commercial transport equipment as well as reusable containers including who and how costs for release surveys may be covered. 2.0 2.1 Develop overall performance standards for use by DOE sites when conducting rad release surveys on commercial transporter equipment and vehicles. In conjunction with #1 above, development of a performance standard for Rad acceptance and release surveys will reduce the number of contamination incidents holding commercial equipment at DOE sites for decontamination. (in coordination with the EFCOG Safety Working Group) 2.1.1 Issue Best Practice in FY2016 3.1The EFCOG Chair or his/her representative will provide technical support to and attend scheduled meetings of the DOE Corporate Boards (LLW, Tank Waste, TRU), the Contractors Transportation Management Association(CTMA), and the Low-Level Waste Federal Review Group (LFRG) In providing technical and regulatory consultation to the DOE Corporate Boards, the LFRG, and CTMA allows the EFCOG WMWG to stay abreast of the issues facing DOE and provide immediate advice and longer term assistance as DOE determines the need for continued EFCOG involvement on selected issues. 3.1.1 Attendance at each of the four Corporate Board meetings, CTMA and LFRG, and report on EFCOG progress in addition to the expectation of requests for additional EFCOG assistance on specific issues. 4.0 4.1 Provide technical input to DOE/HQ regarding NRC’s performance-based revision to 10 CFR 61 as it affects LLW disposal performance requirements. NRC has been tasked by the Commissioners to modify 10 CFR 61 for LLW disposal requirements to make this rule more performance based, site specific, and have waste acceptance criteria that reflects the Performance Assessment. NRC is working with DOE to understand how DOE accomplishes this through DOE Order 435.1 and, as a result, the EFCOG continues to provide technical and regulatory assistance in document preparation and presentation 4.1.1 Expect to provide specific recommendations to DOE-EM to assist in formal comments to the NRC on the 10CFR61 proposed rule. Additionally impacts to DOE LLW disposal regulations and guidance will be identified.
9.1 Develop update to the Tank Integrity Program requirements and guidance to update DOE Order 435.1A in concert with the Tank Waste Corporate Board. Additional work to develop a technical basis for the current program is being explored as well. This is expected to require additional funding. The Tank Integrity Program requirements in the current DOE Order 435.1 are out of date and inconsistent with the current state of the technology. For example, the Hanford Site HLW tank program must inform the State of WA regulators that they are not following the DOE Order requirements because of this inconsistency. This could be of considerable concern for the State and other stakeholders. The WMWG is assisting DOE in updating the requirements and guidance to make them consistent with current technology. Incorporating consistent, state of the art technology in the DOE Order 435.1 Requirements and Guidance for HLW Tank integrity programs will advance the safety of tank systems and strengthen the technical integrity of the DOE required program over the entire complex. 9.1.1 Expect to provide specific recommendations and draft wording for requirements, definitions, and guidance to DOE-EM in FY16. 10.0 10.1 Provide technical support and consultation to the Portsmouth Onsite Disposal Cell PA/CA LFRG Review for Disposal Authorization and future DOE LLW disposal activities at other DOE sites in the future (e.g. Paducah, Oak Ridge, ORP IDF). The LFRG is made up of Federal officials that are responsible to review technical documents required by DOE Order 435.1 to recommend DOE authorization of LLW disposal in a DOE owned LLW disposal facility. By the EFCOG providing technical and regulatory consultation to the LFRG review of DOE authorization of onsite LLW disposal, DOE is able to tap resources that have years of Performance Assessment, Composite Analysis, key technical basis document preparation, and Operational Experience to assist DOE in carrying out their authority to approve the operation of LLW Disposal Facilities. 10.1.1 Expect to provide specific recommendations and draft wording for Disposal Authorization Technical Basis Documents, definitions, and guidance to DOE-Portsmouth and Oak Ridge in FY16. Carry that expertise into the reviews of Paducah, Oak Ridge, and Office of River Protection’s Integrated Disposal Facility (IDF). 11.0