Report of biological investigations at the Los Medanos Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) area of New Mexico during FY 1978

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5501722· OSTI ID:5501722

Best, T L; Neuhauser, S ^[1]

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The US Department of Energy is considering the construction of a Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Eddy County, NM. This location is approximately 40 km east of Carlsbad, NM. Biological studies during FY 1978 were concentrated within a 5-mi radius of drill hole ERDA 9. Additional study areas have been established at other sites in the vicinity, e.g., the Gnome site, the salt lakes and several stations along the Pecos River southward from Carlsbad, NM, to the dam at Red Bluff Reservoir in Texas. The precise locations of all study areas are presented and their biology discussed.

• Research Organization: Eastern New Mexico Univ., Portales (USA); Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock (USA); New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces (USA); New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-0789
• OSTI ID: 5501722
• Report Number(s): SAND-79-0368; TRN: 80-008119
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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