[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 73 (Friday, April 16, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 18870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9602]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 194

[FRL-6327-2]
RIN 2060-AG85


Change in Dates of EPA Inspection of Transuranic Waste 
Characterization Systems and Processes at the Rocky Flats Environmental 
Technology Site Related to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 
change in the dates of a planned inspection of systems and processes 
for characterizing certain transuranic (TRU) radioactive waste at the 
Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS), as described in 
EPA's Federal Register document of March 25, 1999 (64 FR 14418). The 
original dates were April 12-16, as announced in the March 25 notice. 
The inspection will now be held the week of April 26, 1999. This will 
allow for the 30-day public comment period on Department of Energy 
(DOE) documents applicable to characterization of TRU waste at RFETS, 
which was announced in the March 25 notice, to occur in advance of the 
inspection. The documents available for comment are entitled: (1) 
``Transuranic Waste Management Manual, Rev. 2,'' (2) ``RFETS TRU Waste 
Characterization Program Quality Assurance Project Plan,'' and (3) 
``Salt Residue Stabilization, Building 707 Process Control/
Qualification Plan.'' They are available for review in the public 
dockets listed in ADDRESSES. In accordance with EPA's WIPP Compliance 
Criteria at 40 CFR 194.8, EPA will conduct an inspection of waste 
characterization systems and processes at RFETS to verify that the 
proposed systems and processes at RFETS can characterize transuranic 
waste at issue properly, consistent with the Compliance Criteria. This 
notice of the inspection and comment period accords with 40 CFR 194.8.

DATES: Comments must be received by EPA's official Air Docket on or 
before May 10, 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, S.W., Washington, DC 20460. The DOE documents are available 
for review in the official EPA Air Docket in Washington DC, 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, 10 am-9 pm, Friday-Saturday, 
10 am-6 pm, and Sunday 1 pm-5 pm; in Albuquerque at the Government 
Publications Department, Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico, 
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 am-9 pm, Friday, 8 am-5 pm, Saturday-Sunday, 
1 pm-5 pm; and in Santa Fe at the Fogelson Library, College of Santa 
Fe, Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 am-12 am, Friday, 8 am-5 pm, Saturday, 9 
am-5 pm, and Sunday, 1 pm-9 pm.
    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: Scott Monroe, Office of Radiation and 
Indoor Air, (202) 564-9310, or call EPA's toll-free WIPP Information 
Line, 1-800-331-WIPP.

    Dated: April 12, 1999.
Robert Perciasepe,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 99-9602 Filed 4-15-99; 8:45 am]
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