[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 69 (Thursday, April 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19966-19967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07417]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2017-0198]
Issuance of a Revision to the Guidance Document for Alternative
Disposal Requests
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Revised guidance; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a
revision to its guidance document for alternative disposal requests,
``Guidance for the Reviews of Proposed Disposal Procedures and
Transfers of Radioactive Material Under 10 CFR 20.2002 and 10 CFR
40.13(a).'' This document provides guidance and the NRC staff process
for documenting, reviewing, and dispositioning requests received for
alternative disposal of licensed material. The revision incorporates
changes made in response to comments received on the draft guidance
document, as well as interactions with NRC stakeholders.
DATES: The revised guidance is effective immediately for use.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2017-0198 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this action by any
of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0198. Address
questions about NRC dockets IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301-287-9127; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Document collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, 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 revision to the guidance
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document, along with supporting documents, is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML19295F109.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlayna Doell, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-3178; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In October 2017, the NRC issued a draft of
the guidance document to obtain public input on how to improve the
alternative disposal process (ADAMS Package Accession No. ML17229B588).
A notice of availability, requesting comment on the draft guidance
document, was published in the Federal Register (82 FR 48727; October
19, 2017). This Federal Register notice provided background information
regarding the draft guidance document, solicited public comments, and
provided notice of the NRC's plans to hold a public meeting to discuss
the document and receive comments on the proposed changes, which
occurred on October 19, 2017.
The NRC reviewed and now responds to all the comments from the
initial comment period. The NRC staff's resolution of these comments is
incorporated into a response document that is included in the
supporting documents for this updated revision to the guidance document
(ADAMS Package Accession No. ML19295F109). Comments received addressed
the following issues: General; Policy/Rulemaking; Agreement State/
Regulatory Overlap; Unimportant Quantities of Radioactive Material;
Performance Assessment; Compliance Period and Analysis Timeframes;
Radon; Other Off-Site Disposals--Release of Solid Material with
Volumetric Contamination; Transportation; and Cumulative Impacts.
The NRC staff revised the guidance document in several areas,
including the discussions on performance assessment, off-site burial
disposals, regulatory requirements, requests for additional
information, other off-site disposals, release of solid material with
volumetric contamination, non-licensees, and the overall 10 CFR 20.2002
process in response to comments. The purpose of this revision to the
guidance is to improve the alternative disposal process by further
clarifying the methods and information needed to dispose of waste using
an alternate process. This document is a rule as defined in the
Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of
Management and Budget has not found it to be a major rule as defined in
the Congressional Review Act. The revision to the guidance is available
at ADAMS Package Accession No. ML19295F109 and is available for
immediate use by all stakeholders.
Dated: April 3, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste
Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2020-07417 Filed 4-8-20; 8:45 am]
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