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FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT SAFE INTERIM STORAGE OF HANFORD TANK WASTES SUMMARY

The Safe Interim Storage of Hanford Tank Wastes Environmental Impact Statement
has been prepared according to requirements of the National Environmental
Policy Act and the Washington State Environmental Policy Act.  In accordance
with these Acts, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement was issued on August
5, 1994, (DOE 1994) and it was revised in response to public, agency, and
tribal comments to produce this Final Environmental Impact Statement.  This
Environmental Impact Statement considers alternatives for maintaining safe
storage of Hanford tank wastes during the interim period prior to making and
implementing decisions which are the subject of analysis in the Tank Waste
Remediation System Environmental Impact Statement.   
This Environmental Impact Statement is prepared in response to the need,
identified by the U.S. Department of Energy and Washington State Department of
Ecology, to address near-term safety and management issues associated with
tank wastes at the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site near Richland,
Washington.  The Safe Interim Storage of Hanford Tank Wastes Environmental
Impact Statement includes the need to bring Hanford's 200 Area cross-site
waste transfer capability into compliance with regulatory requirements of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Washington State Dangerous
Waste Regulations.  All actions identified in the Environmental Impact
Statement would take place at the Hanford Site.  
The actions considered in this Final Environmental Impact Statement include
alternative ways of transferring tank waste across the 200 Area and actions
that could mitigate the generation of high concentrations of flammable gases
in Tank 101-SY.  The cross-site transfer actions can contribute to the interim
stabilization of older single-shell tanks to help reduce the risk of leaks
from those tanks.  Many of the single-shell tanks have leaked and new leaks
are developing in these tanks at a rate of more than one per year.  Since
issuing the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, operation of the mixer pump
in Tank 101-SY has been proven to successfully mitigate the flammable gas
safety issue in this tank.  Providing new storage capacity for diluted waste
from Tank 101-SY is also evaluated as an action in support of an alternative
way of mitigating the safety issue in this tank.  This document considers only
interim actions that can be accomplished through the year 2000 to provide for
the safe management of wastes stored in these tanks and does not address the
ultimate disposal of these wastes.  A separate Environmental Impact Statement
is addressing the entirety of the Tank Waste Remediation System Program which
includes the ultimate disposal of the waste over a longer time frame.  
Because the Washington State Environmental Policy Act and the National
Environmental Policy Act are similar in their purpose, intent, and procedures,
the Washington State Department of Ecology and U.S. Department of Energy
decided to prepare one Environmental Impact Statement addressing the
requirements of both acts.  On February 15, 1994 a Memorandum of Understanding
was signed between the U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office,
and the Washington State Department of Ecology.  The Memorandum of
Understanding calls for the joint preparation of this document to satisfy both
Acts' requirements.

