[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: 40CFR194.27]



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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.  194.27  Peer review.



    (a) Any compliance application shall include documentation of peer 

review that has been conducted, in a manner required by this section, 

for:

    (1) Conceptual models selected and developed by the Department;

    (2) Waste characterization analyses as required in Sec.  194.24(b); 

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    (3) Engineered barrier evaluation as required in Sec.  194.44.

    (b) Peer review processes required in paragraph (a) of this section, 

and conducted subsequent to the promulgation of this part, shall be 

conducted in a manner that is compatible with NUREG-1297, ``Peer Review 

for High-Level Nuclear Waste Repositories,'' published February 1988. 

(Incorporation by reference as specified in Sec.  194.5.)

    (c) Any compliance application shall:

    (1) Include information that demonstrates that peer review processes 

required in paragraph (a) of this section, and conducted prior to the 

implementation of the promulgation of this part, were conducted in 

accordance with an alternate process substantially equivalent in effect 

to NUREG-1297 and approved by the Administrator or the Administrator's 

authorized representative; and

    (2) Document any peer review processes conducted in addition to 

those required pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section. Such 

documentation shall include formal requests, from the Department to 

outside review groups or individuals, to review or comment on any 

information used to support compliance applications, and the responses 

from such groups or individuals.



                        Containment Requirements