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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AE30 Publication ID: Spring 1996 
Title: Criteria for the Certification and Re-Certification of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's Compliance With 40 CFR 91 Disposal Regulations 
Abstract: The Agency is developing final criteria for certifying and determining whether the Department of Energy (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) complies with disposal standards set forth in 40 CFR part 191 (Environmental Standards for the Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and Transuranic Wastes). EPA is required to promulgate these criteria under the 1992 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act (WIPP LWA). These criteria will be used by the Agency in ascertaining whether the WIPP disposal system complies with the disposal standards. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 194   
Legal Authority: PL 102-579 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Statutory  Original statutory deadline (5/15/92) is from 11/90 Clean Air Act Amendments. Other Judicial date: per U.S. District Court Consent Decree, EPA issued a preliminary technical report on 5/15/93.  10/30/1993 
Final  Statutory  Original statutory deadline (5/15/92) is from 11/90 Clean Air Act Amendments. Other Judicial date: per U.S. District Court Consent Decree, EPA issued a preliminary technical report on 5/15/93.  10/20/1994 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  10/29/1993  58 FR 8029   
NPRM  01/30/1995  60 FR 5766   
Final Action  02/01/1996  61 FR 5224   
Additional Information: SAN No. 3232. ^PRFA: N
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Radiation Protection Division
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Mail Code 6602J,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 233-9310