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Final Environmental Impact Statement - Plutonium Finishing Plant Stabilization, May 1996 EIS-0244F

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GLOSSARY

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE PLUTONIUM FINISHING PLANT FACILITY
1.2 SCOPE OF THIS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
1.3 CONTENTS OF THIS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

2.0 PURPOSE AND NEED FOR AGENCY ACTION

2.1 STATEMENT
2.2 BACKGROUND
2.3 SPECIFIC VULNERABILITIES FACING THE PFP FACILITY

3.0 DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED ALTERNATIVES

3.1 DESCRIPTION OF PLUTONIUM-BEARING MATERIALS POTENTIALLY SUITABLE FOR STABILIZATION, REMOVAL, AND/OR IMMOBILIZATION
3.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE
3.3 DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNATIVES
3.4 DESCRIPTION OF THE NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE
3.5 COMPARISON OF THE ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE ALTERNATIVES
3.6 ALTERNATIVE SELECTION METHODOLOGY AND ALTERNATIVES DISMISSED


4.0 AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT

4.1 GEOLOGY, SEISMOLOGY, AND SOILS
4.2 WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROLOGY
4.3 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
4.4 Ecosystems
4.5 POPULATION AND SOCIOECONOMICS
4.6 Transportation
4.7 Land use
4.8 Cultural resources
4.9 WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL CAPACITY


5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

5.1 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE
5.2 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF THE ALTERNATIVE FOR PLUTONIUM-BEARING SOLUTIONS
5.3 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF THE ALTERNATIVE FOR OXIDES, 5.4 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF THE ALTERNATIVE FOR METALS AND ALLOYS
5.5 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF ALTERNATIVES FOR POLYCUBES AND 5.6 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF THE IMMOBILIZATION ALTERNATIVE
5.7 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF THE NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE


6.0 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS

6.1 ONGOING AND ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES
6.2 POTENTIAL CUMULATIVE IMPACTS


7.0 STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

7.1 FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
7.2 STATE OF WASHINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
7.3 EXECUTIVE AND DOE ORDERS
7.4 HANFORD FEDERAL FACILITY AGREEMENT AND CONSENT ORDER (TRI-PARTY AGREEMENT)
7.5 CONSULTATIONS

8.0 LIST OF PREPARERS

APPENDIX A - DESCRIPTION OF THE PLUTONIUM FINISHING PLANT

APPENDIX B - ENGINEERING ASSUMPTIONS, PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAMS, AND MATERIAL BALANCES FOR STABILIZATION ALTERNATIVES

APPENDIX C - ACCIDENTS APPLICABLE TO STABILIZATION AND REMOVAL EIS ALTERNATIVES

APPENDIX D - ANTICIPATED HEALTH EFFECTS UNDER NORMAL AND ACCIDENT CONDITIONS

APPENDIX E - THE IMMOBILIZATION ALTERNATIVE ASSUMPTIONS AND ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS

APPENDIX F - PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE PLUTONIUM FINISHING PLANT STABILIZATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESPONSES

APPENDIX G - DISTRIBUTION LIST

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