APPENDIX C ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY, AND HEALTH
The purpose of this appendix is to discuss the environment, safety, and health programs at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), including LLNL Site 300, and Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore (SNL, Livermore). Figure C-1 illustrates how Appendix C relates to other appendices and the EIS/EIR. Of particular importance is the support this appendix provides to discussions of waste management (Appendix B), accident analysis (Appendix D), and the related parts of Sections 4 and 5 of the EIS/EIR. This appendix is organized according to the following major sections:
Section C.1 discusses the regulatory requirements for environment, safety, and health programs with which the Laboratories must comply. Section C.2 discusses the organizations of LLNL and SNL, Livermore that deal with environment, safety, and health responsibilities. Section C.3 discusses occupational exposures to radiation, toxic materials, and other industrial hazards arising from the normal operations of facilities. Section C.4 evaluates the impact of releases of radioactive and toxic materials from normal plant operations. The impact of exposures arising from contamination situations are currently being remediated under the Environmental Restoration Program (see section 4.17). The potential impact to members of the general public from hypothetical accidents is discussed in Appendix D. Section C.5 discusses the methods and protocols used by the Laboratories to assure the quality of these programs.
The line management of LLNL and SNL, Livermore are responsible for providing safe working conditions for workers at LLNL and SNL, Livermore and for limiting exposure of the general public in the vicinity to hazardous and radioactive materials. They are assisted in meeting these responsibilities by the Hazards Control Department, the Environmental Protection Department, and the Health Services Department at LLNL, and by the Center for Environment, Safety, and Health and Facilities Management at SNL, Livermore.
C.1 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
The primary guidance for the operation of LLNL and SNL, Livermore is provided by DOE orders. DOE orders and other DOE directives are technically equivalent to regulations developed by other regulatory agencies to implement federal laws at private facilities. TableC-1 provides a summary of these laws and regulations and the agencies responsible for their implementation.
Table C-1 Representative Listing of Federal, State, and Local Regulatory Requirements Affecting Environment, Safety, and Health
| Laws, Regulations and Requirements | Responsible Agencies |
| National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. sections 4321 et seq.) | Council on Environmental Quality |
| Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. sections 6901 et. seq.) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act/Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et. seq.) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. sections 7401 et seq.) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. sections 1251 et seq.) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. sections 300 et seq.) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Toxic Substance Control Act (15 U.S.C. sections 2601 et seq.) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Noise Control Act of 1972 (42 U.S.C. sections 4901 et seq.) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) | U.S. Department of Labor |
| California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Act (Water code sections 13000–13999.16) | California Environmental Protection Agency (Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards) |
| California Clean Air Act (Health and Safety Code sections 39000 et seq.) | California Environmental Protection Agency (Air Resources Board) |
| Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Information and Assessments Act (Health and Safety Code sections 44300 et seq.) | California Environmental Protection Agency (Air Resources Board) |
| California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Health and Safety Code sections 25249.5 et seq.)* | California Environmental Protection Agency |
| California Hazardous Waste Control Act (Health and Safety Code sections 25100 et seq.) | California Environmental Protection Agency |
| City of Livermore Sewage Discharge Regulations | City of Livermore, CA, (Livermore Water Reclamation Plant) |
| DOE Order 5480.1B "Environment, Safety, and Health Program for Department of Energy Operations" | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOE Order 5400.1 "General Environmental Protection Program" | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOE Order 5480.4 "Environmental Protection, Safety, and Health Protection Standards" | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOE Order 5000.3A "Occurrence Reporting and Processing of Operating Information" | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOE Order 5400.2A "Environmental Compliance Issue Coordination" | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOE Order 5482.1B "Environment, Safety, and Health Appraisal Program" | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOE Order 5484.1 "Environment, Safety, and Health Protection Information Reporting Requirements" | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOE Order 5483.1A "Occupational Safety and Health Program for Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated Facilities" | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOE Order 5480.11 "Radiation Protection for Occupation Workers" | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOE Order 5400.5 "Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment" | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOE Order 5480.10 "Contractor Industrial Hygiene Program" | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOE Order 5480.19 "Conduct of Operations Requirements for DOE Facilities" | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOE Order 5480.8 "Contractor Occupational Medicine Program" | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOE Order 5700.6C "Quality Assurance" | U.S. Department of Energy |
* Applies to SNL, Livermore, but not to LLNL
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