 
including, determining if disposal of large quantities of DU would

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change the waste classification tables; developing guidance on 
alternate waste classification; and implementing major revisions to 10 
CFR part 61. Based on the Commission's direction, the NRC's efforts 
related to revision to 10 CFR part 61 has been limited to specifying a 
requirement for a site-specific analysis and associated technical 
requirements for unique waste streams including the disposal of 
significant quantities of DU. These tasks have been combined and 
separated into two tasks, ``Complete and Implement Site-Specific 
Analysis Rulemaking,'' and ``Update the Waste Classification Tables.'' 
Once the Site-Specific Analysis Rulemaking is complete, in accordance 
with Revised Staff Requirements-SECY-13-0001, ``Staff Recommendations 
for Improving the Integration of the Ongoing 10 CFR part 61 Rulemaking 
Initiatives'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML13085A318), the NRC staff plans to 
communicate further with the Commission on the need for a second 
rulemaking for revising the waste classification tables.

Deleted Tasks

    Several items included in the table in SECY-07-0180 were deleted 
from the table in this section.
    These items were:
    Task 1, ``Evaluate potential changes to LLW regulatory program as a 
result of severe curtailment of disposal capacity.'' This item was 
deleted because the anticipated curtailment of disposal capacity did 
not occur and is not expected to occur in the near term.
    Task 8, ``Examine the desirability and benefits of legislative 
changes.'' As with Task 1, this item was deleted because the 
anticipated curtailment of disposal capacity did not occur and is not 
expected to occur in the near term.
    Task 15, ``Develop waste acceptance criteria for LLW disposal in 
uranium mill tailings impoundments.'' The NRC anticipated that some LLW 
would need to be disposed in uranium mill tailing impoundments due to 
the diminishing capacity at LLW disposal sites. This item was deleted 
because the anticipated curtailment of disposal capacity did not occur 
and is not expected to occur in the near term.

Added Task

    A new task has been added to the list, ``Update NUREG/BR-0204, Rev. 
2 (July 1998), ``Instructions for Completing NRC's Uniform Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste Manifest.'' NUREG/BR-0204 provides instructions for 
completing the NRC's Forms 540/540A, 541/541A, and 542/542A.'' These 
forms are collectively known as the uniform manifest. Stakeholders and 
the NRC have identified items on the forms that should/need to be 
revised. For example, instructions for manifest reporting of the 
activities of hydrogen-3, carbon-14, technetium-99, and iodine-129, 
when their activities are below the lower limit of detection, will be 
clarified. Additionally, work on the 10 CFR part 61 rulemaking also 
identified needed revisions to the forms.
    Table 1 reflects the NRC's views on the tasks that should receive 
priority consideration moving forward.

                  Table 1--LLW Programmatic Assessment: Summary of Tasks Evaluated by NRC Staff
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                                                                                                 Rationale for
              Task                   Description       Current ranking      Previous ranking   change in ranking
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1. Complete and Implement Site-  This task           High...............  Not applicable,      Not applicable,
 Specific Analysis Rulemaking.    includes:                                this is a combined   this is a
                                  Developing                               task..               combined task.
                                  guidance that
                                  explains how to
                                  meet the
                                  provisions of the
                                  proposed changes
                                  to 10 CFR part
                                  61; and
                                  implementing
                                  revisions to 10
                                  CFR part 61. This
                                  task would
                                  address changes
                                  to 10 CFR part 61
                                  that cannot be
                                  implemented
                                  through guidance
                                  changes. This
                                  task is currently
                                  ongoing.
2. Update the Waste              This task will      High...............  High...............  Not applicable,
 Classification Tables.           include:                                                      no change in
                                  Determining if                                                ranking.
                                  the disposal of
                                  large quantities
                                  of DU would
                                  change the waste
                                  classification
                                  tables and
                                  revising the
                                  waste
                                  classification
                                  tables.
3. Implement the Updated         The NRC is          High...............  High...............  Not applicable,
 Concentration Averaging and      implementing the                                              no change in
 Encapsulation Branch Technical   recently issued                                               ranking.
 Position (BTP).                  updated BTP.
                                  Implementation
                                  would include
                                  public
                                  information
                                  meetings and
                                  training. This
                                  task is currently
                                  ongoing.
4. Perform scoping study of the  This task includes  High...............  High...............  Not applicable,
 need to review/expand            identifying the                                               no change in
 byproduct material financial     need, if any, and                                             ranking.
 assurance to account for life-   rationale for
 cycle cost.                      additional
                                  financial
                                  planning for end-
                                  of-life
                                  management of
                                  radioactive
                                  sealed sources
                                  and, if
                                  necessary, other
                                  byproduct
                                  material. This
                                  would include,
                                  but not
                                  necessarily be
                                  limited to,
                                  Category 1 and 2
                                  sources included
                                  in the 2014
                                  Radiation Source
                                  Protection and
                                  Security Task
                                  Force Report,
                                  Recommendation 2.
                                  This task is
                                  currently ongoing.

