The Western Governors’ Association (WGA) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Transportation Technical Advisory Group (Technical Advisory Group), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), developed this WIPP Transportation Safety Program Implementation Guide. It presents the overall transportation issues, objectives, approaches and procedures which were agreed to by Western corridor state Governors and DOE through Memorandums of Agreement signed in 1995, 2003, and 2009. These issues, objectives, approaches and procedures govern the conduct of the highway transportation of transuranic waste through Western states.

Condensed Program Implementation Guide (PIGlet)

Statement of Purpose  (Updated July 2010)

Introduction

• Land Withdrawal Act (Public Law 102-579 as amended by Public Law 104-201)
• Western Governors’ Association Resolution 06-4 - “U.S. Department of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and Transportation of TRU Waste”
• Memorandum of Agreement Between the Western Governors and U.S. Department of Energy
• Report to Western Governors on the Status of the WIPP Transportation Safety Program
• DOE Fact Sheet: Transuranic Waste Transportation Containers

Section 1 - High–Quality Drivers and Carrier Compliance (Updated July 2010)

• Model Safety Elements in the WIPP Transportation Contract and Corresponding Carrier Management Plan
• WIPP Project Compliance Review Driver Checklist
• WIPP Project Compliance Review Vehicle Checklist
• Letter from DOE-CBFO to WGA regarding the WIPP carrier selection process

Section 2 - Independent Inspections

• CVSA Final Report - Executive Summary
• CVSA/DOE Spent Fuel/Transuranic/High Level Radioactive Waste Pilot Study Inspection Form
• WIPP Shipment Inspection Locations
• WIPP Shipment Level VI Inspection Policies by State
• Marking, Labeling and Placarding of WIPP Shipments containing Contact-Handled Transuranic (CH-TRU) Waste

Section 3 - Bad Weather and Road Conditions

• Procedures and Protocols for Bad Weather and Road Conditions for WIPP Shipments

Section 4 - Safe Parking During Abnormal Conditions

• Safe Parking Areas for WIPP Shipments
• Interagency Agreement Between DOE & DOD for Safe Parking at Military Installations
• Use of U.S. DOE and DOD Facilities as Safe Parking Areas

Section 5 - Advance Notice of WIPP Shipments, Shipment Tracking, and Shipment Status Information

• Advance Notice Information Requirements
• Back–up Procedures When TRANSCOM Is Not Working
• DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) Offsite Transportation Event Notification and Reporting

Section 6 - Medical Preparedness

• Regional Medical Preparedness Action Plan

Section 7 - Security Plan

• WGA Technical Advisory Group "Guidance for Security for Radioactive Materials Shipments"
• Department of Homeland Security National Security Threat Levels (unclassified)
• Security Measures in the Commercial Trucking and Bus Industries

Section 8 - Emergency Response Plans and Procedures

• Oregon Radioactive Material Emergency Field Procedures
• Emergency Planning, Response, and Recovery Roles and Responsibilities for TRU–Waste Transportation Incidents
• Emergency Assistance Compacts and Mutual Aid Agreements (formerly Section 7 of Program Implementation Guide)
• Model Mutual Aid Agreement, Idaho and Wyoming
• Actual Mutual Aid Agreement, Idaho and Wyoming
• Existing Emergency Compacts and Mutual Aid Agreements

Section 9 - Emergency Response Equipment

• American National Standard Performance Criteria for Hand-held Instruments for the Detection and Identification of Radionuclides
• Radiation Detection Equipment for WIPP Incidents

Section 10 - Training and Exercises

• WIPP Emergency Response Training
• WIPPTREX Planning Procedures
• U.S. Department of Labor Letters

Section 11 - Public Information and Participation

• Communications and Public Involvement Plan
• Recommendations for Public Information Activities for WIPPTREX Exercises
• WGA Fact Sheet, Western States Committed to Transport Safety
• Public Meeting Evaluation Form
• Public Information Coordination for WIPP Transportation Incidents and Accidents

Section 12 - Highway Routing of WIPP Shipments

Section 13 - Program Evaluation

• WIPP Transport Safety Program Biennial Program Review

Appendix - (Updated June 2011)

• Route Specific State Holidays
• State 24-Hour Emergency Contacts
• State Policy Contacts
• State Public Information Officer Contacts