scope:

Purpose:

In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5134.01 and the July 13, 2018 Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum, this issuance:

• Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for LLRW disposal in accordance with DoD Directive 4715.1E and DoD Instruction 4715.06.

• Establishes the LLRW Disposition Advisory Committee (LLRWDAC).

APPLICABILITY.

This issuance:

a. Applies to:

OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (referred to collectively in this issuance as the "DoD Components").

LLRW containing source, special nuclear, or byproduct material that is acceptable for disposal in a land disposal facility, in accordance with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations (e.g., Sections 61.2, 20.1003 and 20.2008 of Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)). This LLRW includes mixed waste, naturally occurring radioactive material waste, and naturally occurring and accelerator-produced radioactive material waste.

b. Does not apply to:

LLRW resulting from activities falling under Sections 2121 and 2140 of Title 42, United States Code (U.S.C.) (also known as the "Atomic Energy Act of 1954"). These activities include, but are not limited to, waste:

(a) Generated by the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program in accordance with Executive Order 12344 and Section 7158 of Title 42, U.S.C.

(b) Related to nuclear weapons programs.

(c) Generated by decommissioning former Army Deactivated Nuclear Power Program facilities.

Decay in storage, release in effluents, disposal by release into sanitary sewage, treatment or disposal by incineration, and disposal of specific wastes in accordance with Sections 20.2002-20.2005 and 20.2108 of Title 10, CFR.