[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 190 (Wednesday, September 30, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 61576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21625]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 20
[NRC-2018-0155]
Instructions for Completing NRC's Uniform Low-Level Radioactive
Waste Manifest
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: NUREG; clarification.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published NUREG/
BR-0204, Revision 3, ``Instructions for Completing NRC's Uniform Low-
Level Radioactive Waste Manifest,'' in June 2020. This document
provides instructions to prepare NRC Form 540 (Uniform Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Manifest (Shipping Paper)), NRC Form 541 (Uniform
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest (Container and Waste
Description)), and NRC Form 542 (Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Manifest (Manifest Index and Regional Compact Tabulation)). Use of
NUREG/BR-0204, Revision 3 has been delayed. Until further notice,
licensees should continue to use NUREG/BR-0204, Revision 2 and the
versions of NRC Forms 540, 541 and 542 that were renewed in January
2020, or equivalent, as defined in NRC's regulations.
DATES: Use of NUREG/BR-0204, Revision 3 has been delayed. Until further
notice, licensees should continue to use NRC Forms 540, 541 and 542,
which were renewed in January 2020, or equivalent, as defined in NRC's
regulations.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0155 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0155. Address
questions about NRC dockets IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301-287-9127; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individuals 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 Documents 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 ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first
time that it is mentioned in this document.
NRC's Form Library: NRC Forms 540, 541, and 542 can be
accessed on the NRC Form Library at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/forms/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lloyd Desotell, telephone: 301-415-
5969, email: [email protected] and Karen Pinkston, telephone: 301-
415-3650, email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the Office
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards at the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NUREG/BR-0204, Rev. 3, ``Instructions for
Completing the NRC's Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest,''
provides guidance on completing NRC Forms 540, 541, and 542 (i.e., the
NRC's Uniform Low-Level Waste Manifest) as required by part 20 of title
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), appendix G. The NRC has
revised NUREG/BR-0204 and NRC Forms 540, 541, and 542 to address
stakeholder feedback since the publication of Revision 2 of the NUREG/
BR (ADAMS Accession No. ML071870172). The final NUREG/BR-0204, Rev. 3
and the NRC's comment resolutions are available in ADAMS under
Accession Nos. ML20178A433 and ML19214A186, respectively. Following
several requests to delay implementation of NUREG/BR-0204, Rev. 3, the
NRC is postponing implementation of NUREG/BR-0204, Revision 3 until
further notice.
Revision 2 of NUREG/BR-0204 provides guidance for completing NRC
Forms 540, 541, and 542. Note, the definitions section 10 CFR part 20,
appendix G, states that ``Licensees need not use originals of these NRC
Forms as long as any substitute forms are equivalent to the original
documentation in respect to content, clarity, size, and location of
information.'' Until further notice licensees should continue to use
the version of NRC Forms 540, 541 and 542 that were renewed in January
2020, or equivalent, as defined in NRC's regulations.
Dated: September 25, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bo M. Pham,
Deputy Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and
Waste Programs, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2020-21625 Filed 9-29-20; 8:45 am]
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