[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: 40CFR194.25]



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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 C_Compliance Certification and Re-certification

 

Sec.  194.25  Future state assumptions.



    (a) Unless otherwise specified in this part or in the disposal 

regulations, performance assessments and compliance assessments 

conducted pursuant the provisions of this part to demonstrate compliance 

with Sec.  191.13, Sec.  191.15 and part 191, subpart C shall assume 

that characteristics of the future remain what they are at the time the 

compliance application is prepared, provided that such characteristics 

are not related to hydrogeologic, geologic or climatic conditions.

    (b) In considering future states pursuant to this section, the 

Department shall document in any compliance application, to the extent 

practicable, effects of potential future hydrogeologic, geologic and 

climatic conditions on the disposal system over the regulatory time 

frame. Such documentation shall be part of the activities undertaken 

pursuant to Sec.  194.14, Content of compliance certification 

application; Sec.  194.32, Scope of performance assessments; and Sec.  

194.54, Scope of compliance assessments.

    (1) In considering the effects of hydrogeologic conditions on the 

disposal system, the Department shall document in any compliance 

application, to the extent practicable, the effects of potential changes 

to hydrogeologic conditions.

    (2) In considering the effects of geologic conditions on the 

disposal system, the Department shall document in any compliance 

application, to the extent practicable, the effects of potential changes 

to geologic conditions, including, but not limited to: Dissolution; near 

surface geomorphic features and processes; and related subsidence in the 

geologic units of the disposal system.

    (3) In considering the effects of climatic conditions on the 

disposal system, the Department shall document in



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any compliance application, to the extent practicable, the effects of 

potential changes to future climate cycles of increased precipitation 

(as compared to present conditions).