Environmental Audit, Rifle, Gunnison and Grand Junction UMTRA Project Sites
This report documents the results of the comprehensive baseline Environmental Audit completed for the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) sites at Grand Junction, Rifle, and Gunnison, Colorado. Included in the Audit were the actual abandoned mill sites, associated transportation and disposal cell facilities, and representative examples of the more than 4,000 known vicinity properties. Sites investigated include: Climax Mill Site, Truck/Train Haul Route, Cotter Transfer Station, Cheney Disposal Cell, Rifle Mill Sites (Old and New Rifle), Gunnison Mill Site, Vicinity Properties, and Estes Gulch and Proposed Landfill Site No. 1 Disposal Cells. The UMTRA Audit was a comprehensive baseline audit which considered all environmental programs and the activities associated with ongoing and planned remediation at the UMTRA sites listed above. Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was not considered during this investigation. The Audit Team looked at the following technical disciplines: air, surface water/drinking water, groundwater, soil/sediment/biota, waste management, toxic and chemical materials, quality assurance, radiation, inactive waste sites, and environmental management. 6 figs., 12 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Environmental Audit
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 5199039
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EH-0209; ON: DE91018952
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ABANDONED SITES
AIR
AUDITS
COLORADO
COMPLIANCE
CONTROL
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DRINKING WATER
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FLUIDS
GASES
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MILL TAILINGS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOILS
SOLID WASTES
TAILINGS
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US ORGANIZATIONS
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER