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NRC RIN: 3150-AI92 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
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. The NRC engaged with stakeholders by issuing draft versions of preliminary proposed rule language, and requesting public feedback. 

 
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory 
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  07/00/2025 
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