Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
As part of the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program mandated by Public Law 99--145 (Department of Defense Authorization Act), an independent review is presented of the US Army Phase I environmental report for the disposal program at the Pine Bluff Arsenal (PBA) in Arkansas. The Phase I report addressed new and additional concerns not incorporated in the final programmatic environmental impact statement (FPEIS). Those concerns were addressed by examining site-specific data for the PBA and by recommending the scope and content of a more detailed site- specific study. This dependent review evaluates whether the new site-specific data presented in the Phase I report would alter the decision in favor of on-site disposal that was reached in the FPEIS, and whether the recommendations for the scope and content of the site-specific study are adequate. Based on the methods and assumptions presented in the FPEIS, the inclusion of more detailed site-specific data in the Phase I report does not change the decision reached in the FPEIS (which favored on-site disposal at PBA). It is recommended that alternative assumptions about meteorological conditions be considered and that site-specific data on water, ecological, socioeconomic, and cultural resources, and emergency planning and preparedness be considered explicitly in the site-specific EIS decision-making process. 13 refs., 1 fig.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA). Environmental Assessment and Information Sciences Div.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOD
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6163293
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/EAIS/TM-34; ON: DE91002990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS
WASTE DISPOSAL
ARKANSAS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
METEOROLOGY
MILITARY FACILITIES
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
STOCKPILES
DOCUMENT TYPES
FEDERAL REGION VI
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
MANAGEMENT
NORTH AMERICA
USA
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WEAPONS
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Weaponry
& National Defense- Chemical & Biological- (1990)
540250 - Environment
Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)