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)(134 pp, 7 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)(10 pp, 94 K)
  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)(132 pp, 1 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)(3 pp, 19 K)
  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)(1 pg, 465 K, 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)(219 pp, 1 MB)
  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)(419 pp, 2 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)(100 pp, 337 K)
  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.