National Historic Preservation Act Historic Preservation Plan
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NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE Prepared For UT-Battelle, LLC Prepared By Thomason and Associates Preservation Planners Nashville, Tennessee April 2004 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks are due to a number of individuals who provided information and assisted in the completion of this Historic Preservation Plan. Particular thanks go to James Hall, ORNL NEPA/NHPA Coordinator, under whose direction the project was completed. Assistance in the preparation of this plan was provided by a Task Team consisting of Office of Science and Energy (UT-Battelle/ORNL), Office of Environmental Management (Bechtel Jacobs Company), and DOE ORO personnel whose input into the development of this plan was essential. Members of this team were the following: Glenn Anderson Teresa Baer Mark Belvin Rick Dearholt James Hall Gary Hartman David Mabry Carlo Melbihess Jill Mortimore Sheila Thornton ii LIST OF ACRONYMS FREQUENTLY USED IN REPORT AEC Atomic Energy Commission AHPA Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act AIRFA American Indian Religious Freedom Act AMSE American Museum of Science and Energy ANP Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion ARE Aircraft Reactor Experiment ARPA Archaeological Resource Protection Act BJC Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC BSR Bulk Shielding Reactor CAIS Condition Assessment Information System CAS Condition Assessment Survey CC&C Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Company CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, & Liability Act CEW Clinton Engineer Works CLG Certified Local Government Corps U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Council Advisory Council on Historic Preservation CRMP Cultural Resource Management Plan CROET Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee D&D Decontamination & Decommission DOE Department of Energy EA Environmental Assessment EIS Environmental Impact Statement EM DOE Office of Environmental Management ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration ETTP East Tennessee Technology Park FLPMA Federal Land Policy & Management Act FRP Facilities Revitalization Project HPP Historic Preservation Plan LITR Low Intensity Testing Reactor MED Manhattan Engineering District MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology MMES Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. MOA Memorandum of Agreement MTR Materials Testing Reactor NAGPRA Native American Graves and Repatriation Act NASA National Aeronautics Space Administration NCP National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan NE Nuclear Energy NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NFMA National Forest Management Act NHL National Historic Landmark NHPA National Historic Preservation Act NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration NPS National Park Service NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRHP National Register of Historic Places NWC Nuclear Weapons Complex iii ORACLE Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine ORAU Oak Ridge Associated Universities ORIC Oak Ridge Isochronous Cyclotron ORINS Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORO Oak Ridge Operations ORR Oak Ridge Reservation ORSORT Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act PA Programmatic Agreement PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl PBCUA Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 R&D Research & Development RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ROD Record of Decision for Interim Actions SC DOE Office of Science and Energy SHPO State Historic Preservation Officer S&M Surveillance & Maintenance SWSA Solid Waste Storage Area TSF Tower Shielding Facility TVA Tennessee Valley Authority UT-B UT-Battelle, LLC Y-12 Y-12 National Security Complex iv TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Figures..........................................................................................................................................…vi List of Tables...............................................................................................................................................ix 1.0. Management Summary.....................................................................................................................1 2.0. Purpose and Introduction........................…………………………………………………..............4 3.0. ORNL Historical Overview.………...............................................................................................14 4.0. ORNL Historic Properties..........……...................….....................................................................44 5.0. ORNL Archaeological Properties..........……................................................................................64 6.0. ORNL and Historic Property Stewardship.........