Waste Management:
Laws and Regulations
Yucca Mountain Standards
We have included on this page several documents that you may find useful in learning about EPA's Yucca Mountain standards and the basis for them. They include the following kinds of information:
- How are environmental laws and regulations made and implemented?
- Yucca Mountain Regulatory Documents
How are environmental laws and regulations made?
To learn about how environmental laws and regulations are created and implemented, visit the EPA Laws and Regulations Page.
Yucca Mountain Regulatory Documents
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- 2005 Proposed Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Federal Register version (PDF), (53 pp, 463Kb )
- 2001 Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Final Rule (PDF), Federal Register version, (63 pp, 734 Kb) requirements DOE's facility must meet before it opens
- Background Information
Document (BID) for 40CFR Part 197: Public Health and Environmental
Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada [EPA
402-R-01-005]
information used to develop radiation protection standards for Yucca Mtn., such as geology, hydrology, population - Evaluation
of Potential Economic Impacts of 40 CFR Part 197: Public
Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards
for Yucca Mountain, Nevada (PDF) [EPA 402-R-01-004] (132
pp, 1,408 Kb)
analysis of economic effect of various radiation protection option- Typographical changes to version of EIA in Docket (PDF) (3 pp, 18 Kb)
- 2001 Response to Comments
Document (PDF) [EPA 402-R-01-009] (219 pp, 1,105 Kb)
EPA's reply to comments on the proposed standards received from the public during the comment period - Energy Policy Act of 1992, Section 801. Nuclear Waste Disposal
- Technical
Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards