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Title: Hanford Site waste minimization and pollution prevention awareness program plan

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This plan, which is required by US Department of Energy (DOE) Order 5400. 1, provides waste minimization and pollution prevention guidance for all Hanford Site contractors. The plan is primary in a hierarchical series that includes the Hanford Site Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention Awareness Program Plan, Prime contractor implementation plans, and the Hanford Site Guide for Preparing and Maintaining Generator Group Pollution Prevention Program Documentation (DOE-RL, 1997a) describing programs required by Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) 3002(b) and 3005(h) (RCRA and EPA, 1994). Items discussed include the pollution prevention policy and regulatory background, organizational structure, the major objectives and goals of Hanford Site`s pollution prevention program, and an itemized description of the Hanford Site pollution prevention program. The document also includes US Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office`s (RL`s) statement of policy on pollution prevention as well as a listing of regulatory drivers that require a pollution prevention program.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fluor Daniel Hanford Inc., Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10148945
Report Number(s):
DOE/RL-91-31-Rev.4
ON: DE99050807; BR: EW7070902; TRN: AHC29927%%257
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-96RL13200
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 24 Sep 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; HANFORD RESERVATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; RESOURCE RECOVERY ACTS; COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; 052000; 053000; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS

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Place, B.G. Hanford Site waste minimization and pollution prevention awareness program plan. United States: N. p., 1998. Web. doi:10.2172/10148945.
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abstractNote = {This plan, which is required by US Department of Energy (DOE) Order 5400. 1, provides waste minimization and pollution prevention guidance for all Hanford Site contractors. The plan is primary in a hierarchical series that includes the Hanford Site Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention Awareness Program Plan, Prime contractor implementation plans, and the Hanford Site Guide for Preparing and Maintaining Generator Group Pollution Prevention Program Documentation (DOE-RL, 1997a) describing programs required by Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) 3002(b) and 3005(h) (RCRA and EPA, 1994). Items discussed include the pollution prevention policy and regulatory background, organizational structure, the major objectives and goals of Hanford Site`s pollution prevention program, and an itemized description of the Hanford Site pollution prevention program. The document also includes US Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office`s (RL`s) statement of policy on pollution prevention as well as a listing of regulatory drivers that require a pollution prevention program.},
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year = {Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 1998},
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  • The purpose of this plan is to establish the Hanford Site Waste Minimization Program. The plan specifies activities and methods that will be employed to reduce the quantity and toxicity of wastes generated at the site. A waste minimization program is an organized, comprehensive, and continual effort to systematically reduce waste generation. The Hanford Site Waste Minimization Program is designed to eliminate or minimize pollutant releases to all environmental media from all aspects of the site's operations and offers increased protection of public health and the environment. These efforts also yield the following additional benefits: reduce waste management and compliancemore » costs; reduce resource usage; improve product yields; reduce or eliminate inventories and releases of hazardous chemicals reportable under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act''; and reduce or eliminate civil and criminal liabilities under environmental laws. The program reflects the goals and policies for waste minimization of this organization and represents an ongoing effort to make waste minimization part of the site's operating philosophy. In accordance with DOE policy, a hierarchical approach to waste management has been adopted and is applied to all types of waste. 11 refs., 3 figs.« less

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  • This plan documents the requirements of the Hanford Site Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention (WMin/P2) Program. The plan specifies requirements for Hanford contractors to prevent pollution from entering the environment, to conserve resources and energy, and to reduce the quantity and toxicity of hazardous, radioactive, mixed, and sanitary waste generated at Hanford. The Pollution Prevention Awareness Program required by DOE 5400.1 (DOE 1988A) is included in the Hanford WMin/P2 Program.

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