BACKGROUND OF THE HANFORD SITE

The Federal government created the Hanford Site, near Richland, Washington, in
1943, as part of the Manhattan Project, to produce plutonium for national
defense.  Production of plutonium at Hanford reactors and recovery of that
plutonium no longer occur at the Hanford Site.  The current Hanford Site
mission is to clean up the site, provide scientific and technological
excellence to meet global needs, and participate in the economic
diversification of the region.
Processing reactor fuel for plutonium production and other waste management
activities created a wide variety of radioactive and hazardous wastes, some of
which have been stored in underground tanks on the Hanford Site.  The
radioactive wastes from various processes have been transferred among tanks so
that chemical and physical characteristics of the wastes vary greatly among
tanks and even within individual tanks.  Typically, the tank wastes are highly
radioactive and chemically hazardous.
Tanks are of two general types - single-shell tanks and double-shell tanks.
Single-shell tanks have one steel wall, surrounded by reinforced concrete;
they were constructed between 1944 and 1964 and received waste until 1980. 
The capacity of most single-shell tanks is approximately 2-million to
4-million liters (L) [500,000 to 1-million gallons (gal)].  The tanks are
situated below grade and are covered with 2 to 3 meters (m) [6 to 10 feet
(ft)] of earth.  There are 149 single-shell tanks storing about 140-million L
(36-million gal) of waste.  Sixty-seven of the single-shell tanks have leaked
or are assumed to have leaked.  Approximately 2.3 million to 3.4 million L
(600,000 to 900,000 gal) of waste has leaked or spilled into the nearby soil. 
Over the years, much of the liquid stored in single-shell tanks has evaporated
or been pumped to double-shell tanks.
There are 28 double-shell tanks at the Hanford Site, each with a capacity of
about 4-million L (1-million gal).  The double-shell tanks were constructed
between 1970 and 1986.  Double-shell tanks consist of two concentric
structures; a steel primary tank used to contain radioactive waste materials;
and an outer reinforced concrete confinement structure lined with steel.  The
space between the two walls is monitored for leaks.  These tanks are also
situated 2 to 3 m (6 to 10 ft) below ground level.  The U.S. Department of
Energy has used double-shell tanks since 1970 and none of the double-shell
tanks at the Hanford Site have been known to leak.  They are used to store a
variety of liquid radioactive wastes including wastes from the single-shell
tanks interim stabilization program and from various Hanford Site processes. 
The wastes are stored in tanks based on composition, level of radioactivity,
or origin.  The 28 double-shell tanks now contain about 80-million L
(21-million gal) of waste (WHC 1995). 
On November 5, 1990, the U.S. Congress enacted Public Law 101-510, Section
3137, "Safety Measures for Waste Tanks at Hanford Nuclear Reservation," of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 1991, which addresses safety
issues concerning the handling of waste in these tanks.  In response to this
legislation U.S. Department of Energy created the tank Watchlist which
identified tanks with potential safety concerns which warranted special
attention.  Safety issues have been prioritized by the U.S. Department of
Energy High-Level Waste Tank Task Force (WHC 1993a). 
Fifty-four tanks (48 single-shell tanks and six double-shell tanks) on the
Watchlist have safety issues that have been identified as the Priority 1
Hanford Site Tank Farm Safety Issues (WHC 1995, WHC 1993b).  Priority 1
Hanford Site Tank Farm Safety Issues have been defined as:  "Issues/situations
that contain most necessary conditions that could lead to worker (on-site) or
off-site radiation exposure through an uncontrolled release of fission
products, e.g., Tank 101-SY" (WHC 1995).  The Watchlist tanks contain waste
that currently has a very low, but unacceptable, potential for release
directly to the environment.  For this reason they are considered Watchlist
tanks.  Priority 1 safety issues associated with the waste have been
identified and include: 
.      High flammable gas concentrations (for example, hydrogen)
.      Potentially explosive mixtures of ferrocyanide-containing wastes
.      Potential for runaway organic mixture reactions
.      Water additions needed to cool single-shell tanks (WHC 1993a). 
While there are 54 tanks on the Watchlist, only high-level waste Storage Tank
241-SY-101, commonly known as Tank 101-SY, has been judged to require
mitigation in the interim to deal with accumulation of flammable gas
concentrations at levels in excess of the lower flammability limit.  Twenty-
five tanks are on the Watchlist due to generation of flammable gas. 
Monitoring to date has not indicated accumulation of flammable gas
concentrations approaching the lower flammability limit in any other Watchlist
tank.
Priority 2 safety issues include:
.      Potential for nuclear criticality in tanks
.      Storage of high-level waste in tanks that have leaked (only single-
       shell tanks have leaked)
.      Storage of high-level waste in tanks with no secondary containment
       (single-shell tanks)
.      Tank vapor release
.      Integrity of storage tanks, leak detection, and response to a leak 
       (WHC 1993a). 
As a result of these issues, a schedule for dealing with tank safety issues
was placed into the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order, also
known as the Tri-Party Agreement.  The Tri-Party Agreement identified specific
actions and milestone schedule dates to cover these issues.

