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Title: Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact: Transfer of the Department of Energy Grand Junction Office to Non-DOE Ownership

Abstract

The scope of this environmental assessment (EA) is to analyze the potential consequences of the Proposed Action on human health and the environment. Accordingly, this EA contains an introduction to the site and the history of the Grand Junction Office (Chapter One), a description of the Purpose and Need for Agency Action (Chapter Two), a description of the Proposed Action and Alternatives (Chapter Three), and the description of the Affected Environment and the Environmental Consequences (Chapter Four). Resource categories addressed in this EA include geology, soils and topography, groundwater and surface water, floodplains and wetlands, land use and infrastructure, human health, ecological resources, cultural resources, air quality, noise, visual resources, solid and hazardous waste management, transportation, and socioeconomic and environmental justice.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
U.S. Department of Energy, Grand Junction Office (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance (EH-42) (US)
OSTI Identifier:
768524
Report Number(s):
DOE/EA-1338
TRN: US200417%%160
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 25 Apr 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; AIR QUALITY; CULTURAL RESOURCES; GEOLOGY; LAND USE; OWNERSHIP; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; TOPOGRAPHY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WETLANDS; EA; FONSI; GRANK JUNCTION OFFICE; PROPERTY

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