New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter IV - QUALITY SERVICES › Subchapter C - RADIATION › Part 383 - Regulations For Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities Financial Assurance Requirements › Subpart 383-13 - Records, Reports and Public Information › Section 383-13.4 - Annual reports

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) During the
					 operation, closure, post-closure, and institutional control periods, the
					 permittee must submit an annual report to the department and the public
					 information center by May 31st of the following year.
(b) The annual report must contain the
					 following information, as applicable:
(1) a
					 summary of the data contained in the monthly operations reports;
(2) the quantity of any radionuclides released
					 from the waste to the environment in liquid and in airborne effluents during the
					 preceding year;
(3) a description of
					 any unusual events or situations that occurred in the local area that were
					 alleged to have been caused by activities at the land disposal facility and an
					 explanation of their status and resolution;
(4) a description of any unusual events or
					 situations that occurred on the site and their status and resolution;
(5) a description of any events that occurred
					 off site or any changes in local land uses, activities, or population
					 distribution that could affect the ability of the land disposal facility to meet
					 the performance objectives;
(6)
					 realistic (i.e., based on the results of the monitoring programs, not on
					 worst-case assumptions) estimates of the following:
(i) the radiation dose to both the nearest
					 resident and the critical receptor (in the general public) due to operation of
					 the land disposal facility during the past year; and
(ii) the cumulative radiation dose to the
					 nearest resident and the critical receptor (in the general public) due to
					 operation of the facility since operation began;
(7) assessment of compliance with the
					 performance objectives. This must include a demonstration by an independent
					 licensed professional engineer and an independent certified health physicist that
					 either there is or is not reasonable assurance that the land disposal facility is
					 meeting the performance objectives and will continue to do so. If there is not
					 reasonable assurance that the land disposal facility meets the performance
					 objectives and will continue to do so, the report must include a plan and
					 schedule of actions proposed to provide such assurance. The department may modify
					 the permit, pursuant to Part 621 of this Title, to incorporate the plan and any
					 other requirements necessary to provide reasonable assurance that the performance
					 objectives will be met;
(8) an update
					 of the technical analyses that were submitted in the application as required by
					 section
					 383-3.4(h)(2) 
					 of this Part. The update must incorporate the following information, as
					 appropriate:
(i) the results of the monitoring
					 programs required by this Part;
(ii)
					 changes in the design of the land disposal facility since the application was
					 submitted;
(iii) changes in the land
					 use in the vicinity of the land disposal facility;
(iv) the volume, activity, classes, and nature
					 of the waste disposed of at the land disposal facility since operation began;
					 and
(v) changes in the total volume,
					 total activity, classes, and nature of the waste estimated to be disposed of at
					 the land disposal facility during the remainder of the operation period as
					 defined by the permit;
(9)
					 a summary of any disposal unit maintenance activities;
(10) a description of any observed site
					 characteristics that were found to be significantly different from those
					 described in the application for a permit and the implications thereof;
(11) a waste minimization certification;
(i) The waste minimization certification must
					 contain a description of:
(a) the efforts
					 undertaken during the year to reduce the volume, activity, and toxicity of the
					 waste generated at the land disposal facility;
(b) changes in the volume, activity, and
					 toxicity of waste actually achieved during the year as compared to previous years
					 to the extent such information is available;
(c) changes in the methods of treatment,
					 storage, or disposal of any waste that may have occurred since submission of the
					 previous certification; and
(d) a
					 status report on the implementation of the waste reduction statement submitted in
					 accordance with section
					 383-3.3(b)(3) 
					 of this Part;
(ii) in the
					 waste minimization certification, the permittee must certify that:
(a) a program is in place to reduce the volume
					 and activity of waste generated at the land disposal facility to the degree
					 determined by the permittee to be technically and economically practicable;
					 and
(b) the proposed method of
					 treatment, storage, or disposal of waste generated at the land disposal facility
					 is the most practicable method currently available to the permittee that
					 minimizes the present and future threat to human health and the
					 environment;
(12) a description of personnel and
					 organizational changes and the current staffing levels at the land disposal
					 facility;
(13) the current version of
					 the survey map required by section
					 383-11.4(d) 
					 of this Part;
(14) information on the
					 use of the public information center including descriptions of, and attendance
					 at, any public information activities held and data on use of the public
					 information center;
(15) information
					 from the computer recordkeeping system, required by section
					 383-13.2(h) 
					 of this Subpart, as required by the permit; and
(16) other information that the department may
					 require.