The High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee is composed of nuclear waste transportation experts appointed by the Governors of eleven Western States. The Committee works with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a safe and publicly acceptable system for transporting spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. The HLW Committee's primary management directives come from a series of Western Governors' Resolutions dating back to 1985, which express the Governors' goal of "safe and uneventful transport of nuclear waste."

Resolutions:
09-05 Interim Storage and Transportation

08-06 Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel

07-02 Assessing the Risks of Terrorism and Sabotage Against High-Level Waste Nuclear Waste Shipments to a Geologic Repository or Interim Storage Facility


Additionally, the HLW Committee has joined with other State Regional Groups to develop a set of Principles of Agreement on the expectations states have regarding preparations for NWPA shipments.