Final Environmental Impact Statement Safe Interim Storage Of Hanford Tank Wastes DOE/EIS-0212 VOLUME 1 OF 2 VOLUME 1
FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
SAFE INTERIM STORAGE OF HANFORD
TANK WASTES
Hanford Site
Richland, Washington
October, 1995
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY
NUCLEAR WASTE PROGRAM
LACEY, WASHINGTON 98503
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
RICHLAND OPERATIONS OFFICE
RICHLAND, WASHINGTON 99352
Department of Energy
Richland, WA 99352
October 1995
Dear Citizen:
This is the Safe Interim Storage of Hanford Tank Wastes Final Environmental
Impact Statement. The Department of Energy and the Washington State
Department of Ecology have prepared the Final Environmental Impact Statement
in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and the Washington
State Environmental Policy Act.
This Environmental Impact Statement deals with interim actions required prior
to making decisions based on the Tank Waste Remediation System Environmental
Impact Statement, a separate Environmental Impact Statement which is being
prepared to analyze longer term waste management decisions.
This Environmental Impact Statement analyzes five alternatives for maintaining
safe storage of high level radioactive wastes currently stored in the older
single-shell tanks, the Watchlist Tank 241-SY-101, and future waste volume
associated with tank farm and other Hanford facility operations, including
alternative methods of transferring this waste across the Hanford Site. The
site-specific analyses presented in Volume 1 support the discussion of
environmental consequences related to these alternatives. Volume 2 is the
Comment Response Document which provides summaries of public comments received
on the draft Environmental Impact Statement during and after the 45-day public
comment period, and the responses to those comments.
A complete copy of the Final Environmental Impact Statement and reference
documents are available in public reading rooms and information repositories.
Their addresses are included in the National Environmental Policy Act/State
Environmental Policy Act fact sheet in Volume 1. For further information or
to request additional copies, contact:
Carolyn Haass Geoff Tallent
U.S. Departmen of Energy Washington State Department of Ecology
P.O. Box 550, MSIN S7-51 P.O. Box 47600
Richland, WA 99352 Olympia, WA 98504-7600
(509) 372-2731 (360) 407-7112
The Department of Energy will issue a Record of Decision no less than 30 days
after the Environmental Protection Agency publishes a Notice of Availability
in the Federal Register for the Final Environmental Impact Statement. A copy
of the Record of Decision can be obtained by contacting the Office of
Communications at the phone number listed above.
Sincerely,
Paul F.X. Dunigan, Jr.
NEPA Compliance Officer
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