[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: 40CFR194.53]



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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.  194.53  Consideration of underground sources of drinking water.



    In compliance assessments that analyze compliance with part 191, 

subpart C of this chapter, all underground sources of drinking water in 

the accessible environment that are expected to be affected by the 

disposal system over the regulatory time frame shall be considered. In 

determining whether underground sources of drinking water are expected 

to be affected by the disposal system, underground interconnections 

among bodies of surface water, ground water, and underground sources of 

drinking water shall be considered.