This panel focuses on emerging issues in commercial LLW management in the US from the perspective of representatives of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum. State, federal and industry officials will share their views on a variety of timely and significant topics including the proposal to license a disposal cell for NRC classified Greater-Than-Class-C (GTCC), GTCC-like and Transuranic waste through means other than deep geologic disposal at the Waste Control Specialists facility in Texas; an initiative to develop implementation guidance for the Branch Technical Position on Concentration Averaging and Encapsulation; status of the proposed rule to amend 10 CFR Part 61, Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste; the depleted uranium performance assessment, license and permit updates, and current waste disposal volumes and types at the Clive facility in Utah; and, broker and processor perspectives on the management and disposition of disused sources.