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Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Stockpile Stewardship and Management

Table of Contents

S.1 INTRODUCTION
S.1.1 Background
S.1.2 Alternatives Analyzed in this Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Stockpile Stewardship and Management
S.1.3 National Environmental Policy Act Strategy for Stockpile Stewardship and Management
S.1.4 Related Recently Completed National Environmental Policy Act Actions
S.1.5 Other Department of Energy Ongoing National Environmental Policy Act Reviews
S.1.6 Public Participation
S.1.6.1 Public Comment Process on the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
S.1.6.2 Major Comments Received on the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
S.1.6.3 Changes from the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
 
S.2 PURPOSE OF AND NEED FOR THE STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACTION
S.2.1 National Security Policy Considerations
S.2.2 Safety and Reliability of the United States Stockpile
S.2.3 Purpose and Need
S.2.4 Proposed Action and Alternatives
S.2.5 Nonproliferation
 
S.3 ALTERNATIVES
S.3.1 Development of Stockpile Stewardship and Management Program Alternatives
S.3.1.1 Alternative Sites
S.3.2 Stockpile Stewardship
S.3.2.1 Stockpile Stewardship Comparison of Alternatives
S.3.3 Underground Nuclear Testing
S.3.4 Stockpile Management
S.3.4.1 Stockpile Management Comparison of Alternatives
S.3.5 Alternatives Considered but Eliminated from Detailed Study and Related Issues
S.3.5.1 Alternatives in General
S.3.5.2 Enhanced Experimental Capability
S.3.5.3 Safe and Reliable Stockpile
S.3.5.4 Description of Alternative Approaches

S.4 PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE

Volume I (Not available in electronic format)

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2: PURPOSE OF AND NEED FOR THE STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ACTION
CHAPTER 3: STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ALTERNATIVES
CHAPTER 4: AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND NVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
CHAPTER 5: ENVIRONMENTAL, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH PERMITS, AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 6: REFERENCES
CHAPTER 7: LIST OF PREPARERS
CHAPTER 8: LIST OF AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND PERSONS TO WHOM COPIES OF THIS STATEMENT WERE SENT
CHAPTER 9: GLOSSARY
CHAPTER 10: INDEX (145K Adobe Acrobat 3 .PDF)

Volume II (Not available in electronic format)

APPENDIX A: STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP AND MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
APPENDIX B: AIR QUALITY
APPENDIX C: THREATENED, ENDANGERED, AND SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES
APPENDIX D: SOCIOECONOMICS
APPENDIX E: HUMAN HEALTH
APPENDIX F: FACILITY ACCIDENTS
APPENDIX G: INTERSITE TRANSPORTATION
APPENDIX H: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Volume III (Not available in electronic format)

Appendix I
Appendix J
Appendix K

Volume IV

Chapter 1

Introduction
Public Hearing Format
Organization of this Comment Response Document
How to Use this Comment Response Document
Changes from the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

Chapter 2: Comment Documents (Hyperlinked Summaries)

Public Hearing: Los Alamos, New Mexico (68K .PDF)
Public Hearing: Albuquerque, New Mexico (70K .PDF)
Public Hearing: Las Vegas, Nevada (59K .PDF)
Public Hearing: Oak Ridge, Tennessee (112K .PDF)
Public Hearing: Kansas City, Missouri (22K .PDF)
Public Hearing: Livermore, California (133K .PDF)
Public Hearing: Washington, D.C. (32K .PDF)
Public Hearing: Amarillo, Texas (77K .PDF)
Public Hearing: Santa Fe, New Mexico (149K .PDF)
Public Hearing: North Augusta, South Carolina (49K .PDF)
All Public Hearings (1.1 MB .PDF)

Chapter 3: Comment Summaries and Responses

Land Resources
Site Infrastructure
Air Quality
Water Resources
Geology and Soils
Biotic Resources
Cultural and Paleontological
Socioeconomics
Intersite Transportation
Waste Management
Radiation and Hazardous Chemicals
Environmental Justice
Cumulative Impacts
Stewardship-Contained Firing Facility
Stewardship-National Ignition Facility
Stewardship-Atlas Facility
Management-Weapons Assembly/Disassembly
Management-Nonnuclear Components
Management-Pits
Management-Secondaries and Cases
Management-Weapons Assembly/Disassembly
Management-High Explosives Components
Nuclear Weapons Policies
Regulatory Compliance
Relationship to Other DOE Programs/Activities
General/Miscellaneous Environmental

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Summary: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Volume I Acronyms and Abbreviations
Volume II Acronyms and Abbreviations
Appendix I Acronyms and Abbreviations (Not available in electronic format)
Appendix J Acronyms and Abbreviations (Not available in electronic format)
Appendix K Acronyms and Abbreviations (Not available in electronic format)



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