Inspection Date at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory and Availability of Waste Characterization and Quality Assurance Program Documents Applicable to Transuranic Radioactive Waste at the Nevada Test Site Proposed for

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> Archive-Name: gov/us/fed/nara/fed-register/1999/may/13/64FR25863A
> Posting-number: Volume 64, Issue 92, Page 25863A
> 
> [Federal Register: May 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 92)]
> [Proposed Rules]               
> [Page 25863-25864]
> From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
> [DOCID:fr13my99-25]
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
> 
> 40 CFR Part 194
> 
> [FRL-63423]
> RIN 2060-AG85
> 
>  
> Inspection Date at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental 
> Laboratory and Availability of Waste Characterization and Quality 
> Assurance Program Documents Applicable to Transuranic Radioactive Waste 
> at the Nevada Test Site Proposed for Disposal at the Waste Isolation 
> Pilot Plant
> 
> AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
> 
> ACTION: Notice of availability; opening of public comment period.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the 
> date for an upcoming inspection of the Idaho National Engineering and 
> Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). The inspection will be conducted the 
> week of May 17, 1999. Additional information on the INEEL inspection, 
> including the announcement of a public comment period on relevant site 
> documents, was previously published on April 16, 1999, at 64 FR 18870.
>     EPA is also announcing the availability of, and soliciting public 
> comments for 30 days on, Department of Energy (DOE) documents on waste 
> characterization and quality assurance programs applicable to 
> transuranic (TRU) radioactive waste at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) 
> proposed for disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). The 
> documents are: ``Bechtel Nevada Transuranic Waste Characterization 
> Quality Assurance Project Plan, L-E10.301.LWC, May 1998'' (hereafter 
> NTS TRU QAPjP); ``Nevada Test Site Transuranic Waste Certification and 
> Quality Assurance Plan, B-A20/97.03, Revision 0, 2/4/98'' (hereafter 
> NTS Certification Plan); ``Mobile Characterization Services (MCS) 
> Transuranic Waste Characterization Program Quality Assurance Project 
> Plan, MCS-102, Rev. B, 10/21/98'' (hereafter MCS TRU QAPjP); and 
> ``TRUtech Team Mobile Systems Program Transuranic Waste 
> Characterization Quality Assurance Project Plan, TT-DOC-001, August 17, 
> 1998'' (hereafter TRUtech TRU QAPjP). These documents are available for 
> review in the public dockets listed in ADDRESSES. The EPA will use 
> these documents to evaluate waste characterization systems and 
> processes and the quality assurance program at NTS. In accordance with
> 
> [[Page 25864]]
> 
> EPA's WIPP Compliance Criteria at 40 CFR 194.8, EPA will conduct an 
> inspection of waste characterization systems and processes and an audit 
> of the quality assurance program at NTS the week of June 7, 1999, to 
> verify that these programs can properly control the characterization of 
> transuranic waste at issue, consistent with the Compliance Criteria. 
> This notice of the inspection and comment period accords with 40 CFR 
> 194.8.
> 
> DATES: The EPA is requesting public comment on the Nevada Test Site 
> documents as they apply to the scope of the inspection announced in 
> this notice. Comments must be received by EPA's official Air Docket on 
> or before June 14, 1999.
> 
> ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to: Docket No. A-98-49, Air 
> Docket, Room M-1500 (LE-131), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 
> M Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20460.
>     The DOE documents (NTS TRU QAPjP, NTS Certification Plan, MCS TRU 
> QAPjP, and TRUtech TRU QAPjP) are available for review in the official 
> EPA Air Docket in Washington, D.C., Docket No. A-98-49, Category II-A-
> 2, and at the following three EPA WIPP informational docket locations 
> in New Mexico: in Carlsbad at the Municipal Library, Hours: Monday-
> Thursday, 10am-9pm, Friday-Saturday, 10am-6pm, and Sunday, 1pm-5pm; in 
> Albuquerque at the Government Publications Department, Zimmerman 
> Library, University of New Mexico, Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8am-9pm, 
> Friday, 8am-5pm, Saturday-Sunday, 1pm-5pm; and in Santa Fe at the 
> Fogelson Library, College of Santa Fe, Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8am-
> 12pm, Friday, 8am-5pm, Saturday, 9am-5pm, and Sunday, 1pm-9pm.
>     Copies of items in the docket may be requested by writing Docket A-
> 98-49 at the address provided above, or by calling (202) 260-7548. As 
> provided in EPA's regulations at 40 CFR Part 2, and in accordance with 
> normal EPA docket procedures, a reasonable fee may be charged for 
> photocopying.
> 
> FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Oliver, Office of Radiation and 
> Indoor Air, (202) 564-9732, or call EPA's 24-hour, toll-free WIPP 
> Information Line, 1-800-331-WIPP, or visit our website at http://
> www.epa.gov/radiation/wipp/announce.html.
> 
> SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: General background for this notice is 
> identical to that provided in previous Federal Register notices. (See 
> 64 FR 18870, 14418)
>     The Nevada Test Site (NTS) documents submitted by DOE to EPA are: 
> NTS TRU QAPjP, NTS Certification Plan, MCS TRU QAPjP, and TRUtech TRU 
> QAPjP (see SUMMARY for full titles). The NTS TRU QAPjP, MCS TRU QAPjP, 
> and TRUtech TRU QAPjP set forth the quality assurance program applied 
> to TRU waste characterization at NTS. The NTS Certification Plan sets 
> forth the waste characterization procedures for TRU wastes at NTS. 
> After EPA reviews these documents, EPA will conduct an inspection of 
> NTS the week of June 7, 1999, to determine whether the requirements set 
> forth in these documents are being adequately implemented in accordance 
> with Conditions 2 and 3 of the EPA's WIPP certification decision 
> (Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 194). In accordance with Sec. 194.8 of the 
> WIPP compliance criteria, EPA is providing the public 30 days to 
> comment on the documents placed in EPA's docket relevant to the site 
> approval process.
>     If EPA determines that the provisions in the documents are 
> adequately implemented, EPA will notify the DOE by letter and place the 
> letter in the official Air Docket in Washington, D.C., and in the 
> informational docket locations in New Mexico. A positive approval 
> letter will allow DOE to ship TRU waste from NTS to the WIPP. The EPA 
> will not make a determination of compliance prior to the inspection or 
> before the 30-day comment period has closed.
>     Information on the EPA's radioactive waste disposal standards (40 
> CFR Part 191), the compliance criteria (40 CFR Part 194), and the EPA's 
> certification decision is filed in the official EPA Air Docket, Dockets 
> No. R-89-01, A-92-56, and A-93-02, respectively, and is available for 
> review in Washington, D.C., and at the three EPA WIPP informational 
> docket locations in New Mexico. The dockets in New Mexico contain only 
> major items from the official Air Docket in Washington, D.C., plus 
> those documents added to the official Air Docket after the October 1992 
> enactment of the WIPP LWA.
> 
>     Dated: May 7, 1999.
> Robert Perciasepe,
> Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
> [FR Doc. 99-12159 Filed 5-12-99; 8:45 am]
> BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
> 
Shawn Googins, M.S., CHP
Chief, Technical Services Section, RSB
Deputy Radiation Safety Officer, NIH
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