PURPOSE AND NEED FOR ACTION

In the Draft Safe Interim Storage of Hanford Tank Wastes Environmental Impact
Statement, the U.S. Department of Energy and Washington State Department of
Ecology identified a purpose and need to resolve near-term tank safety issues
associated with hydrogen gas generation in Watchlist tanks while continuing to
provide safe storage for other Hanford wastes.  These Watchlist tanks were
identified pursuant to Public Law 101-150, section 3137 "Safety Measures for
Waste Tanks at Hanford Nuclear Reservation" of the National Defense
Authorization Act 1991.  Since the issuance of the Draft Safe Interim Storage
of Hanford Tank Wastes Environmental Impact Statement, the mixer pump in Tank
101-SY has mitigated issues associated with hydrogen production, pressure
generation, and unacceptably high concentrations of flammable gas.  The U.S.
Department of Energy now believes that through continued use of mixer pumps,
waste exhibiting gas release activity may continue to be safely stored in
existing tanks and may not need to be removed and diluted prior to final
treatment for disposal. 
Consistent with the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, the U.S. Department
of Energy and the Washington State Department of Ecology identified the
ongoing need to continue to provide safe storage of high-level radioactive
tank wastes while supporting tank farm management and operations.  The need
for a regulatory-compliant replacement cross-site transfer system to move
wastes between the 200 West and 200 East Area tank farms exists prior to
implementing decisions that will be made based on the Tank Waste Remediation
System Environmental Impact Statement.  The need is reflected in the Tri-Party
Agreement Milestone M-43-07A.  A modern, safe, and reliable cross-site waste
transfer capability is needed to expedite cleanup and minimize the risk
associated with management of the tank waste.  This is especially true in the
200 West Area where there is far less useable double-shell tank capacity than
there is waste in single-shell tanks.  The replacement waste transfer
capability would provide the means needed to move waste to the available
double-shell tank capacity located in the 200 East Area.  For example, a
specific risk reduction need that would be supported by providing a compliant
cross-site waste transfer capability would include reducing the likelihood of
liquid waste escaping from the corroded single-shell tanks into the
environment by facilitating removal of salt well liquids from those tanks. 
Many of these tanks have leaked and new leaks are appearing at a rate of more
than one per year.

DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNATIVES

A range of alternatives was considered and the following have been identified
as reasonable alternatives to achieve the safe interim storage need described
in the Purpose and Need for Action section.
.      Preferred Alternative - The preferred alternative of the U.S.
       Department of Energy and Washington State Department of Ecology
       consists of the following components:
       -      Construction of a replacement cross-site transfer pipeline
              system
       -      Construction of a waste retrieval system in Tank 241-SY-102,
              commonly known as Tank 102-SY
       -      Continued operation of the mixer pump in Tank 101-SY 
       -      Cross-site transfer of waste from Tank 102-SY to double-shell
              tanks in the 200 East Area 
       -      Cross-site transfer of wastes resulting from interim
              stabilization of single-shell tanks by salt well pumping 
       -      Cross-site transfer of waste generated by 200 West Area
              facilities (S-Plant, T-Plant, Plutonium Finishing Plant, and
              tank farm operations).  
       Liquid waste from these sources, with the exception of some facility
       waste, would be retrieved and transferred through the existing cross-
       site transfer system until the proposed replacement cross-site transfer
       pipeline system becomes operational in 1998.  
       Transuranic solids from Tank 102-SY would be retrieved, transferred and
       consolidated in 200 East Area tanks to minimize space allocation
       associated with storage of transuranic waste, and provide space for
       complexed salt well liquids.  The consolidation of tank waste is an
       ongoing tank farm management action evaluated under prior Environmental
       Impact Statements and a supplement (DOE 1975, DOE 1980, DOE 1987). 
       Such retrieval is allowed under the relevant Records of Decision.  The
       retrieval of 102-SY sludge is being discussed in this Environmental
       Impact Statement for a comprehensive consideration of impacts.
.      Truck Transfer Alternative - This alternative includes truck transfer
       of most of the wastes listed under the preferred alternative and
       mitigation of the Tank 101-SY safety issue by continued operation of
       the mixer pump.  The alternative would transfer salt well liquids from
       interim stabilization of single-shell tanks, and 200 West Area facility
       wastes to double-shell tanks in the 200 East Area by truck.  The trucks
       would be either the 3,800 L (1,000 gal) LR56(H) truck or a 19,000 L
       (5,000 gal) tanker truck.  The alternative would include use of
       existing roadways and construction and operation of a new load facility
       in 200 West Area and an unload facility in 200 East Area and some
       additional roadway segments.  
.      Rail Transfer Alternative - This alternative includes rail transfer of
       most of the wastes listed under the preferred alternative and
       mitigation of the Tank 101-SY safety issue by continued mixer pump
       operation.  The alternative would transfer salt well liquids from
       interim stabilization of single-shell tanks, and 200 West Area facility
       wastes by 38,000 L (10,000 gal) rail car.  The alternative includes use
       of existing rail lines, construction and operation of some additional
       rail line segments, as well as construction and operation of a new load
       facility in 200 West Area and a new unload facility in 200 East Area.  
.      New Storage Alternative - This alternative includes mitigation of the
       Tank 101-SY flammable gas safety issue by dilution and retrieval of the
       waste.  Facilities constructed and operated to accomplish this action
       would include a new tank facility, including two new double-shell tanks
       and associated facilities, a waste retrieval system in Tank 101-SY, a
       waste retrieval system in Tank 102-SY, and the replacement cross-site
       transfer pipeline system.  This alternative also includes transfer of
       waste from Tank 102-SY, salt well liquids from interim stabilization of
       single-shell tanks in the 200 West Area, and transfer of facility
       wastes as described for the preferred alternative.  This alternative
       would provide additional storage capacity that could be used for other
       future waste management needs.
.      No Action Alternative - This alternative would not construct any new
       tanks, tank retrieval systems, or the cross-site transfer systems.  The
       flammable gas safety issue in Watchlist Tank 101-SY would be managed
       through continued operation of the existing mixer pump.  The remaining
       supernatant in Tank 102-SY, salt well liquids from interim
       stabilization of single-shell tanks, and liquid waste from West Area
       facilities would be transported from the 200 West Area to the 200 East
       Area via the existing cross-site transfer system. 
The decisions resulting from this Environmental Impact Statement will be
presented in a Record of Decision, following publication of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement.  The Record of Decision may also include
reasonable actions to mitigate potential health, safety, and environmental
impacts associated with the decision.  Mitigation measures and plans for
implementing them would be included in a Mitigation Action Plan that will be
published after the Record of Decision.  Construction-related decisions that
could be made based on this Environmental Impact Statement include:
.      Build the replacement cross-site transfer pipeline system 
.      Build a tank retrieval system and install it in Tank 101-SY
.      Build a tank retrieval system and install it in Tank 102-SY
.      Build two new double-shell tanks in either the 200 West Area or the 200
       East Area 
.      Build rail transfer facilities
.      Build truck transfer facilities
.      Use existing facilities such as the existing cross-site transfer system
       to the extent possible and not build any of these new facilities.

AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT

This section describes the Hanford Site and the existing environment.  The
U.S. Department of Energy Hanford Site lies within the semiarid Pasco Basin of
the Columbia Plateau in southeastern Washington State (Figure S-1).  The
Hanford Site occupies an area of about 1,450 square kilometers (km2)
[560 square miles (mi2)] northwest of the confluence of the Yakima River with
the Columbia River.  The Hanford Site is about 50 km (31 mi) north to south
and 39 km (24 mi) east to west.  This land, with restricted public access,
provides a buffer for the smaller areas formerly used for production of
nuclear materials, and currently used for waste storage and waste dis-
posal
(PNL 1994). 
The Columbia River flows through the northern part of the Hanford Site, and
turning south, it forms part of the site's eastern boundary.  The Yakima River
runs along part of the southern boundary and joins the Columbia River below
the City of Richland, which bounds the Hanford Site on the southeast. The
cities of Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco known as the Tri-Cities, constitute
the nearest population centers and are located southeast of the Hanford Site 
(PNL 1994). 
  Figure (Page S-10) 
Figure S-1. Location of the Hanford Site
The Hanford Site is a relatively large, predominantly undisturbed area of
shrub-steppe that contains numerous plant and animal species adapted to the
region's semiarid environment.  The site consists of mostly undeveloped land
with widely spaced clusters of industrial buildings located along the western
shoreline of the Columbia River and at several locations in the interior of
the site.  The industrial buildings are interconnected by roads, railroads,
and electrical transmission lines.  The major facilities and activities occupy
about 6 percent of the total available land area.  The proposed actions would
be located on a plateau in the central portion of the site which includes
major industrial areas known as the 200 Areas.  Presently, existing facilities
are placed in two concentrations on the plateau - 200 East and 200 West Areas. 
The dominant plants on the Central Plateau are sagebrush, rabbitbrush, cheat-
grass, and Sandberg's bluegrass, with cheatgrass providing half of the total
plant cover.  No plants or mammals on the Federal list of Endangered or
Threatened Wildlife and Plants are known to occur on areas that would be
affected by the alternatives considered.  There are, however, several species
of both plants and animals that are under consideration for formal listing by
the Federal government and Washington State (PNL 1994).  
Benton and Franklin Counties in Washington State experience most of the
economic and social consequences of activities at the Hanford Site.  The
counties, which contain the Tri-Cities, are very dependent upon the Hanford
Site operations for employment and revenue.  Population growth in the counties
is strongly influenced by actions on or at the Hanford Site.  The two main
economic sectors are Hanford Site activities, and agriculture.
Measured and calculated radiation doses to the general public from Hanford
operations are maintained at levels well below applicable regulatory limits.
The current U.S. Department of Energy radiation limit from all pathways for an
individual member of the public is 100 millirem/year (mrem/yr), and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency limit for the air pathway is 10 mrem/yr.  The
average dose from natural sources is 300 mrem/yr (PNL 1995).  The potential
effective dose equivalent received by a hypothetical maximally exposed
individual from 1994 operations was calculated to be 0.05 mrem.  The
population effective dose to the local population of 380,000 persons was
0.6 person-rem in 1994 (PNL 1995).  The 1994 average dose to the population
was 0.002 mrem.  These doses are much less than regulatory limits and doses
potentially received by the general public from other common sources of
radiation.  

