Notice2026-06495
Information Collection: NRC Forms 541 and 541A, Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest Container and Waste Description and Continuation Page
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Published
April 3, 2026
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information collection is entitled, NRC Forms 541 and 541A, "Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest Container and Waste Description and Continuation Page."
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16992-16994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06495]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2025-0045]
Information Collection: NRC Forms 541 and 541A, Uniform Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Manifest Container and Waste Description and
Continuation Page
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget;
request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted a request for renewal of an existing collection of
information to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review.
The information collection is entitled, NRC Forms 541 and 541A,
``Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest Container and Waste
Description and Continuation Page.''
DATES: Submit comments by May 4, 2026. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before
this date.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Dempsey, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bbf2d5ddd4d8d4d7d7ded8cfc895e9dec8d4cec9d8defbd5c9d895dcd4cd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1e8cfc7cec2cecdcdc4c2d5d28ff3c4d2ced4d3c2c4e1cfd3c28fc6ced7">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0045 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this
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action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal Rulemaking website: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-0045.
<bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html">https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html</a>. To begin the search, select ``Begin ADAMS Public Search.''
For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room
(PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737, or by email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7b2b3f2955291e08140e09181e3b150918551c140d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4f4e0f68af6c1d7cbd1d6c7c1e4cad6c78ac3cbd2">[email protected]</span></a>. A copy of the NRC Forms 541 and 541A and
related instructions may be obtained without charge by accessing ADAMS
Accession Nos. ML25164A040, and ML25164A041, respectively and
ML20178A433 (NUREG-BR-0204, ``Instructions for Completing NRC's Uniform
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest''). The supporting statement is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML26048A098.
<bullet> NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#326276601c6057415d47405157725c40511c555d44"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d5d495f235f687e62787f6e684d637f6e236a627b">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
<bullet> NRC's Clearance Officer: A copy of the collection of
information and related instructions may be obtained without charge by
contacting the Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Heather Dempsey, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-0856; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89c0e7efe6eae6e5e5eceafdfaa7dbecfae6fcfbeaecc9e7fbeaa7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4fddad2dbd7dbd8d8d1d7c0c79ae6d1c7dbc1c6d7d1f4dac6d79ad3dbc2">[email protected]</span></a>.
B. Submitting Comments
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information in comment submissions that you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission. All comment submissions are
posted at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and entered into ADAMS. Comment
submissions are not routinely edited to remove identifying or contact
information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the OMB, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that comment submissions are not routinely edited to remove such
information before making the comment submissions available to the
public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the NRC recently submitted a request for renewal of
an existing collection of information to OMB for review entitled, NRC
Forms 541 and 541A, ``Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest
Container and Waste Description and Continuation Page.'' The NRC hereby
informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
The NRC published a Federal Register (FR) notice with a 60-day
comment period on this information collection on December 10, 2025, 90
FR 57218.
1. The title of the information collection: NRC Forms 541 and 541A,
Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest Container and Waste
Description and Continuation Page.
2. OMB approval number: 3150-0166.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable: NRC Forms 541 and 541A.
5. How often the collection is required or requested: NRC Form 541
and 541A, or the Agreement State equivalent forms, are required when
low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) is transferred by any waste
generator, waste collector, or waste processor licensee, who ships LLRW
either directly, or indirectly through a waste collector or waste
processor, for ultimate disposal at a licensed LLRW disposal facility.
6. Who will be required or asked to respond: NRC Form 541 and
continuation Form 541A are completed by waste generators, waste
collectors, and waste processors who ship LLRW intended for ultimate
disposal at a licensed LLRW land disposal facility.
7. The estimated number of annual responses: 4,616.
8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 712.
9. The estimated number of hours needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or request: 15,233.
10. Abstract: The NRC regulations in section 20.2006 of title 10 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ``Transfer for Disposal and
Manifest'' and 10 CFR part 20, appendix G, ``Requirements for Transfers
of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Intended for Disposal at Licensed Land
Disposal Facilities and Manifests,'' established requirements for a
nationwide system to ensure the safe and efficient transportation and
disposal of LLRW. The Uniform LLRW Manifest system is implemented by
utilization of specific NRC Forms to document the information required
by 10 CFR 20.2006 and 10 CFR part 20, appendix G. The NRC Forms 541/
541A, ``Uniform LLRW Manifest Container and Waste Description and
Continuation Page,'' combined with NRC Forms 540/540A, ``Uniform LLRW
Manifest (Shipping Paper) and Continuation Page'' and, if necessary,
NRC Forms 542/542A, ``Uniform LLRW Manifest Index and Regional Compact
Tabulation,'' are collectively referred to as the Uniform LLRW Manifest
Forms. The forms were originally developed by the NRC at the request of
LLRW industry groups, and Federal and State agencies. These forms
assist in providing a standardized nationwide framework for collecting
and transmitting LLRW related information from generation to disposal.
The NRC Forms 541 and 541A or Agreement State equivalent forms are used
on a nationwide basis to reflect the minimum safety-related information
for an LLRW shipment as required by Federal and State reporting
requirements for the safe transportation and disposal of LLRW. The
Uniform LLRW Manifest Form 541/541A is completed by shippers of LLRW
intended for disposal at a licensed LLRW land disposal facility. These
NRC Forms include information regarding the disposal container
description, waste description for each waste type in the container
(physical and chemical description of the waste, and the radiological
description (radionuclides and activity)) and the classification of the
waste in accordance with 10 CFR part 61.55 ``Waste Classification.''
The Uniform LLRW Manifest Forms 541/541A are not required to physically
accompany the shipment. Upon agreement between the shipper and
consignee, NRC Form 541/541A are (1) mailed or electronically
transferred to the intended consignee prior to the
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shipment arriving at the consignee; or (2) delivered with the waste to
the consignee. The NUREG/BR-0204, Revision 3, contains instructions for
completing NRC Uniform LLRW Manifest Forms. As stated in 10 CFR part
20, appendix G, ``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 . . .'' The NRC previously noticed the availability of
revisions to the Uniform LLRW Manifest Forms in the Federal Register on
November 23, 2022, 87 FR 71694. The information collection contained in
the current extension request does not include any changes to the
forms.
Dated: March 31, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Heather Dempsey,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-06495 Filed 4-2-26; 8:45 am]
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