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READER'S GUIDE

The Final EIS/EIR is organized to assist the reader's understanding of the complex operations at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore.

Organization of Documents

The EIS/EIR is divided into five volumes and two companion reports:

Volume I. This volume contains the Final EIS/EIR, which in part relies on the detailed information in the appendices, and comprehensively discusses the proposed action, the alternatives, and the existing conditions and impacts of the proposed action and the alternatives.

Volume II. This volume contains the Final EIS/EIR technical appendices which provide technical support for the analyses in Volume I and also provide additional information and references. Appendix E was originally identified in the Implementation Plan to discuss site contamination and environmental restoration activities. This information is in sections 4.17, 4.18, and 5.1.15. Appendix E will not be used in the Final EIS/EIR.

Volume III. This volume contains the Final EIS/EIR technical appendices F through M. Appendix L has been revised to reflect public information activities since publication of the Draft EIS/EIR. These appendices provide technical support for the analyses in Volume I and also provide additional information and references.

Volume IV. This volume contains copies of the written comments and transcripts of individual statements at the public hearing and the responses to them.

Volume V. This volume of attachments contains copies of exhibits submitted by speakers at the public hearing or submitted to the project office as part of the written comments.

EIS/EIR Executive Summary. This report summarizes the proposed action and the alternatives, and their respective impacts on the environment.

Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program document. As required by CEQA, UC has developed this program as a part of the Final EIS/EIR process. This is a program for implementing and monitoring the progress of measures taken to mitigate the significant impacts of the proposed action. It identifies the Laboratory component responsible for implementing each of these measures, when mitigation monitoring will begin and end, and who will verify that the mitigation measure is implemented as planned.

Changes from the Draft EIS/EIR

Volume IV contains public comments and responses. Where responses to public comments have initiated changes that appear in the Final EIS/EIR Volumes I, II, and III, they have been so noted in the comment response. All changes, including correcting typographical errors, making grammatical improvements, and further clarifying information in the Draft EIS/EIR, have been made to improve the usefulness of the document to the decision maker and to be responsive to the public. These changes are shown in shaded text (as is this paragraph) in Volumes I, II, and III. These changes are not material to the analyses or conclusions presented in the Draft EIS/EIR. Because Volumes IV and V contain comments and responses on the Draft EIS/EIR, these volumes have no shaded text.

Glossary of Terms

There is a complete glossary of terms used at the end of Volume I and an appendix-specific glossary at the end of each appendix. Although some technical terms are defined within the text, the glossaries provide a quick reference source for technical terminology. Throughout the EIS/EIR and its supporting appendices, different systems of measurement are used to describe quantities, volumes, concentrations, distances and other factors. This is often done to report data as they are found in referenced documents or to be consistent with technical conventions. To assist the reader, a conversion table of equations is also provided at the end of the Glossary section of Volume I.

References

In Volume I, references appear at the end of each section. In Volumes II and III, references are placed at the conclusion of each appendix. In Volume IV, references appear at the end of the comments and responses. A complete set of reference materials, as well as additional background information, is available for public review at the Livermore Public Library, 1000 S. Livermore Avenue, Livermore, California, and at the UC Berkeley Charles F. Doe Library, Government Documents Section, 350 Main Library Annex, Berkeley, California.

Associated EIS/EIR Documents

In preparing the Draft EIS/EIR, two supporting documents were produced and made available to the public:

• The Community Relations Plan for the Environmental Impact Statement and Environmental Impact Report for Continued Operations of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore which establishes the program for community input and involvement in the EIS/EIR process.
• The Implementation Plan for the Environmental Impact Statement and Environmental Impact Report for Continued Operations of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore which summarizes the proposed action, the alternatives, and comments received during the EIS/EIR scoping process. It also summarizes the issues addressed in the Final EIS/EIR and provides an initial outline of the document.

Copies of these plans are available for public review at the above libraries, as well as at the information depositories listed in Appendix M.