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5. Clarify the regulatory        This task will      High...............  Medium.............  The DOE is in the
 authority of greater-than-       include:                                                      finalization
 Class C (GTCC) waste disposal    Determining the                                               stage of the
 and develop licensing criteria   regulatory                                                    final
 for a GTCC disposal facility.    authority for                                                 environmental
                                  licensing a GTCC                                              impact statement
                                  waste disposal                                                for GTCC waste
                                  facility and                                                  disposal. The
                                  developing                                                    NRC needs to be
                                  licensing                                                     prepared should
                                  criteria for GTCC                                             DOE submit a
                                  disposal in                                                   license
                                  facilities other                                              application for
                                  than those of the                                             GTCC waste
                                  deep geologic                                                 disposal.
                                  type. This could
                                  include the
                                  identification of
                                  necessary site
                                  and waste
                                  characteristics,
                                  as well as
                                  facility baseline
                                  design criteria.
                                  Whether this task
                                  is necessary
                                  depends upon
                                  whether the U.S.
                                  Department of
                                  Energy (DOE)
                                  chooses a non-
                                  geologic
                                  repository for
                                  GTCC disposal.
                                  This task is
                                  currently ongoing.
6. Finalize internal procedure/  To improve          High...............  High...............  Not applicable,
 Standard Review Plan for 10      consistency and                                               no change in
 CFR 20.2002 requests.            transparency, the                                             ranking.
                                  NRC is finalizing
                                  implementation
                                  guidance for 10
                                  CFR 20.2002,
                                  ``Method for
                                  obtaining
                                  approval of
                                  proposed disposal
                                  procedures.''
                                  This task in
                                  currently ongoing.
7. Update NUREG/BR-0204, Rev. 2  NUREG/BR-0204       High...............  Not applicable,      Not applicable,
 (July 1998), ``Instructions      provides                                 this is a new        this is a new
 for Completing NRC's Uniform     instructions for                         task..               task.
 Low-Level Radioactive Waste      completing the
 Manifest''.                      NRC's Forms 540/
                                  540A, 541/541A,
                                  and 542/542A.
                                  These forms are
                                  collectively
                                  known as the
                                  uniform manifest.
                                  Stakeholders and
                                  the NRC have
                                  identified items
                                  on the forms that
                                  should/need to be
                                  revised.
                                  Additionally,
                                  work on the 10
                                  CFR part 61
                                  rulemaking also
                                  identified needed
                                  revisions to the
                                  forms. This task
                                  is currently
                                  ongoing.
8. Develop guidance that         This task would     Medium.............  Medium.............  Not applicable,
 summarizes disposition options   require issuance                                              no change in
 for low-activity waste (LAW).    of a regulatory                                               ranking.
                                  issue summary
                                  that contains all
                                  of the existing
                                  staff positions
                                  on the disposal
                                  of LAW.
9. Update and consolidate LLW    This task would be  Medium.............  Medium.............  Not applicable,
 guidance into one NUREG.         similar to the                                                no change in
                                  guidance                                                      ranking.
                                  consolidation
                                  that was
                                  conducted for the
                                  materials
                                  licensing program
                                  (resulting in
                                  NUREG-1556) and
                                  the
                                  decommissioning
                                  program
                                  (resulting in
                                  NUREG-1757).

