ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DISPOSAL REGULATIONS.

SEC. 3187. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DISPOSAL REGULATIONS. (a) Section 8(d)(1).— Section 8(d)(1) of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act (106 Stat. 4786) is amended— (1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: “(A) Application for compliance.— Within 30 days after the date of the enactment of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Amendment Act, the Secretary shall provide to Congress a schedule for the incremental submission of chapters of the application to the Administrator beginning no later than 30 days after the date of the submittal of the schedule. The Administrator shall review the submitted chapters and provide requests for additional information from the Secretary as needed for completeness within 45 days of the receipt of each chapter. The Administrator shall notify Congress of such requests. The schedule shall call for the Secretary to submit all chapters to the Administrator no later than October 31, 1996. The Administrator may at any time request additional information from the Secretary as needed to certify, pursuant to subparagraph (B), whether the WIPP facility will comply with the final disposal regulations.”; and (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking “after the application is” and inserting “after the full application has been”. (b) Section 8(d) (2) and (3).— Section 8(d) of such Act is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking “(1) Compliance with disposal regulations.—” and by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (1) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively. (c) Section 8(g).— Section 8(g) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 110 STAT. 2853 “(g) Engineered and Natural Barriers, Etc.— The Secretary shall use both engineered and natural barriers and any other measures (including waste form modifications) to the extent necessary at WIPP to comply with the final disposal regulations.”.