Request Fact Sheet from Ricardo Maestas, WIPP Group Staff Manager here:
E-mail: ricardo.maestas@env.nm.gov
OR
Postal Mail: Ricardo Maestas, WIPP Group Staff Manager
Hazardous Waste Bureau - New Mexico Environment Department
2905 Rodeo Park Drive East, Building 1
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505-6303
Public Notice No. 22-06 New Mexico Environment Department Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Permit Renewal
The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is seeking public comment on a Permit Renewal draft Hazardous Waste Facility Permit (draft Permit) for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP, or the Facility). The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC (NWP), (together the “Permittees”), submitted a Renewal Application [WIPP Facility Administrative Record (AR) 200318] to NMED on March 31, 2020, along with an Updated redline strikeout (RLSO) for the Renewal Application [AR 220321] on March 17, 2022. On December 8, 2022, NMED issued a preliminary Renewal Fact Sheet [AR 221207]. Along with this reissuance of the Fact Sheet, a Public Notice is being issued on December 20, 2022, along with the draft Permit, initiating the start of the public comment period. This reissued Fact Sheet, the Public Notice, and the draft Permit are available on the NMED Hazardous Waste Bureau (HWB) WIPP News webpage at: https://www.env.nm.gov/hazardous-waste/wipp/.
New Mexico Environment Department Notice of Public Commet Period WIPP Permit Renewal