Information Sources

Publications

Radiation and Radiation Protection Issues

• Radioactive Waste Disposal:  An Environmental Perspective (8/94)
  
• Radiation: Risks and Realities (8/93)
  
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EPA's Role and Activities

• EPA and the WIPP (7/94)
  
• EPA's WIPP Implementation Strategy for the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act (3/93)
  
• Implementation of the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act: Reports to Congress (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)

Independent Technical Evaluation Documents

Environmental Evaluation Group

The New Mexico Environmental Evaluation Group (EEG) conducts technical evaluations of the WIPP Project that are independent of EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy. EEG was established in 1978 with funds provided by DOE to the State of New Mexico. EEG has provided a list of documents and reports that are available to the public--

	view the list of EEG Reports.
	contact EEG at (505) 828-1003.

Phoenix Environmental and EnviroIssues

• Evaluation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Public Outreach Process during the Certification Process at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico (Submitted April, 2001 by )
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WIPP Bulletins: [about pdf format]

• December 2003
  
  
• July 2002
  
  
• March 2002
  
  
• September 2000
  
  
• January 1999
  
  
• Winter 1997, No. 4
  
  
• Spring 1996, No. 3
  
  
• Spring 1995, No. 2 [hard copies only]
  
  
• Spring 1994, No. 1
  

EPA's Fact Sheets:

• Proposed Changes to EPA’s Compliance Criteria for the Recertification of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (June 02)
• Regulating the Safety of WIPP (May '02)
• Final Certification Decision for the WIPP (May '98)
• EPA's Continuing Regulation of the WIPP (May '98)
• Final Compliance Criteria for the WIPP (January '96)
• Final Amendments to Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for the Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastes (Dec. '93)

EPA's Public Participation and Communication

• Public Participation: EPA and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)(12/95)
• EPA's Communications Plan for the WIPP (12/95)

How can I obtain WIPP publications?

There are several ways:

• To view files marked "PDF" you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader®. If you do not have it, you may obtain and install by visiting EPA's portable document format page.
  
  
• Receive new WIPP publications--hot off the press!--by adding your name to the WIPP mailing list.
  
  
• Order any of the publications listed by contacting us.
  
  
• You can find Federal Register Notices and other documents relating to the legal aspects of EPA's Certification Decision on the Regulatory Documents Page and in the Dockets.
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Links and Other Resources

WIPP Information 

• U.S. Department of Energy

• EPA Region VI Office
  Based in Dallas, the Region VI office oversees EPA programs in Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

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Transportation 

• State of New Mexico: WIPP Transportation Safety Program
  Bill Mackie 505.827.5950
  Coordinator of New Mexico's
  RadioactiveWaste Task Force
  State of New Mexico

• WIPP Facility TRU Waste Transportation
  Dennis Hurtt 505.234.7327
  U.S. Department of Energy
  Office of Public Affairs
  

• U.S. DOE: National Transportation Program< U.S. DOT: Federal Motor Carrier Safety
  Richard Swedberg 303.969.6744 ext. 0363
  Health Physicist
  U.S. Department of Transportation

• Western Governors' Association: WIPP Transportation WebPage
  Ron Ross 303.623.9378
  Program Manager
  Western Governors' Association

• National Safety Council
  The National Safety Council (NSC) has information on the WIPP
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Radiation and Radiation Protection

• EPA Office Air and Radiation
  EPA Office of Radiation and Indoor Air,
  Information about EPA's Radiation Protection Program
  
  • National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory in Montgomery, Alabama
  • EPA's Radiation and Indoor Environments National Laboratory in LasVegas, Nevada
    
    
• Mixed Waste
  Contains a glossary and other helpful information about mixed hazardous and radioactive wastes.
  
  
• Yucca Mountain Standards
  EPA developed the public health and environmental radiation protection standards for the Department of Energy's proposed repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The facility would be the disposal site for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
  
  
• National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center 
  The National Safety Council has information on the WIPP and the transportation of transuranic waste.
    
• Radiation Information System
  basic information about certain facilities regulated by EPA for radiation and radioactivity