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Title: Corrective Action Decision Document for Corrective Action Unit 5: Landfills, Nevada Test Site, Nevada: Revision No. 0 (with Record of Technical Change No. 1)

Abstract

This Corrective Action Decision Document identifies and rationalizes the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office's selection of a recommended corrective action alternative (CAA) appropriate to facilitate the closure of Corrective Action (CAU) 5: Landfills, Nevada Test Site (NTS), Nevada, under the Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order. Located in Areas 5, 6, 12, 20, and 23 of the NTS, CAU 5 is comprised of eight corrective action sites (CASs). The corrective action investigation (CAI) of CAU 5 was conducted from October 7, 2002 through January 30, 2003, with geophysical surveys completed from March 6 through May 8, 2002, and topographic surveys conducted from March 11 through April 29, 2003. Contaminants of concern (COCs) were identified only at CAS 12-15-01. Those COCs included total petroleum hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds. Based on the evaluation of analytical data from the CAI, review of future and current operations in Areas 5, 6, 12, 20, and 23 of the Nevada Test Site, and the detailed and comparative analysis of the potential CAAs, the following single alternative was developed for consideration. Close in Place with Administrative Controls is the recommended alternative for all of the CASs in CAU 5. Thismore » alternative was judged to meet all requirements for the technical components evaluated. Additionally, the alternative meets all applicable state and federal regulations for closure of the sites and will eliminate inadvertent intrusion into landfills at CAU 5.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Stoller-Navarro Joint Venture; Nevada Test Site, Mercury, NV (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
OSTI Identifier:
822602
Report Number(s):
DOE/NV-930
TRN: US200414%%249
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-03NA99205
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 24 Oct 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CLOSURES; EVALUATION; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; HYDROCARBONS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; ORDERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM; REGULATIONS; SANITARY LANDFILLS; SECURITY; CADD; CAU 5; AREA 5; AREA 6; AREA 12; AREA 20; AREA 23; CAS 05-15-01; CAS 05-16-01; CAS 06-08-01; CAS 06-15-02; CAS 06-15-03; CAS 12-15-01; CAS 20-15-01; CAS 23-15-03; LANDFILLS; NTS; FFACO

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U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office. Corrective Action Decision Document for Corrective Action Unit 5: Landfills, Nevada Test Site, Nevada: Revision No. 0 (with Record of Technical Change No. 1). United States: N. p., 2003. Web. doi:10.2172/822602.
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U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office. Corrective Action Decision Document for Corrective Action Unit 5: Landfills, Nevada Test Site, Nevada: Revision No. 0 (with Record of Technical Change No. 1). United States. doi:10.2172/822602.
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U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office. Fri . "Corrective Action Decision Document for Corrective Action Unit 5: Landfills, Nevada Test Site, Nevada: Revision No. 0 (with Record of Technical Change No. 1)". United States. doi:10.2172/822602. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/822602.
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title = {Corrective Action Decision Document for Corrective Action Unit 5: Landfills, Nevada Test Site, Nevada: Revision No. 0 (with Record of Technical Change No. 1)},
author = {U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office},
abstractNote = {This Corrective Action Decision Document identifies and rationalizes the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office's selection of a recommended corrective action alternative (CAA) appropriate to facilitate the closure of Corrective Action (CAU) 5: Landfills, Nevada Test Site (NTS), Nevada, under the Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order. Located in Areas 5, 6, 12, 20, and 23 of the NTS, CAU 5 is comprised of eight corrective action sites (CASs). The corrective action investigation (CAI) of CAU 5 was conducted from October 7, 2002 through January 30, 2003, with geophysical surveys completed from March 6 through May 8, 2002, and topographic surveys conducted from March 11 through April 29, 2003. Contaminants of concern (COCs) were identified only at CAS 12-15-01. Those COCs included total petroleum hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds. Based on the evaluation of analytical data from the CAI, review of future and current operations in Areas 5, 6, 12, 20, and 23 of the Nevada Test Site, and the detailed and comparative analysis of the potential CAAs, the following single alternative was developed for consideration. Close in Place with Administrative Controls is the recommended alternative for all of the CASs in CAU 5. This alternative was judged to meet all requirements for the technical components evaluated. Additionally, the alternative meets all applicable state and federal regulations for closure of the sites and will eliminate inadvertent intrusion into landfills at CAU 5.},
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year = {Fri Oct 24 00:00:00 EDT 2003},
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