COMPARISON OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

All elements of the environment were evaluated for each alternative in this
Environmental Impact Statement.  A summary of the comparison of impacts
follows.
.      There would be no significant removal of important mineral resources or
       soil resources from public use for any alternative.  
.      There would be no releases of effluents to surface waters or
       groundwaters for any alternative.
.      Air and noise emissions generated by construction and operational
       activities would be within applicable permit limits for all
       alternatives.
.      Socioeconomic effects would be too small to influence the Benton County
       and Franklin County economies for any alternative.  There would be no
       new socioeconomic effects due to the no action alternative.  No
       low-income or minority populations would experience disproportionately
       high, health or environmental effects under any alternative.
.      The preferred alternative would reduce sagebrush habitat for a number
       of wildlife species of special concern including candidate endangered
       species, by 9 hectares (ha) (23 acres).  This represents 0.01 percent
       of the total sagebrush habitat on the Hanford Site.  The new storage
       alternative would reduce priority habitat by 30 ha (73 acres).  This
       represents 0.03 percent of the total sagebrush habitat on the Hanford
       Site.  No reduction in habitat would result under the no action, the
       truck transfer or rail transfer alternatives.  The impacts for the
       preferred alternative or the new storage alternative would be mitigated
       by revegetation of disturbed areas. 
.      Although waste management activities are characteristic of the 200 East
       and West Areas, construction of proposed facilities under the preferred
       alternative would represent an additional commitment of land to
       radioactive waste management.  The total area of new land committed to
       this land use under the preferred alternative would be 30 ha (74
       acres).  No additional land use commitment is required for the no
       action alternative.  Fifty ha (124 acres) of land would be used for the
       new storage alternative.  No change in land use commitment would be
       associated with either the truck transfer or rail transfer
       alternatives. 
.      No known cultural resources would be directly affected by any
       alternative.  Potentially significant cultural resource sites have been
       identified in a survey of a 530 ha (1,300 acre) area being considered
       for revegetation as described above to mitigate impacts of the
       preferred or new storage alternatives.  The Mitigation Action Plan will
       assure avoidance of these sites during mitigation. 
.      Transportation impacts would be small to negligible for the preferred
       alternative, the new storage alternative, the truck transfer
       alternative, and the rail transfer alternative.  No change in
       transportation requirements would be generated by the no action
       alternative.  
.      Emissions of nonradiological toxic chemicals under normal operational
       conditions from any of the facilities evaluated would be well below
       concentrations that would be expected to produce adverse health effects
       in the off-site population for each alternative.  Normal operational
       exposures to radiation for tank farm workers would be expected to
       continue to average approximately 14 mrem/yr for each alternative. 
       Worker exposure to radiation for workers directly involved in the
       proposed actions would be minimized using engineered systems and
       administrative procedures to keep exposure As Low as Reasonably
       Achievable.  Under the truck transfer alternative there is a need for
       further design work to protect drivers.  Normal operational exposures
       to radiation for the off-site population would be negligible for all
       alternatives.  Construction-related exposures to radiation would be
       within all applicable limits for construction workers, the off-site
       population, and uninvolved workers.
.      The accident scenarios considered in this analysis were selected based
       on U.S. Department of Energy guidance and recommendations (DOE 1993).
       The accident scenarios evaluated determine whether the alternatives
       have the potential for significant impacts and provide information to
       make reasonable choices.  In accord with U.S. Department of Energy
       guidance, reasonably foreseeable accidents involving a range of
       consequences and frequencies of occurrence were selected for analysis.
       The accident scenarios selected for analysis included:
       -      Accidents that are anticipated or unlikely to occur but have
              minimal consequences
       -      Accidents initiated by natural events that are beyond the design
              basis and have moderate consequences
       -      Accidents that are extremely unlikely or incredible, but have
              potentially high consequences.
For the alternative actions considered in this Environmental Impact Statement,
serious health consequences to uninvolved workers and the general population
due to accidents are not expected provided that engineered safety systems (for
example, double containment and leak detection systems) are in place and
operational safety procedures are followed.  For wastes anticipated to be
transferred cross-site during this interim timeframe, the only accidents with
a reasonably foreseeable potential to cause adverse health effects to the
uninvolved workers or the off-site public would be the following: 
.      Unmitigated spray release from the existing cross-site transfer system
.      Unmitigated spray release from the Initial Tank Retrieval System
.      Unmitigated spray release from past practice sluicing 
.      Breach of a truck trailer at a load/unload facility
.      Breach of a rail car at a load/unload facility.
These systems would be used under the preferred, truck transfer, rail
transfer, new storage, or no action alternatives.  The probability of an
unmitigated spray release from the existing cross-site transfer system is
extremely unlikely.  The probabilities of an unmitigated spray release from
the Initial Tank Retrieval System or past practice sluicing are each estimated
to be extremely unlikely to incredible.  Spray leaks in all systems would be
easily mitigated by assuring that cover blocks are in place during transfer. 
The probabilities of rail car or truck trailer breaches at a load/unload
facility are each estimated to be unlikely.  The analysis shows the importance
of safety systems and procedures in protecting worker and public health and
safety during waste transfer operations.  

CUMULATIVE EFFECTS

The cumulative environmental effects of all alternatives would be small in
addition to those of other projects which have occurred or are likely to occur
at the Hanford Site.  The addition of these impacts to other projects' effects
would not cause larger impacts.  The preferred alternative's environmental
impacts would occur in an area of the Hanford Site considered for waste
management activities by the Hanford Future Site Uses Working Group (FSUWG
1992).  

STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

The preferred alternative, truck transfer alternative, rail transfer
alternative, and new storage alternative would be able to meet all Federal and
Washington State statutory and regulatory requirements.  If either rail or
truck transfer alternatives were selected in place of the replacement cross-
site transfer pipeline system, the Tri-Party Agreement milestones associated
with constructing and operating the replacement cross-site transfer system
would not be met.  The no action alternative would not be able to meet all
Federal and Washington State statutory requirements, and would violate the
Tri-Party Agreement scheduled construction activities for the replacement
cross-site transfer pipeline system.

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