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Title: Hanford Site National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Characterization

Abstract

This document describes the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Hanford Site environment. It is updated each year and is intended to provide a consistent description of the Hanford Site environment for the many National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents being prepared by DOE contractors. No statements of significance or environmental consequences are provided. This year's report is the thirteenth revision of the original document published in 1988 and is (until replaced by the fourteenth revision) the only version that is relevant for use in the preparation of Hanford NEPA, State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) documents. The two chapters included in this document (Chapters 4 and 6) are numbered to correspond to the chapters where such information is typically presented in environmental impact statements (Weiss) and other Hanford Site NEPA or CERCLA documentation. Chapter 4.0 (Affected Environment) describes Hanford Site climate and meteorology, geology, hydrology, ecology, cultural, archaeological, and historical resources, socioeconomics, occupational safety, and noise. Chapter 6.0 (Statutory and Regulatory Requirements) describes federal and state laws and regulations, DOE directives and permits, and presidential executive orders that are applicable to the NEPA documents prepared for Hanford Site activities.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
15020979
Report Number(s):
PNNL-6415-Rev. 13
EY3542401; TRN: US200521%%455
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; CLIMATES; CONTRACTORS; DOCUMENTATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXECUTIVE ORDERS; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; METEOROLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; REGULATIONS; US NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT; US SUPERFUND; NEPA; Hanford Site; Affected Environment; Statuatory and Regulatory Requirements; Climate; Geology; Hydrology; Ecology; Cultural Resources; Socioeconomics; Noise; Occupational Safety

Citation Formats

Neitzel, Duane A, Antonio, Ernest J, Eschbach, Tara O, Fowler, Richard A, Goodwin, Shannon M, Harvey, David W, Hendrickson, Paul L, Hoitink, Dana J, Horton, Duane G, Last, George V, Poston, Ted M, Prendergast, Ellen L, Rohay, Alan C, and Thorne, Paul D. Hanford Site National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Characterization. United States: N. p., 2001. Web. doi:10.2172/15020979.
Neitzel, Duane A, Antonio, Ernest J, Eschbach, Tara O, Fowler, Richard A, Goodwin, Shannon M, Harvey, David W, Hendrickson, Paul L, Hoitink, Dana J, Horton, Duane G, Last, George V, Poston, Ted M, Prendergast, Ellen L, Rohay, Alan C, & Thorne, Paul D. Hanford Site National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Characterization. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/15020979
Neitzel, Duane A, Antonio, Ernest J, Eschbach, Tara O, Fowler, Richard A, Goodwin, Shannon M, Harvey, David W, Hendrickson, Paul L, Hoitink, Dana J, Horton, Duane G, Last, George V, Poston, Ted M, Prendergast, Ellen L, Rohay, Alan C, and Thorne, Paul D. 2001. "Hanford Site National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Characterization". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/15020979. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/15020979.
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title = {Hanford Site National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Characterization},
author = {Neitzel, Duane A and Antonio, Ernest J and Eschbach, Tara O and Fowler, Richard A and Goodwin, Shannon M and Harvey, David W and Hendrickson, Paul L and Hoitink, Dana J and Horton, Duane G and Last, George V and Poston, Ted M and Prendergast, Ellen L and Rohay, Alan C and Thorne, Paul D},
abstractNote = {This document describes the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Hanford Site environment. It is updated each year and is intended to provide a consistent description of the Hanford Site environment for the many National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents being prepared by DOE contractors. No statements of significance or environmental consequences are provided. This year's report is the thirteenth revision of the original document published in 1988 and is (until replaced by the fourteenth revision) the only version that is relevant for use in the preparation of Hanford NEPA, State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) documents. The two chapters included in this document (Chapters 4 and 6) are numbered to correspond to the chapters where such information is typically presented in environmental impact statements (Weiss) and other Hanford Site NEPA or CERCLA documentation. Chapter 4.0 (Affected Environment) describes Hanford Site climate and meteorology, geology, hydrology, ecology, cultural, archaeological, and historical resources, socioeconomics, occupational safety, and noise. Chapter 6.0 (Statutory and Regulatory Requirements) describes federal and state laws and regulations, DOE directives and permits, and presidential executive orders that are applicable to the NEPA documents prepared for Hanford Site activities.},
doi = {10.2172/15020979},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/15020979}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001},
month = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001}
}