Santa Fe – The New Mexico Environment Department issued a public notice yesterday proposing the draft permit for public comment regarding the Modification of the WIPP Panel Closure Plan. The 60-day public comment period ends on April 23, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.

The U.S. Department of Energy and Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC (the "Permittees") submitted a revised modification request to NMED on November 10, 2016. The request includes modifications to the WIPP Panel Closure Plan.

The draft permit, fact sheet, public notices and modification request can be found on the NMED webpage at https://www.env.nm.gov/hazardous-waste/wipp/. The fact sheet provides a summary of the proposed modifications to the permit.