Environmental audit of the High Plains Grasslands Research Station, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6413898· OSTI ID:6413898

An environmental audit of the High Plains Grasslands Research Station (hereafter referred to as the Station) was conducted by personnel from the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, through Interagency Agreement with the US Department of Agriculture. The audit assessed compliance with regulations promulgated under seven major environmental statutes, and entailed discussions with Station personnel, a facility inspection/site visit, and records review. No Station activities were identified as posing an immediate threat to public health and safety. However, two major compliance issues were identified during the audit: (1) the accumulation of a wide variety of unwanted/excess chemical items that would classify as hazardous waste and (2) the discharge of non-sanitary wastes (including hazardous wastes) to the Station septic system. The first of these issues may result in an unavoidable (but temporary) loss of the Station's Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator status under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the second may result in groundwater degradation from prohibited discharges in violation of state water quality regulations. Other miscellaneous areas of regulatory non-compliance (or potential non-compliance depending upon state agency interpretation) relate primarily to permitting violations under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and Clean Water Act (CWA). 1 fig., 4 tabs.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 6413898
• Report Number(s): EGG-EPMG-8346; ON: DE89010361
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CLEAN AIR ACT
CLEAN WATER ACT
COMPLIANCE
DRINKING WATER
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EVALUATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LABORATORIES
LAWS
MATERIALS
MATERIALS HANDLING
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION LAWS
REGULATIONS
RESOURCE RECOVERY ACTS
WATER