[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: 40CFR194.14]

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                   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 B_Compliance Certification and Re-certification Applications
 
Sec. 194.14  Content of compliance certification application.

    Any compliance application shall include:
    (a) A current description of the natural and engineered features 
that may affect the performance of the disposal system. The description 
of the disposal system shall include, at a minimum, the following 
information:
    (1) The location of the disposal system and the controlled area;
    (2) A description of the geology, geophysics, hydrogeology, 
hydrology, and geochemistry of the disposal system and its vicinity and 
how these conditions are expected to change and interact over the 
regulatory time frame.

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Such description shall include, at a minimum:
    (i) Existing fluids and fluid hydraulic potential, including brine 
pockets, in and near the disposal system; and
    (ii) Existing higher permeability anhydrite interbeds located at or 
near the horizon of the waste.
    (3) The presence and characteristics of potential pathways for 
transport of waste from the disposal system to the accessible 
environment including, but not limited to: Existing boreholes, solution 
features, breccia pipes, and other potentially permeable features, such 
as interbeds.
    (4) The projected geophysical, hydrogeologic and geochemical 
conditions of the disposal system due to the presence of waste 
including, but not limited to, the effects of production of heat or 
gases from the waste.
    (b) A description of the design of the disposal system including:
    (1) Information on materials of construction including, but not 
limited to: Geologic media, structural materials, engineered barriers, 
general arrangement, and approximate dimensions; and
    (2) Computer codes and standards that have been applied to the 
design and construction of the disposal system.
    (c) Results of assessments conducted pursuant to this part.
    (d) A description of input parameters associated with assessments 
conducted pursuant to this part and the basis for selecting those input 
parameters.
    (e) Documentation of measures taken to meet the assurance 
requirements of this part.
    (f) A description of waste acceptance criteria and actions taken to 
assure adherence to such criteria.
    (g) A description of background radiation in air, soil and water in 
the vicinity of the disposal system and the procedures employed to 
determine such radiation.
    (h) One or more topographic map(s) of the vicinity of the disposal 
system. The contour interval shall be sufficient to show clearly the 
pattern of surface water flow in the vicinity of the disposal system. 
The map(s) shall include standard map notations and symbols, and, in 
addition, shall show boundaries of the controlled area and the location 
of any active, inactive, and abandoned injection and withdrawal wells in 
the controlled area and in the vicinity of the disposal system.
    (i) A description of past and current climatologic and meteorologic 
conditions in the vicinity of the disposal system and how these 
conditions are expected to change over the regulatory time frame.
    (j) The information required elsewhere in this part or any 
additional information, analyses, tests, or records determined by the 
Administrator or the Administrator's authorized representative to be 
necessary for determining compliance with this part.