This rulemaking involves technical
standards. Therefore, the Agency
conducted a search to identify
potentially applicable voluntary
consensus standards. In our original
1999 proposal (64 FR 46976), we
requested public comment on
potentially applicable voluntary
consensus standards that would be
appropriate for inclusion in the Yucca
Mountain rule. However, we identified
no such standards, and none were
brought to our attention in comments.
Therefore, the standards promulgated in
2001 and today’s final revisions are sitespecific
and developed solely for
application to the Yucca Mountain
disposal facility