[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: 40CFR194.54]



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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.  194.54  Scope of compliance assessments.



    (a) Any compliance application shall contain compliance assessments 

required pursuant to this part. Compliance assessments shall include 

information which:

    (1) Identifies potential processes, events, or sequences of 

processes and events that may occur over the regulatory time frame;



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    (2) Identifies the processes, events, or sequences of processes and 

events included in compliance assessment results provided in any 

compliance application; and

    (3) Documents why any processes, events, or sequences of processes 

and events identified pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of this section were 

not included in compliance assessment results provided in any compliance 

application.

    (b) Compliance assessments of undisturbed performance shall include 

the effects on the disposal system of:

    (1) Existing boreholes in the vicinity of the disposal system, with 

attention to the pathways they provide for migration of radionuclides 

from the site; and

    (2) Any activities that occur in the vicinity of the disposal system 

prior to or soon after disposal. Such activities shall include, but 

shall not be limited to: Existing boreholes and the development of any 

existing leases that can be reasonably expected to be developed in the 

near future, including boreholes and leases that may be used for fluid 

injection activities.