Grand Junction Office (GJO) All Other Projects
| Project Code: | AL024 |
| Problem Area: | Remedial Action |
| Life-Cycle Cost in 2007+: | $1,209,000,000 |
| DOE Project Manager: | Jack Tillman, 970-248-2001, Jtillman@.doegjpo.com |
| Contractor Manager: | Various within two separate contractors |
| For More Information: | http://www.em.doe.gov/closure/pbs/alp41.html |
Maximum Public, Worker, and Environmental Risks in the year 2007 and beyond:
| Public: Low | Worker: Low | Environment: Low |
Technical Approach Provided by Project Manager:
Grand Junction Office Remedial Action Project (GJORAP) The selected alternatives are to either 1) remove contaminated materials from the Grand Junction site and co-dispose of these with UMTRA Project tailings or 2) apply for DOE approval of Supplemental Limits on buildings with extremely low exposure risks. Complete removal of contaminated material or approval of Supplemental Limits will eliminate radiation contamination and will allow the natural dispersion and eventual elimination of contaminants from the alluvial aquifer beneath the site. Facility Management Not applicable. Uranium Lease Management (ULM) The reclamation effort will involve cleanup in and around the mine sites using conventional equipment. Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance (LTSM) Activities include: (1) inspecting sites annually or more frequently, if required; (2) maintaining security systems and establishing liaisons with local authorities for notification of security breeches; (3) maintaining sites and restoring degraded as-built features as needed; (4) monitoring air, soil, and surface and ground water, as necessary; (5) responding to emergencies in the event of a site security breach or a natural disaster; (6) providing additional designs and performing construction, as needed, due to site failure or new regulatory requirements; (7) maintaining permanent site record files and providing reports annually within DOE and to outside agencies; and (8) responding to public requests for information. For the LTRM portion of the project, activities include: (1) receiving tailings and tailings-contaminated materials; (2) field testing of received materials; (3) decontaminating transportation and site equipment; (4) maintaining site engineered features; (5) providing site security; (6) performing environmental monitoring of soil, water, and air; (7) maintaining permanent site record files; (8) providing reports annually within DOE and to outside agencies and regulators; and (9) responding to public requests for information. The technical approach for implementation of LTSM activities at the Monticello Sites will be established in the site-wide Monticello LTSM Plan. This Plan will compile the LTSM requirements for the repository, millsite, supplemental standards properties and wetlands surveys. The Plan will be reviewed prior to turnover of the LTSM activities to the LTSM Program for implementation on October 1, 2001. Waste Management/Minimization The objective of this project is to minimize the volume and toxicity of all types of waste and ensure that wastes are managed in compliance with DOE requirements and all applicable federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations. Wastes that cannot be prevented will be recycled when practical. Wastes shall be stored and managed appropriately on-site, and treated, if possible. Wastes will be shipped for off-site treatment or disposal in full compliance with all applicable regulations, permits, and agreements.Post 2006 Project Scope Provided by Project Manager:
Grand Junction Office Remedial Action Project (GJORAP) Monitoring of natural flushing of ground water will continue under the LTSM Program. When contaminants in ground water fall below regulated concentrations, the ground water monitoring and institutional controls will be terminated. Facility Management Facility Management will provide the appropriate support, as previously defined, to the extent required to support the ongoing GJO mission. Uranium Lease Management (ULM) Reclamation of the active lease tracts by the current leaseholders will continue until the sites are acceptable to the BLM for public use. Project personnel will review and approve all reclamation plans, and will monitor all reclamation activities. It is currently estimated that all lands will be restored to the public domain under BLM`s administrative control by the end of FY 2010. Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance (LTSM) Activities beyond FY 2006 are the same as for FY 2006, except that additional sites are expected to be added. Waste Management/Minimization It is planned that clean-up of the GJO site will be completed. All waste currently stored at the site will have been disposed/treated by FY 2006. At FY 2006 and thereafter, the project will only treat/dispose wastes generated by projects assigned to the site.Project End State Provided by Project Manager:
Grand Junction Office Remedial Action Project (GJORAP) The entire site will have met remediation goals and will be available for reuse. Facility Management End state for Facility Management at the present site will be the total privatization through donation or sale or, transfer of ownership of the site from the DOE to another Federal agency. Facility Management support to GJO projects will end when the projects assigned to the GJO cease. Uranium Lease Management (ULM) If the active leases are not relinquished by their respective leaseholders prior to the end of the current ten-year term, and if DOE does not extend the leases beyond the current ten-year term, then the reclamation of these tracts will take approximately four years to complete; two and one-half years to perform the actual reclamation and reestablish adequate vegetation, and 18 months to restore the lands to the public domain under BLM`s administrative control (approximately FY 2010). If DOE extends the current leases beyond the current ten-year term, the final end state will be adjusted outward accordingly. Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance (LTSM) Activities will continue at the assigned sites, in accordance with approved LTSM plans. For the LTRM portion of the project, it is anticipated that by FY 2023, all tailings and tailings contaminated materials will have been placed in the Cheney Disposal Cell and the Cell closed and licensed by the NRC. Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance of the cell will continue for up to 1,000 years as part of the LTSM Program. The Project End State for the implementation of the Monticello LTSM Plan is in determinant. Long-term surveillance and maintenance activities will continue indefinitely to ensure that 1) the on-site repository continues to meet performance standards, 2) the land use restrictions associated with supplemental standards for OU III are enforced, and 3) commitments to the City of Monticello and Utah Department of Transportation for the application of supplemental standards are met. The LTSM Program will also be required to conduct the operation and maintenance of the ground water remediation effort until cleanup goals are reached. Waste Management/Minimization The desired end state at the present site will be the total privatization through donation or sale or, transfer of ownership of the site from the DOE to another Federal agency. Waste management/Minimization support to GJO projects will end when the projects assigned to the GJO cease.The full list of science research awards that have the potential to address projects such as this one, which deals with Remedial Action problems, are listed in the Index of Research Awards by Environmental Management Problem Area, in the back of this appendix, under the heading "Remedial Action".
The following awards were identified through systems engineering to have the potential to address the specific needs of this Project. Those research awards that may have the strongest link to this project are designated by the symbol "§".
The following tree shows how the above awards link to this project. When multiple brances are shown leading to or from a problem area, branches to the left are primary links and branches to the right are secondary.
| High Cost Project | AL024 - Grand Junction Office (GJO) All Other Projects | |||||||||||||||||
| Problem Areas Linked to AL024: | Remedial Action | |||||||||||||||||
| Research Awards Linked to AL024: Pass the mouse over an Award ID for more information, below. Click ID for more detail: |
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