[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.
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