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New Presentation Slides for September 6, 2019, Meeting on RIS 2016-11
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Issue date:	09/06/2019
From:	Stephen Dembek; Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs
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	Dembek, Steve
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	RIS 2016-11
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Path Forward in Response to Comments on the NRC's Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) 2016

-11 Presentation by NRC StaffSeptember 6, 2019

PurposeTo discuss the NRC's proposed path forward to address concerns regarding RIS 2016

-11 and to receive feedback from stakeholders.

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Recent History of Relevant10 CFR 20.2002Guidance*Agreement State (AS) Letter FSME

-11, "Requests to Dispose of Very Low

-level Radioactive Waste Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.2002 (ML16007A488)

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Stakeholders' Letters

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Two-Step Process for Offsite Disposals

-Generator of waste requests approval of proposed disposal procedures

-Recipient of Waste receives approval to receive and dispose of VLLW

Agreement State, if applicable, approves disposal in non-licensed facility and grants exemption to non

-licensed facility

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NRC's PathForward*For any 10 CFR Part 50 or 52 licensees that have used Agreement State approvals

-case-by-case Enforcement Discretion, as appropriate

-NRC, if applicable, will consider any Agreement State review and decision *Update RIS 2016

-11 (issue draft for comment) to describe how NRC will consider Agreement State review, if applicable, to facilitate NRC review of 20.2002 requests

-Potential change in scope of acceptable disposal of VLLW

-Very Low-Level Waste Scoping Study

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Open Discussion

Comments from NEI, EnergySolutions, Waste Control Specialists, STP, and Agreement States on NRC's Presentation

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Public Comments

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Conclusion

NRC's plan for formal responses to incoming letters*Please contact Stephen Dembek if you have additional comments at: Stephen.Dembek@nrc.govor 301-415-2342 9

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