Hanford Site National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Characterization

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/15020979· OSTI ID: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

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.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 15020979
• Report Number(s): PNNL-6415-Rev. 13; EY3542401
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
Affected Environment
CLIMATES
CONTRACTORS
Climate
Cultural Resources
DOCUMENTATION
ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Ecology
GEOLOGY
Geology
HYDROLOGY
Hanford Site
Hydrology
METEOROLOGY
NEPA
Noise
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
Occupational Safety
REGULATIONS
Socioeconomics
Statuatory and Regulatory Requirements
US NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
US SUPERFUND