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DOE/EIS-0189

Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Tank Waste Remediation System

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SUMMARY OF THE TANK WASTE REMEDIATION SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

1.0 INTRODUCTION

2.0 PURPOSE AND NEED FOR ACTION

3.0 DESCRIPTION AND COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVES

4.0 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT

5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES 5.1 GEOLOGY AND SOIL
5.2 WATER RESOURCES
5.3 AIR QUALITY
5.4 BIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES
5.5 CULTURAL RESOURCES
5.6 SOCIOECONOMICS
5.7 LAND USE
5.8 VISUAL RESOURCES Resources and the National EnvironmentalResearch Park
5.9 NOISE
5.10 TRANSPORTATION
5.11 ANTICIPATED HEALTH EFFECTS
5.12 ACCIDENTS
5.13 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
5.14 UNAVOIDABLE ADVERSE IMPACTS
5.15 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHORT-TERM USES OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT OF LONG-TERM PRODUCTIVITY
5.16 IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENT OF RESOURCES
5.17 CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE PROPOSED ACTION AND THE OBJECTIVES OF FEDERAL, REGIONAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL LAND-USE PLANS, POLICIES OR CONTROLS
5.18 POLLUTION PREVENTION
5.19 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
5.20 MITIGATION MEASURES

6.0 STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

7.0 SCOPING, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND CONSULTATIONS

8.0 LIST OF PREPARERS

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B
B.1.0 EXISTING FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS
B.2.0 DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVES
B.3.0 TANK WASTE ALTERNATIVES
B.4.0 CAPSULES
B.5.0 TANK CLOSURE
B.6.0 THE HANFORD BARRIER
B.7.0 SITING OF FACILITIES
B.8.0 MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
B.9.0 TECHNOLOGIES
B.10.0 HIGH-LEVEL WASTE
B.11.0 ALTERNATIVES DATA

APPENDIX C

APPENDIX D
D.1.0 INTRODUCTION
D.2.0 METHODOLOGY
D.3.0 BASELINE RISK
D.4.0 REMEDIATION RISK
D.5.0 ANTICIPATED POST-REMEDIATION RISK
D.6.0 ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS
D.7.0 INTRUDER RISK

APPENDIX E
E.1.0 INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY
E.2.0 NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE (TANK WASTE)
E.3.0 LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVE
E.4.0 IN SITU FILL AND CAP ALTERNATIVE
E.5.0 IN SITU VITRIFICATION ALTERNATIVE
E.6.0 EX SITU INTERMEDIATE SEPARATIONS ALTERNATIVE
E.7.0 EX SITU NO SEPARATIONS ALTERNATIVE
E.8.0 EX SITU EXTENSIVE SEPARATIONS ALTERNATIVE
E.9.0 EX SITU/IN SITU COMBINATION
E.10.0 EX SITU/IN SITU COMBINATION 2 ALTERNATIVE
E.11.0 PHASED IMPLEMENTATION ALTERNATIVE
E.12.0 NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE (CAPSULES)
E.13.0 ONSITE DISPOSAL ALTERNATIVE
E.14.0 OVERPACK AND SHIP ALTERNATIVE
E.15.0 VITRIFY WITH TANK WASTE ALTERNATIVE
E.16.0 VITRIFIED HLW TRANSPORT TO THE POTENTIAL GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY

APPENDIX F
F.1.0 INTRODUCTION
F.2.0 METHODOLOGY AND APPROACH
F.3.0 PREDICTED CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS
F.4.0 FLOW AND TRANSPORT MODEL

APPENDIX G

APPENDIX H

APPENDIX I
I.1.0 INTRODUCTION
I.2.0 WATER RESOURCES
I.3.0 METEOROLOGY AND AIR QUALITY
I.4.0 BIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES
I.5.0 CULTURAL RESOURCES
I.6.0 SOCIOECONOMICS
I.7.0 LAND USE
I.8.0 VISUAL RESOURCES
I.9.0 NOISE
I.10.0 TRANSPORTATION
I.11.0 RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT: OVERVIEW AND POTENTIAL RADIATION DOSES FROM 1994 HANFORD SITE OPERATIONS

APPENDIX J CONSULTATION LETTERS

APPENDIX K
K.1.0 INTRODUCTION
K.2.0 UNCERTAINTIES IN ALTERNATIVES
K.3.0 UNCERTAINTY IN SOURCE TERMS
K.4.0 UNCERTAINTY IN ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT
K.5.0 UNCERTAINTIES IN HUMAN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT
K.6.0 UNCERTAINTY IN HUMAN HEALTH RISK
K.7.0 NOMINAL CASE ANALYSIS FOR EX SITU INTERMEDIATE SEPARATION ALTERNATIVE
K.8.0 ECOLOGICAL RISK UNCERTAINTY
K.9.0 RESULTS

APPENDIX L