The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to certify whether or not the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) will comply with EPA's environmental radiation protection standards for the disposal of radioactive waste (40 CFR part 191). The WIPP is being constructed by the Department of Energy (DOE) near Carlsbad, New Mexico, as a potential repository for the safe disposal of transuranic radioactive waste. Pursuant to the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act of 1992, as amended, EPA must certify that the WIPP will comply with EPA's radioactive waste disposal standards, as well as other applicable environmental laws and regulations, before DOE may commence disposal of radioactive waste at the WIPP.
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