40 CFR Part 197 Resources

The documents below include Yucca Mountain standards and applicable supporting information.

• Background Information Document: Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Final 40 CFR 197 (pdf) (7.16 MB, June 2001, 402-R-01-004)
  This Background Information Document presents the technical information used by EPA to understand the characteristics of the Yucca Mountain site and to develop its rule, 40 CFR Part 197.
• Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada (pdf) (51.87 KB)
  This paper was presented at the Waste Management Conference in February 2002 in Tucson, Arizona.
• Evaluation of Potential Economic Impacts of 40 CFR Part 197: Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada (pdf) (1.13 MB, June 2001, 401-R-01-004)
  This Economic Impact Assessment (EIA) demonstrates that DOE’s strategy for development and design of a possible repository at Yucca Mountain has evolved so that the EPA’s 40 CFR Part 197 standards will have no impact on costs of the repository or the repository development program.
• Changes to, "Evaluation of Potential Economic Impacts of 40 CFR Part 197: Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada" (pdf) (1.13 MB)
  The following changes to the EIA in the Yucca Mountain Rule Docket (A-95-12, V-B-2) were made in this document to correct typographical and other minor errors in the text.
• Fact Sheet # 4: Yucca Mountain - Agency Roles in the Approval, Monitoring and Operation of a Potential Yucca Mountain Repository (pdf) (448.84 KB, October 2005, 402-F-05-028)
  This fact sheet shows the roles of the different government agencies involved in the approval and potential construction of the Yucca Mountain facility.
• Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada (40 CFR Part 197) - Final Rule: Response to Comments Document (pdf) (766.86 KB)
  EPA has finalized the radiation standards for public health and safety for Yucca Mountain, based in part upon the consideration of the public comments included in this document.
• Response to Comments: Amendments to the Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada (pdf) (1.58 MB)
  This document includes EPA's responses to comments from the public on the amendments to 40 CFR 197 as proposed.
• Ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit: Yucca Mountain, Nevada (pdf) (782.62 KB)
  The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the 10,000-year regulatory period (the period covered by the standards) was not "based upon and consistent with" the NAS report's recommendation and vacated that portion of EPA's Yucca Mountain standards.