DOE/EIS-0286F; Final Hanford Site Solid (Radioactive and Hazardous) Waste Program Environmental Impact Statement Richland, Washington (January 2004)

Cover
Cover Sheet
Table of Contents
Acronyms/Abbreviations
Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Terms Related to Radioactivity, Radiation Dose, and Exposure
Units of Measure
Reference Citations
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 HSW EIS Waste Streams and Waste Management Facilities
   Section 2.2 Hanford Waste Storage, Treatment, and Disposal Facilities, and Transportation Capabilities Related to the Proposed Action
     Section 2.2.2 Treatment and Processing Facilities
     Section 2.2.3 Disposal Facilities
     Section 2.2.4 Transportation
     Section 2.2.5 Pollution Prevention/Waste Minimization
     Section 2.2.6 Decontamination and Decommissioning of Hanford Facilities
     Section 2.2.7 Long-Term Stewardship
   Section 2.3 References
Chapter 3 Description and Comparison of Alternatives
Chapter 4 Affected Environment
   Section 4.2 Land Use
   Section 4.3 Meteorology and Air Quality
   Section 4.4 Geologic Resources
   Section 4.5 Hydrology
   Section 4.6 Biological and Ecological Resources
   Section 4.7 Cultural, Archaeological, and Historical Resources
   Section 4.8 Socioeconomic Activity
   Section 4.9 Noise
   Section 4.10 Occupational Safety
   Section 4.11 Occupational Radiation Exposure at the Hanford Site
   Section 4.12 References
Chapter 5 Environmental Consequences
   Section 5.1 Land Use
   Section 5.2 Air Quality
   Section 5.3 Water Quality
   Section 5.4 Geological Resources
   Section 5.5 Ecological Resources
   Section 5.6 Socioeconomics
   Section 5.7 Cultural Resources Impacts
   Section 5.8 Traffic and Transportation
   Section 5.9 Noise
   Section 5.10 Resources Commitments
   Section 5.11 Human Health and Safety Impacts
   Section 5.12 Aesthetic and Scenic Resources
   Section 5.13 Environmental Justice
   Section 5.14 Cumulative Impacts
   Section 5.15 Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources
   Section 5.16 Relationship Between Short-Term Uses of the Environment and the Maintenance of Enhancement of Long-Term Productivity
   Section 5.17 Unavoidable Adverse Impacts
   Section 5.18 Potential Mitigation Measures
   Section 5.19 References
Chapter 6 Regulatory Framework
Chapter 7 List of Preparers and Contributors
   Attachments

Volume 2

Volume II Appendixes A through O
Cover Sheet
Table of Contents
Appendix A Public Scoping and Review Comments and DOE Responses
Appendix B Detailed Alternatives Descriptions, Assumptions, Waste Volumes, and Waste Stream Flowsheets
Appendix C Description of Waste Volumes for the Hanford Site Solid (Radioactive and Hazardous) Waste Program EIS
Appendix D Supplemental Information on the Low Level Burial Grounds, Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility, Borrow Pits, Trench Liners, and Disposal Facility Barriers
Appendix E Air Quality Analysis
Appendix F Methods for Evaluating Impacts on Health for Radionuclides and Chemicals
Appendix G Groundwater Quality Impacts
   Tables
   Use of ILAW Performance Assessment Calculations in Potential HSW EIS Long-Term Groundwater Quality and Human Health Impacts
   Response to Letters
   Reference
Appendix H Traffic and Transportation
Appendix I Ecological Resources
     Attachment A
     Attachment B
     Attachment B cont'
Appendix J Construction Noise - Method of Assessment
Appendix K Cultural Resources
     Appendix K cont'
     Appendix K cont'
     Appendix K cont'

Appendix L System Assessment Capability: A 10,000-Year Post-Closure Assessment
Appendix M Long-Term Impacts Associated with Disconnecting Disposal of HSW at the Hanford Site

Appendix N Overview of DOE Nationwide and Hanford Site Waste Management Programs and Initiatives

Appendix O Unpublished Sources Cited in the Hanford Solid (Radioactive and Hazardous) Waste Environmental Impact Statement

