Expediting cleanup at the Weldon Spring site under CERCLA and NEPA
The Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action project is being conducted under the Surplus Facilities Management Program of the US Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE has developed an environmental compliance strategy for this project to meet the requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). A key element of this strategy was the development of an integrated CERCLA/NEPA process to minimize, to the extent possible, the need to prepare duplicate documentation. Additionally, the project is implementing various expedited response actions to mitigate actual or potential uncontrolled releases if radioactively or chemically hazardous substances to the environment and to minimize potential health and safety risks to on-site personnel and local human and biotic populations. These actions are being conducted concurrently with the preparation of major environmental compliance documentation. The initiation of site cleanup via these response actions has fostered a very positive relationship with the US Environmental Protection Agency Region VII, the state of Missouri, and the affected public. 2 refs., 3 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6211701
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-890207-30; ON: DE89012384
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Waste management '89, Tucson, AZ, USA, 26 Feb 1989; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
MATERIALS HANDLING
HEALTH HAZARDS
MITIGATION
SURPLUS NUCLEAR FACILITIES
REMEDIAL ACTION
DECOMMISSIONING
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
MISSOURI
SETTLING PONDS
TNT
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
EXPLOSIVES
FEDERAL REGION VII
HAZARDS
MATERIALS
NITRO COMPOUNDS
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PONDS
SURFACE WATERS
USA
510500* - Environment
Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (-1989)