…........................................................................65 7.0. ORNL Mission and Comprehensive Planning…...........................................................................73 8.0. ORNL Building Management……………...................................................................................162 9.0. Archaeological Site Management................................................................................................165 10.0. Training……………………………………………………………............................................167 11.0. ORNL Historic Property Management and Procedural Review..................................................169 12.0. Summary and Action Plan………………………........................................................................178 13.0. Bibliography.................................................................................................................................182 APPENDICES Appendix A: Resumes of Principal Investigators v LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Location of the DOE ORR and Surrounding Region…………………..………………....7 Figure 2: Location of the ORNL within the ORR…………………………………………….……..7 Figure 3: Location of ORNL between Two Ridge Systems..………………….………………….....8 Figure 4: Site Plan of the ORNL Complex……………………………………………..………..….9 Figure 5: Construction of the X-10 site, including the Graphite Reactor, 1943……………...……23 Figure 6: Construction of the hot cells of the chemical separations building,1943….…………….26 Figure 7: Remote controls for the plutonium separations process ……………………………...…27 Figure 8: Concrete shield of the Graphite Reactor………………………………..………………..28 Figure 9: Clinton Laboratories after the war……………………………………….………………30 Figure 10: The Isotope “Alley” at ORNL………………………………………….………………..35 Figure 11: ORNL scientists Ernest Wolland and Clifford Shull………...…….….…………………36 Figure 12: The TSF in 1954………………………….…………..………………………………….38 Figure 13: ORNL’s ORACLE…………………………………………….………….……………...39 Figure 14: ORNL in the early 1950s………………………………….……………………………..40 Figure 15: New Bethel Baptist Church and Cemetery………………………………………….…...45 Figure 16: The Graphite Reactor (Building 3001) is a NHL………………………..…..…….……..46 Figure 17: The ORNL NRHP-eligible Historic District…………………………..…………...……47 Figure 17A: Site Plan of ORNL showing location of Historic District…………………………….…48 Figure 17B: Location of various ORNL facilities/structures on the ORR……………………………49 Figure 18: 7000 Area at ORNL…………………………………………. …………………….…...50 Figure 19: 7500 Area at ORNL………………..…………………………………………….……...50 Figure 20: 7700 Area at ORNL………………………………………………….……….…...……..51 Figure 21: NRHP-eligible White Oak Lake (Lake 7846)……………………………...….………...52 Figure 22: NRHP-eligible White Oak Dam (Building 7813)………………….……………..……...52 vi Figure 23: NRHP-eligible Building 3038…………...………………….……………….…………..57 Figure 24: NRHP-eligible Building 4500N…………………………….……………….…………..58 Figure 25: The Graphite Reactor (Building 3001)………………………………………….……….59 Figure 26: Building 3019(A)…………………………………………………………..…….……...60 Figure 27: Building 7001………………………………………………………………….………...61 Figure 28: Building 3020…………………………………………………………………….……...62 Figure 29: Building 2624……………………………………………………………………………85 Figure 30: Building 3002…………………………………………………………………….……...87 Figure 31: Building 3005…………………………………………………………………….……...89 Figure 32: Building 3008……………………………………………………………………….…...91 Figure 33: Building 3009………………………………………………………………………..…..93 Figure 34: Building 3010..…...………………………….…………………………………………..95 Figure 35: Building 3012……………………………………………………………...……….……97 Figure 36: Building 3017………………………………………………………...………………….99 Figure 37: Building 3018…………………………….……………………………………..……...101 Figure 38: Building 3019(B)…………………………………………………………..…………...103 Figure 39: Building 3026(C)………………………………………………………….……………105 Figure 40: Building 3026(D)…………………………………………………….………………....107 Figure 41: Building 3028……………………………………………………….………………….109 Figure 42: Building 3029……………………………………………………….………………….111 Figure 43: Building 3030……………………………………………………….………………….113 Figure 44: Building 3031………………………………………………………….……………….115 Figure 45: Building 3032………………………………………………………….……………….117 Figure 46: Building 3033……………………………………………………….………………….119 Figure 47: Building 3036……………………………………………………….………………….121 Figure 48: Building 3037……………………………………………………….………………….123 vii Figure 49: Building 3038………………………………………………………….……………….125 Figure 50: Building 3042………………………………………………………….……………….127 Figure 51: Building 3074……………………………………………………………….………….129 Figure 52: Building 3080………………………………………………………………………..…131 Figure 53: Building 3503…………………………………………………………………………..133 Figure 54: Building 3504………………………………………………………………….……….135 Figure 55: Building 3508……………………………………………………………………….….137 Figure 56: Building 3515…………………………………………………………………….…….139 Figure 57: Building 3523…………………………………………………………………….…….141 Figure 58: Building 3587………………………………………………………………….……….143 Figure 59: