[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR194.1]

[Page 36-37]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 194_CRITERIA FOR THE CERTIFICATION AND RE-CERTIFICATION OF THE WASTE 
ISOLATION PILOT PLANT'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE 40 CFR PART 191 DISPOSAL 
REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 194.1  Purpose, scope, and applicability.




                      Subpart A_General Provisions

Sec.
194.1 Purpose, scope, and applicability.
194.2 Definitions.
194.3 Communications.
194.4 Conditions of compliance certification.
194.5 Publications incorporated by reference.
194.6 Alternative provisions.
194.7 Effective date.
194.8 Approval process for waste shipment from waste generator sites for 
          disposal at the WIPP.

  Subpart B_Compliance Certification and Re-certification Applications

194.11 Completeness and accuracy of compliance applications.
194.12 Submission of compliance applications.
194.13 Submission of reference materials.
194.14 Content of compliance certification application.
194.15 Content of compliance re-certification application(s).

         Subpart C_Compliance Certification and Re-certification

                          General Requirements

194.21 Inspections.
194.22 Quality assurance.
194.23 Models and computer codes.
194.24 Waste characterization.
194.25 Future state assumptions.
194.26 Expert judgment.
194.27 Peer review.

                        Containment Requirements

194.31 Application of release limits.
194.32 Scope of performance assessments.
194.33 Consideration of drilling events in performance assessments.
194.34 Results of performance assessments.

                         Assurance Requirements

194.41 Active institutional controls.
194.42 Monitoring.
194.43 Passive institutional controls.
194.44 Engineered barriers.
194.45 Consideration of the presence of resources.
194.46 Removal of waste.

           Individual and Ground-water Protection Requirements

194.51 Consideration of protected individual.
194.52 Consideration of exposure pathways.
194.53 Consideration of underground sources of drinking water.
194.54 Scope of compliance assessments.
194.55 Results of compliance assessments.

                     Subpart D_Public Participation

194.61 Advance notice of proposed rulemaking for certification.
194.62 Notice of proposed rulemaking for certification.
194.63 Final rule for certification.
194.64 Documentation of continued compliance.
194.65 Notice of proposed rulemaking for modification or revocation.
194.66 Final rule for modification or revocation.
194.67 Dockets.

Appendix A to Part 194--Certification of the Waste Isolation Pilot 
          Plant's

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          Compliance with the 40 CFR Part 191 Disposal Regulations and 
          the 40 CFR Part 194 Compliance Criteria

    Authority: Pub. L. 102-579, 106 Stat. 4777, as amended by Pub. L. 
104-201,110 Stat. 2422; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, 35 FR 15623, 
Oct. 6, 1970, 5 U.S.C. app. 1; Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 2011-2296 and 10101-10270.

    Source: 61 FR 5235, Feb. 9, 1996, unless otherwise noted.



    This part specifies criteria for the certification or any re-
certification, or subsequent actions relating to the terms or conditions 
of certification of the Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Pilot 
Plant's compliance with the disposal regulations found at part 191 of 
this chapter and pursuant to section 8(d)(1) and section 8(f), 
respectively, of the WIPP LWA. The compliance certification application 
submitted pursuant to section 8(d)(1) of the WIPP LWA and any compliance 
re-certification application submitted pursuant to section 8(f) of the 
WIPP LWA shall comply with the requirements of this part.