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10. Coordinate with other        The NRC will        Medium.............  Medium.............  Not applicable,
 agencies on consistency in       coordinate with                                               no change in
 regulating LAW and determine     other government                                              ranking.
 the impact of LAW disposal       agencies to look
 from radiological dispersal      at a broad range
 devices (RDD).                   of issues
                                  associated with
                                  LAW. The study
                                  will consider the
                                  divergent
                                  stakeholder
                                  comments as part
                                  of this
                                  programmatic
                                  assessment,
                                  lessons learned
                                  from the revoked
                                  below regulatory
                                  concern policy
                                  statements of the
                                  NRC published in
                                  the Federal
                                  Register on July
                                  3, 1990 (55 FR
                                  27522), and
                                  August 29, 1986
                                  (51 FR 30839),
                                  lessons learned
                                  from the
                                  Commission's 2005
                                  disapproval of
                                  publication of a
                                  proposed rule
                                  (the
                                  ``Clearance''
                                  rule) on
                                  radiological
                                  criteria for
                                  controlling the
                                  disposition of
                                  solid materials,
                                  learning from
                                  other countries
                                  with LAW
                                  disposal, and
                                  other factors to
                                  come up with a
                                  recommendation
                                  for resolving
                                  this issue. This
                                  will include work
                                  with other
                                  government
                                  agencies to
                                  evaluate the
                                  impact of large
                                  quantities of LAW
                                  that would result
                                  from cleanup
                                  after an RDD or
                                  similar devise is
                                  used in the U.S.
                                  and ensure LAW
                                  resulting from
                                  such devices has
                                  a disposal
                                  pathway. The NRC
                                  would develop a
                                  memorandum of
                                  understanding
                                  with other
                                  agencies.
11. Promulgate rule for          The NRC would       Medium.............  Low................  The NRC
 disposal of low-activity waste   promulgate a rule                                             anticipates a
 (LAW).                           that would define                                             higher volume of
                                  the conditions                                                LAW from reactor
                                  under which LAW,                                              decommissioning
                                  including mixed                                               and material
                                  waste, could be                                               waste.
                                  disposed of in
                                  Resource
                                  Conservation and
                                  Recovery Act
                                  Subtitle C
                                  hazardous waste
                                  facilities. The
                                  NRC would exempt
                                  the materials
                                  authorized for
                                  disposal.
12. Develop procedures for       The NRC would       Low................  High...............  The NRC does not
 Import/Export Review.            develop internal,                                             anticipate a
                                  and external                                                  significant
                                  guidance related                                              number of
                                  to the review of                                              requests to
                                  applications for                                              export or import
                                  licenses to                                                   radioactive
                                  import or export                                              waste in the
                                  radioactive                                                   near future.
                                  waste. The                                                    Therefore, due
                                  internal                                                      to limited
                                  procedure would                                               resources, this
                                  include the                                                   is being
                                  process for                                                   assigned a lower
                                  vetting and                                                   priority.
                                  resolving complex
                                  issues as well as
                                  a summary of
                                  issues previously
                                  resolved. The
                                  external guidance
                                  would include a
                                  description of
                                  the technical and
                                  regulatory
                                  analyses
                                  necessary to
                                  respond to the
                                  Office of
                                  International
                                  Programs in its
                                  processing of
                                  import/export
                                  license
                                  applications.

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13. Examine the need for         This task will      Low................  Low................  Not applicable,
 guidance on defining when        include                                                       no change in
 radioactive material becomes     determining                                                   ranking.
 LLW.                             whether a need
                                  exists for the
                                  NRC to provide
                                  guidance to
                                  licensees on when
                                  radioactive
                                  material becomes
                                  LLW. Radioactive
                                  material that is
                                  LLW can be
                                  subject to
                                  measures, such as
                                  storage guidance
                                  and/or financial
                                  assurance
                                  provisions that
                                  differ from those
                                  for radioactive
                                  materials for
                                  which this is an
                                  intended use.
14. Develop and implement the    This task will      Low................  Low................  Not applicable,
 national waste tracking system.  include                                                       no change in
                                  promulgating a                                                ranking.
                                  regulation that
                                  would identify
                                  the data
                                  necessary to
                                  track the origin,
                                  management, and
                                  disposition of
                                  all LLW. Require
                                  the promulgation
                                  of a compatible
                                  State regulation
                                  by all Agreement
                                  States with
                                  licensees that
                                  produce LLW. By
                                  these
                                  regulations,
                                  require that
                                  licensees provide
                                  necessary
                                  information to
                                  regulatory
                                  authorities on a
                                  regular,
                                  prescribed basis.
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IV. Specific Requests for Comments

    The NRC is requesting comments on the updated prioritized task list 
as presented in section III, Table 1 of this document. In particular, 
the NRC is requesting any views on possible unintended consequences of 
finalizing the proposed task list and any tasks that commenters feel 
the NRC did not adequately consider.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 3rd day of March, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrew Persinko,
Deputy Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recover and Waste 
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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