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RIN: 2060-AG85

Publication ID: Spring 1997

Title: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Compliance Certification Rulemaking
Abstract: EPA regulates the release of radioactivity from the management, storage and disposal of radioactive waste to protect public health and the environment from radiation contamination. The waste isolation pilot plant (WIPP), which is under development by the Department of Energy (DOE), is a potential geologic disposal facility for transuranic radioactive waste generated as by-products from nuclear weapons production. If the WIPP opens, waste will be stored approximately 2,100 feet underground in excavated, natural salt formations near Carlsbad, New Mexico. ^PBefore DOE can dispose of waste at the WIPP, it must demonstrate that the WIPP complies with EPA's radioactive waste disposal standards at subparts B and C of 40 CFR 191. DOE must submit an application to EPA showing how the WIPP facility will meet the standards. The compliance criteria at 40 CFR 194, which are specific to the WIPP, will be used by EPA to implement the radioactive waste disposal standards. The purpose of this rulemaking is to certify, through the use of the compliance criteria, whether the WIPP complies with the disposal standards...before waste disposal can begin.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: Undetermined	Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: Not yet determined (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: PL 102-579

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Other	Statutory		10/31/1997

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	11/15/1996	61 FR 58499
NPRM	05/00/1997
Final	11/00/1997

Additional Information: SAN No. 3873.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes
Agency Contact: Mary Kruger Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation 6608J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 564-9310 Fax:202 565-2062 Email: kruger.mary@epa.gov