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Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation DOE/EIS-0348 DOE/EIS-0236-S3 Draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Supplemental Stockpile Stewardship and Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement February 2004 Volume II of III Appendix A through D Prepared by: COVER SHEET RESPONSIBLE AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration TITLE: Draft Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Supplemental Stockpile Stewardship and Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0348 and DOE/EIS-0236-S3) CONTACT: For further information on this EIS, For general information on the DOE Call: 1-877-388-4930, or contact National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process, write or call: Thomas Grim Carol Borgstrom, Director Livermore Site Office Document Manager Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance NNSA (EH-42) 7000 East Avenue U.S. Department of Energy MS L-293 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Livermore, CA 94550-9234 Washington, DC 20585 (925) 422-0704 (202) 586-4600 (925) 422-1776 fax or leave a message at 1-800-472-2756 Abstract: The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a separately organized agency within DOE, has the responsibility to maintain and enhance the safety, reliability, and performance of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile to meet national security requirements. NNSA manages DOE’s nuclear weapons programs and facilities, including those at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The continued operation of LLNL is critical to NNSA’s Stockpile Stewardship Program and to preventing the spread and use of nuclear weapons worldwide. LLNL maintains core competencies in activities associated with research and development, design, and surveillance of nuclear weapons, as well as the assessment and certification of their safety and reliability. This Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Supplemental Stockpile Stewardship and Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (LLNL SW/SPEIS) prepared pursuant to NEPA, analyzes the potential environmental impacts of continued operation, including near term proposed projects of LLNL. Alternatives analyzed in this LLNL SW/SPEIS include the No Action Alternative, the Proposed Action, and the Reduced Operation Alternative. This document is also a Supplement to the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Stockpile Stewardship and Management for use of proposed materials at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). This combination ensures timely analysis of these activities concurrent with the environmental analyses being conducted for the site-wide activities and will be referred to as the LLNL SW/SPEIS. This document assesses the environmental impacts of LLNL operations on land uses and applicable plans, socioeconomic characteristics and environmental justice, community services, prehistoric and historic cultural resources, aesthetics and scenic resources, geology and soils, biological resources, water, noise, traffic and transportation, utilities and energy, materials and waste management, human health and safety, site contamination, and accidents. Public Comments: In preparing this Draft LLNL SW/SPEIS, NNSA considered comments received during the public scoping period, from June 17, 2002, through September 16, 2002. Two public scoping meetings were held on July 10 and 11, 2002, in Livermore and Tracy, California. Comments made at these meetings, as well as comments received by fax, e-mail and U.S. mail during the scoping period, were considered in the preparation of this LLNL SW/SPEIS. A summary of the comments is included in this draft. The comment period for this document will run from February 27, 2004, to May 27, 2004. Public hearings on the Draft LLNL SW/SPEIS will also be held during this 90-day comment period. The dates, times, and locations of these hearings will be announced in the Federal Register and in local newspapers. All comments received during the comment period will be considered by NNSA in the Final LLNL SW/SPEIS. LLNL SW/SPEIS Volume II Table of Contents VOLUME II: TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover Sheet Table of Contents............................................................................................................................. i Abbreviations and Acronyms ......................................................................................................... ii Unit of Measure and Abbreviations............................................................................................. xvi Conversion Chart ......................................................................................................................... xix APPENDIX A DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES................. A-1 APPENDIX B WASTE MANAGEMENT............................................................................B-1 APPENDIX C ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY, AND HEALTH .............................................C-1 APPENDIX D ACCIDENT ANALYSIS.............................................................................. D-1 February 2004 i Volume II Table of Contents LLNL SW/SPEIS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 1, 1-DCA 1, 1-dichoroethane 1, 1-DCE 1, 1-dichloroethylene 1, 2-DCA 1, 2-dichloroethane 1, 2-DCE 1, 2-dichloroethylene AAQS Ambient Air Quality Standards ABAG Association of Bay Area Governments ACDEH Alameda County Department of Environmental Health ACE Altamont Commuter Express ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists ACHCS Alameda County Health Care Services ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation ACL Ambient concentration limit ADS Associate Directors ADT Average daily traffic AET Applied Energy Technologies AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association ALARA As low as reasonably achievable 241Am Americium-241 Am/Pu button Americium/plutonium metal button AMP Advanced Materials Program ANSI American National Standards Institute APDS Autonomous Pathogen Detection System APE Area of Potential Effect AQCR Air Quality Control Region ARES Amateur Radio Emergency Services ARF x RF Airborne release fraction and respirable fraction ARM Assembly, resupply, and maintenance ARO Assurance Review Office ARPA Archaeological Resources Protection Act ASCI Advanced Simulation and Computing Initiative ATA Advanced Test Accelerator ii February 2004 LLNL SW/SPEIS Volume II Table of Contents ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ASD Atmospheric Sciences Division AVLIS Advanced Vapor Laser Isotope Separation AWQC Ambient water quality criteria BAAQMD Bay Area Air Quality Management District BACT Best Available Control Technology BART Bay Area Rapid Transit BASIS Biological Aerosol Sentry and Information System BBRP Biology and Biotechnology Research Program BCP Business commercial park BDRP Biological Defense Research Program BEIR Biological Effects of Ionization BMP Best management practice BSL BioSafety Level CAA Clean Air Act CAAQS California Ambient Air Quality Standards CaCl2 Calcium Chloride CAIC Computer Incident Advisory Center CAIRS Computerized Accident/Incident Report Cal-EPA California Environmental Protection Agency CaO Calcium Oxide CAR Computing Applications and Research CARB California Air Resources Board CBD Chronic beryllium disease CBNP Chemical and Biological National Security CCAA California Clean Air Act CCB Change Control Board CCP Central Characterization Project CCR California Code of Regulations CD Critical Decision CDC Center for Disease Control CDFG California Department of Fish and Game February 2004 iii Volume II Table of Contents LLNL SW/SPEIS CEDD California Employment Development Department CEDE Committed Effective Dose Equivalent CEPRC Chemical Emergency Planning and Response Commission CEQ Council on Environmental Quality CEQA California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act CFES Community facility elementary school CFF Contained Firing Facility CFR Code of Federal Regulations CHEW Chemical Exchange Warehouse CHP California Highway Patrol Ci Curie Cl2 Chloride CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Center CIMIS California Irrigation Management Information System CMGRAMS Controlled materials group CMS Chemistry and Materials Science CNEL Community Noise Equivalent Level CNPS California Native Plant Society CO Carbon monoxide CRD Catalytic reductive dehalogenation CSA Container storage area CSO Council on Strategic Operations CSU Container storage unit CT California toxic CWSC California Water Service Company CVRWQCB Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board CWA Clean Water Act CWG Community Work Group CY Calendar year DARHT Dual Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test dB Decibel iv February 2004 LLNL SW/SPEIS Volume II Table of Contents dB(A) A-weighted decibel D&D Decontamination and Decommissioning DC Direct current DCG Derived Concentration Guide DDO Deputy Director of Operations DDSO Deputy Director for Strategic Operations DEAR Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation DHS Department of Health Services DLM Designated level methodology DNT Defense and Nuclear Technologies DOD United States Department of Defense DOE United States Department of Energy DOE/OAK DOE Oakland Operations Office DOF California Department of Finance DOR Direct Oxygen Reduction DOT United States Department of Transportation DP Office of Defense Programs DR Damage ration DRB Drainage Retention Basin
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