Environmental assessment for the Environmental and Molecular Sciences Laboratory at the Hanford Site, Richland, Washington

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6793389

This environmental assessment presents estimated environmental impacts from the construction and operation of the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Environmental and Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), which is proposed to be built on DOE's Hanford Site near Richland, Washington. The proposed location is at the south end of the 300 Area near the Columbia River. The EMSL, if constructed, would be a new laboratory facility approximately 18,580 square meters (200,000 square feet) in size. Construction impacts are expected to be minimal. If the EMSL is constructed, approximately 8 hectares (20 acres) would be necessary for the building, parking lots, and landscaping. No federally listed threatened or endangered species are dependent on this site. Nearby cultural resources would not be impacted by construction or operation. The proposed action is not located on wetlands or in the Columbia River floodplain as defined in 10 CFR 1022. Noise and gaseous emissions from construction equipment would be similar to that for any other construction job of similar size. Routine operation of the EMSL, if constructed, would result in the generation of small quantities of gaseous, liquid, solid, radioactive, and hazardous wastes. The impacts of these wastes were examined and found to be not significant. Ecological and socioeconomic impacts are also not expected to be significant.

• Research Organization: USDOE Richland Field Office, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6793389
• Report Number(s): DOE/EA-0429; ON: DE93005483
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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