Volume 3

Volume III Comment Response Document
Cover Sheet
Section 1 Introduction
Section 2 An Overview of Key Issues Raised in Comment on the Revised Draft HSW EIS
Section 3 Response to Revised Draft HSW EIS Comments*
   Section 3 Columbia River
   Section 3 Cost
   Section 3 Cumulative Impacts
   Section 3 Disposal
   Section 3 DOE
   Section 3 Ecological
   Section 3 EnvironmentalJustice
   Section 3 Environmental Monitoring
   Section 3 Facilities
   Section 3 General
   Section 3 General Cont'
   Section 3 Groundwater
   Section 3 Hanford Cleanup
   Section 3 Hanford Cleanup Cont'
   Section 3 Immobilized Low Activity Waste
   Section 3 Impact Evaluation
   Section 3 Impact Evaluation Cont'
   Section 3 Impact Evaluation Cont'
   Section 3 Impact Evaluation Cont'
   Section 3 Information Content
   Section 3 Long Term Stewardship
   Section 3 Mitigation Measures
   Section 3 Native American Concerns
   Section 3 NEPA Compliance
   Section 3 Nevada Test Site
   Section 3 No Action Alternative
   Section 3 Performance Assessment
   Section 3 Point of Assessment
   Section 3 Public Involvement
   Section 3 Public Involvement Cont'
   Section 3 Regulatory Compliance
   Section 3 Risk Analysis
   Section 3 Tanks
   Section 3 Transportation
   Section 3 Transuranic (TRU) Waste
   Section 3 Treatment
   Section 3 Waste
   Section 3 WIPP
   Section 3 WM PEIS
   Section 3 Yucca Mountain
Section 4 Location of Comments and Responses
Section 5 References

Volume 4

Figures/Tables

Figure 1-2 States with Radioactive Waste Disposal Activities
Figure 1-3 Relationship of the HSW EIS to Other Hanford Cleanup Operations, Materials Management Activities, and Key Environmental Reviews
Figure 2-6 Waste Receiving and Processing Facility
Figure 2-7 X-Ray Image of Transuranic Waste Drum Contents
Figure 2-18 Typical Liner System
Figure 2-19 Modified RCRA Subtitle C Barrier for Mixed Low-Level Waste Trenches and the Low Level Burial Ground
Figure 4-21 Distribution of Vegetation Types and Land Use Area on the Hanford Site Prior to the 24 Command Fire of 2000
Figure 4-22 Distribution of Vegetation Types and Land Use Areas in the 200 West Area Prior to the 24 Command Fire of 2000
Figure 4-23 Distribution of Vegetation Types and Land Use Areas in the 200 East Area Prior to the 24 Command Fire of 2000
Figure 4-24 Species of Concern on the Hanford Site and the 24 Command Fire Area
Figure 4-25 Locations of Asian, black, Hispanic, Native American, Pacific Islander, and Overall Minority Populations Near the Hanford Site
Figure 4-26 Locations of Low-Income Populations Near the Hanford Site
Figure 4-28 Transportation Routes on the Hanford Site
Figure D-1 Wetlands in the Vicinity of the Three Candidate Locations for the Portsmouth Conversion Facility
Figure D-2 Land Cover in Pike County, Ohio
Figure D-3 Census Tracts within 50 mi of the Conversion Facility at the Portsmouth Site with Minority Populations in Excess of State-Specific Thresholds
Figure D-4 Census Tracts within 50 mi of the Conversion Facility at the Portsmouth Site with Low-Income Populations in Excess of State-Specific Thresholds
Figure D-5 Wind Rose for the ETTP K1209 Meteorological Tower
Figure D-6 Land Cover in Roane County, Tennessee
Figure D-7 Census Tracts within 50 mi of the Storage Facility at ETTP with Minority Populations in Excess of State-Specific Thresholds
Figure D-8 Census Tracts within 50 mi of the Storage Facility at ETTP with Low-Income Populations in Excess of State-Specific Thresholds
Figure D-12 Land Cover in Pike County, Ohio
Figure G-97 Comparison of Predicted Peak Concentration of Technetium-99 and Iodine-129 at the 200 East SE LOA from Upper Bound Inventories
Figure G-98 Comparison of Predicted Peak Concentration of Uranium-238 at the 200 East SE LOA from Upper Bound Inventories
Figure G-104 Approximately Disposal Area Footprint Used in 200 East Area
Figure G-105 Approximately Disposal Area Footprint Used in 200 West Area
Figure G-106 Approximately Disposal Area Footprint Used in Alternative Group D1
Figure G-107 Approximately Disposal Area Footprint Used in Alternative Group D2
Table G-42 Predicted Peak Concentrations of Key Constituents from Waste Disposed of Before 2008 at Aggregate LLW Management Area Boundaries, Alternative Groups D1, D2, and D3
Table G-43 Predicted Peak Concentrations of Key Constituents from Waste Disposed of After 2007 at Aggregate LLW Management Area Boundaries, Alternative Group D1
Table G-44 Predicted Peak Concentrations of Key Constituents from Waste Disposed of After 2007 at Aggregate LLW Management Area Boundaries, Alternative Group D2
Table G-47 Sums of MCL Fractions and Drinking Water Doses from Maximum Potential Concentrations of Technetium-99 and Iiodine-129 for Waste Buried After 2007 at Facility Boundaries
Table G-49 Constituents Categorized by Mobility Classes
Table G-50 Degradation Rates of Selected Organic Chemicals Hypothetically Associated with Waste Disposed of Before 1988
Table G-51 Degradation Rates Due to Volatization of Selected Organic Chemicals Hypothetically Associated with Waste Disposed of Before 1988 Using Methods by Strenge and Peterson

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