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Title: Comprehensive baseline environmental audit of former underground test areas in Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico

Abstract

This report documents the results of the Comprehensive Baseline Environmental Audit of Former Underground Test Areas (FUTAS) in the States of Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. DOE and contractor systems for management of environmental protection activities on the Nevada Test Site (NTS) were not within the scope of the audit. The audit was conducted May 16-May 26, 1994, by the Office of Environmental Audit (EH-24). DOE 5482.1 B, {open_quotes}Environment, Safety, and Health Appraisal Program{close_quotes}, establishes the mission of EH-24, which is to provide comprehensive, independent oversight of Department-wide environmental programs on behalf of the Secretary of Energy. The ultimate goal of EH-24 is to enhance environmental protection and minimize risk to public health and the environment. EH-24 accomplishes its mission using systematic and periodic evaluations of DOE`s environmental programs within line organizations and supplemental activities that strengthen self-assessment and oversight functions within program, field, and contractor organizations. These evaluations function as a vehicle through which the Secretary and program managers are apprised of the status and vulnerabilities of Departmental environmental activities and environmental management systems. Several types of evaluations are conducted, including: (1) comprehensive baseline environmental audits; (2) routine environmental audits; (3) environmental management assessments; and (4) special issue reviews.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health, Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10102484
Report Number(s):
DOE/EH-0426
ON: DE95003291; NC: NONE; TRN: 95:000103
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: May 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; PUBLIC LANDS; BASELINE ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; AUDITS; COLORADO; NEVADA TEST SITE; NEW MEXICO; 540320; 450200; 450100; 552000; CHEMICALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS AND EXPLOSIVES; CHEMICAL EXPLOSIONS AND EXPLOSIVES

Citation Formats

. Comprehensive baseline environmental audit of former underground test areas in Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.2172/10102484.
. Comprehensive baseline environmental audit of former underground test areas in Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10102484
. 1994. "Comprehensive baseline environmental audit of former underground test areas in Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10102484. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10102484.
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abstractNote = {This report documents the results of the Comprehensive Baseline Environmental Audit of Former Underground Test Areas (FUTAS) in the States of Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. DOE and contractor systems for management of environmental protection activities on the Nevada Test Site (NTS) were not within the scope of the audit. The audit was conducted May 16-May 26, 1994, by the Office of Environmental Audit (EH-24). DOE 5482.1 B, {open_quotes}Environment, Safety, and Health Appraisal Program{close_quotes}, establishes the mission of EH-24, which is to provide comprehensive, independent oversight of Department-wide environmental programs on behalf of the Secretary of Energy. The ultimate goal of EH-24 is to enhance environmental protection and minimize risk to public health and the environment. EH-24 accomplishes its mission using systematic and periodic evaluations of DOE`s environmental programs within line organizations and supplemental activities that strengthen self-assessment and oversight functions within program, field, and contractor organizations. These evaluations function as a vehicle through which the Secretary and program managers are apprised of the status and vulnerabilities of Departmental environmental activities and environmental management systems. Several types of evaluations are conducted, including: (1) comprehensive baseline environmental audits; (2) routine environmental audits; (3) environmental management assessments; and (4) special issue reviews.},
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