[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: 40CFR194.15]



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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.  194.15  Content of compliance re-certification application(s).



    (a) In submitting documentation of continued compliance pursuant to 

section 8(f) of the WIPP LWA, the previous compliance application shall 

be updated to provide sufficient information for the Administrator to 

determine whether or not the WIPP continues to be in compliance with the 

disposal regulations. Updated documentation shall include:

    (1) All additional geologic, geophysical, geochemical, hydrologic, 

and meteorologic information;

    (2) All additional monitoring data, analyses and results;

    (3) All additional analyses and results of laboratory experiments 

conducted by the Department or its contractors as part of the WIPP 

program;

    (4) An identification of any activities or assumptions that deviate 

from the most recent compliance application;

    (5) A description of all waste emplaced in the disposal system since 

the most recent compliance certification or re-certification 

application. Such description shall consist of a description of the 

waste characteristics and waste components identified in Sec. Sec.  

194.24(b)(1) and 194.24(b)(2);

    (6) Any significant information not previously included in a 

compliance certification or re-certification application related to 

whether the disposal system continues to be in compliance with the 

disposal regulations; and

    (7) Any additional information requested by the Administrator or the



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Administrator's authorized representative.

    (b) To the extent that information required for a re-certification 

of compliance remains valid and has been submitted in previous 

certification or re-certification application(s), such information need 

not be duplicated in subsequent applications; such information may be 

summarized and referenced.