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2. WIPP Land Withdrawal Act, Public Law 102-579, 30 October 1992.
3. US Environmental Protection Agency, 40 CFR Part 191: Environmental radiation protection standards for the management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel, high-level and transuranic radioactive wastes; final rule, Federal Register 1993;58:66398–66416.
4. US Environmental Protection Agency, 40 CFR 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; final rule, Federal Register 1996;61:5224–5245.
5. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA) Standards, ASME NQA-1-1989 edition, Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Nuclear Facilities; ASME NQA-2a-1990 addenda, part 2.7, to ASME NQA-2-1989 edition, Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications; and ASME NQA-3-1989 edition, Quality Assurance Program Requirements for the Collection of Scientific and Technical Information for Site Characterization of High-Level Nuclear Waste Repositories; American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fairfield, NJ, 1989–1992.