[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR194.27]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 194_CRITERIA FOR THE CERTIFICATION AND RE-CERTIFICATION OF THE WASTE 
ISOLATION PILOT PLANT'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE 40 CFR PART 191 DISPOSAL 
REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart C_Compliance Certification and Re-certification
 
Sec. 194.27  Peer review.

    (a) Any compliance application shall include documentation of peer 
review that has been conducted, in a manner required by this section, 
for:
    (1) Conceptual models selected and developed by the Department;
    (2) Waste characterization analyses as required in Sec. 194.24(b); 
and

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    (3) Engineered barrier evaluation as required in Sec. 194.44.
    (b) Peer review processes required in paragraph (a) of this section, 
and conducted subsequent to the promulgation of this part, shall be 
conducted in a manner that is compatible with NUREG-1297, ``Peer Review 
for High-Level Nuclear Waste Repositories,'' published February 1988. 
(Incorporation by reference as specified in Sec. 194.5.)
    (c) Any compliance application shall:
    (1) Include information that demonstrates that peer review processes 
required in paragraph (a) of this section, and conducted prior to the 
implementation of the promulgation of this part, were conducted in 
accordance with an alternate process substantially equivalent in effect 
to NUREG-1297 and approved by the Administrator or the Administrator's 
authorized representative; and
    (2) Document any peer review processes conducted in addition to 
those required pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section. Such 
documentation shall include formal requests, from the Department to 
outside review groups or individuals, to review or comment on any 
information used to support compliance applications, and the responses 
from such groups or individuals.

                        Containment Requirements