Oak Ridge reservation land-use plan
This document, along with the base map and overlay maps, provides a reasonably detailed description of the ERDA Oak Ridge land resources and of the current and potential uses of the land. A description of the land characteristics, including geomorphology, agricultural productivity and soils, water courses, vegetation, and terrestrial and aquatic animal habitats, is presented. Essentially all ERDA land in the Oak Ridge area is being fully used for ongoing ERDA programs or has been set aside as protected areas. Much of the land is in multiple program use. Of the 37,000 acres (14,800 ha) presently in the Oak Ridge reservation, some 1500 acres are protected from activities that would alter the land's unique character. Selective disposals, compatible with AEC program requirements and totaling some 21,000 acres began in 1949 and have continued to the present. Because the expanded role of ERDA over that of the AEC is resulting in additional land-use needs, further disposals of land must be carefully evaluated. ERDA program needs may require the acquisition of additional land. Requests for transfer of land are prompted by the need for land for such things as residential, recreational, and industrial development, highway easements, electrical transmission-line corridors, and sanitary landfill sites. Such requests for land must be critically evaluated in terms of the potential impact on current and future ERDA programs. Intensified use of existing land resources must be anticipated, and options for expansion or addition of new ERDA facilities must be recognized, including sufficient land for waste-management activities. Moreover, biomedical and environmental research programs require undisturbed watersheds, terrestrial and aquatic animal habitats, and land capable of agricultural production. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Energy Research and Development Administration, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (USA). Technical Information Center
- NSA Number:
- NSA-33-009245
- OSTI ID:
- 4131417
- Report Number(s):
- ORO--748
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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