WIPP 1998 Compliance Certification Documents
WIPP regulatory documents are legal documents that explain and support EPA's decision to certify that the Department of Energy has met EPA's criteria for opening the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). All documents related to EPA's compliance decision are available through the EPA WIPP Docket A-93-02.
Electronic versions of related documents are accessible below when available. Please contact Ray Lee, Docket Coordinator for additional information.
Fact Sheet: EPA’s Continuing Regulation of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (pdf)
Fact Sheet: EPA’s Final Certification Decision for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (pdf)
Compliance Application Guidance for 40 CFR Part 194 (pdf)
Compliance Application Review Documents (CARD) Introduction (pdf)
Card 14: Content of Compliance Certification Application (pdf)
Card 22: Quality Assurance (pdf)
Card 23: Models and Computer Code (pdf)
Card 24: Waste Characterization (pdf)
Card 25: Future State Assumptions (pdf)
Card 26: Expert Judgment (pdf)
Card 31: Application of Release Limits (pdf)
Card 32: Scope of Performance Assessments (pdf)
Card 33: Consideration of Drilling Events in Performance Assessments 33.A. (pdf)
Card 34: Results of Performance Assessments (pdf)
Card 41: Active Institutional Controls (pdf)
Card 43: Passive Institutional Controls (pdf)
Card 44: Engineered Barriers (pdf)
Card 45: Consideration of the Presence of Resources (pdf)
Card 46: Removal of Waste (pdf)
Card 51/52: Consideration of Protected Individual/Exposure Pathways (pdf)
Card 53: Consideration of Underground Sources of Drinking Water (pdf)
Card 54: Scope of Compliance Assessments (pdf)
Card 55: Results of Compliance Assessments (pdf)
Public Comment on Certification of Waste Isolation Pilot Project (Carlsbad, NM) (pdf)
Public Hearing Transcripts from Carlsbad, NM (January 6, 1998) (pdf)
Public Hearing Transcripts from Albuquerque, NM (January 7, 1998) (pdf)
Public Hearing Transcripts from Albuquerque, NM (January 8, 1998) (pdf)
Public Hearing Transcripts from Santa Fe, NM (January 8, 1998) (pdf)
Public Hearing Transcripts from Santa Fe, NM (January 9, 1998) (pdf)
Public Hearing Transcript from Santa Fe, NM (September 24, 2002) (pdf)
Public Hearing Transcript from Santa Fe, NM (September 25, 2002) (pdf)