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NRC RIN: 3150-AI92 Publication ID: Fall 2024 
Title: Integrated Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal [NRC-2011-0012] 
Abstract:

This rulemaking would amend the NRC’s regulations to require new and revised site-specific technical analyses and permit the development of site-specific criteria for low-level radioactive waste acceptance based on the results of these analyses. The rulemaking proposes to authorize the near-surface disposal of certain Greater-Than-Class C waste streams and provide for Agreement State licensing of these waste streams. Licensees of currently operating low-level radioactive waste facilities that do not plan to accept Greater-Than-Class C waste or significant quantities of long-lived radionuclides after the effective date of this rulemaking would continue to comply with current regulations.

 
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 10 CFR 20    10 CFR 61    10 CFR 73    10 CFR 150   
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201    42 U.S.C. 5841   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Preliminary Proposed Rule Language  05/03/2011  76 FR 24831   
Comment Period End  06/18/2011    
Preliminary Draft Rule Language; Second Request for Comment  12/07/2012  77 FR 72997   
Comment Period End  01/07/2013 
Preliminary Draft Rule Language; Second Request for Comment; Correction  01/08/2013  78 FR 1155   
NPRM  03/26/2015  80 FR 16082   
NPRM Comment Period End  07/24/2015 
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  08/27/2015  80 FR 51964   
NPRM Reopening of Comment Period End  09/21/2015 
Draft Regulatory Basis  07/22/2019  84 FR 35037   
Draft Regulatory Basis Comment Period End  09/20/2019 
NPRM  05/00/2025 
Final Rule  05/00/2026 
Additional Information: Original proposed rule published 3/26/2015; 80 FR 16081: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-03-26/pdf/2015-06429.pdf. The NRC staff provided recommendation to the Commission in CY 2020 to coordinate the part 61 and Greater-Than-Class-C (RIN 3150-AK00) rulemaking activities (SECY-20-0098). In SRM-SECY-20-0098, dated April 2022, the Commission directed staff to integrate the Part 61 and the Greater-than-Class-C rules into one rulemaking. This rulemaking, formerly titled, "Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal," combines several rulemakings on low level radioactive waste. The proposed rule package (SECY-24-0045, ADAMS Accession No. ML23242A261) was submitted to the Commission on May 29, 2024.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Related RINs: Merged with 3150-AK00 
Agency Contact:
George M. Tartal
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards,
Washington, DC 20555-0001
Phone:301 415-0016
Email: george.tartal@nrc.gov