(a) Where the sole purpose of the exportation of low-level radioactive waste is to manage or process the waste for recycling or waste reduction and to return the waste to the party states for disposal in the Compact Facility, party-state generators are not required to obtain an export permit.
(b) The generator exporting such waste must, however, file a report with the Commission no later than 10 days after the shipment of the waste described in subsection (a) of this section. Reports may be submitted by United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx delivery service, or by e-mail. A generator may satisfy the reporting requirement by timely submitting to the Commission Forms 540 and 541 promulgated by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as applicable, with supplemental data indicating the types of waste management employed at the facility to which the waste is being shipped. Alternatively, generator reports shall include the following information:
  (1) The volume of waste exported, the type, physical and chemical form of waste exported, the approximate radioactivity of the waste, and the specific radionuclides contained therein;
  (2) The location and name of waste processing facility or facilities receiving and processing the waste, the type of waste management employed at each waste management facility, and whether the exported waste is to be mixed or commingled with waste from other generators.
(c) When the exported waste is either returned to the generator or shipped to the Compact Facility, the generator shall file a report informing the Commission of the volume, physical form, and activity of the waste returned to the party-state generator or shipped to the Compact Facility. The generator may rely on information provided to it by the processor who ships the waste back to the Compact Facility when making its report.

Source Note: The provisions of this §675.22 adopted to be effective February 8, 2011, 36 TexReg 571; amended to be effective September 9, 2015, 40 TexReg 5793