DOE/EIS-0290 Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (January 1999) COVER SHEET Responsible Agency: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Title: Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (DOE/EIS- 0290) Location: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Contacts: For further information on this For further information on the environmental impact statement DOE National Environmental (EIS), call: Policy Act (NEPA) process, 1-800-708-2680 leave a message at: 1-800-472-2756 or contact: or contact: Ms. Carol Borgstrom Mr. John E. Medema Director AMWTP EIS Document Manager Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance (EH-42) DOE Idaho Operations Office Office of Environment, Safety 850 Energy Drive, MS 1117 and Health Idaho Falls, ID 83403 U.S. Department of Energy (208) 526-1407 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585 (202) 586-4600 Abstract: The AMWTP Final EIS assesses the potential environmental impacts associated with alternatives related to the construction and operation of a proposed waste treatment facility at the INEEL. The alternatives analyzed were: the No Action Alternative, the Proposed Action, the Non-Thermal Treatment Alternative, and the Treatment and Storage Alternative. The Proposed Action is the Preferred Alternative. Under the Proposed Action/Preferred Alternative, the AMWTP facility would treat transuranic waste, alpha-contaminated low-level mixed waste, and low- level mixed waste in preparation for disposal. After treatment, transuranic waste would be disposed of at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. Low-level mixed waste would be disposed of at an approved disposal facility depending on decisions to be based on DOE’s Final Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. Evaluation of impacts on land use, socioeconomics, cultural resources, aesthetic and scenic resources, geology, air resources, water resources, ecological resources, noise, traffic and transportation, occupational and public health and safety, INEEL services, and environmental justice were included in the assessment. Public Comments: The public comment period on the Draft EIS was held from July 24, 1998 to September 26, 1998. During the comment period, public hearings were held in Idaho Falls and Twin Falls, Idaho. The Draft EIS was made available through mailings, through requests to DOE’s Idaho Operations Office, and at DOE Public Reading Rooms. In preparing the AMWTP Final EIS, DOE considered comments received by mail and fax, as well as those file:///I|/Data%20Migration%20Task/EIS-0290-FEIS-01-1999/cover.HTML[6/24/2011 1:11:59 PM] DOE/EIS-0290 Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (January 1999) handed in at hearings. In addition, comments and concerns identified during discussions at hearings were considered. In response to comments submitted after issuance of the Draft EIS and additional technical details not available at the time of issuance of the Draft, the Final EIS contains revisions and changes. The revisions and changes made since the issuance of the Draft document are indicated by a sidebar in the margin. In addition, the Summary has been produced as a stand-alone document for the Final EIS. Volume II (Comment Response Document) of the Final EIS contains the comments received during public review of the Draft EIS and DOE responses to those comments. DOE has public reading rooms near the INEEL where these documents may be reviewed. file:///I|/Data%20Migration%20Task/EIS-0290-FEIS-01-1999/cover.HTML[6/24/2011 1:11:59 PM] DOE/EIS-0290 Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (January 1999) acronyms and abbreviations alpha LLMW alpha-contaminated low-level mixed waste AAC acceptable ambient concentrations AACC acceptable ambient concentration for a carcinogen AC alternating current ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation ACMM Analytical Chemistry Methods Manual AEA Atomic Energy Act AEC U.S. Atomic Energy Commission ALARA as low as reasonably achievable amwtp Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project ANL-E Argonne National Laboratory–East ANL-W Argonne National Laboratory–West APCS air pollution control system ARF airborne release fraction AWFC automatic waste feed cutoff BACT Best Available Control Technology BLEVE boiling liquid, expanding vapor explosion BLM Bureau of Land Management BLR Big Lost River CAA Clean Air Act C&S Certified and Segregated CEDE Committed effective dose equivalent CEM continuous emissions monitor CEQ Council on Environmental Quality CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act CFA Central Facilities Area CFR Code of Federal Regulations CH Contact handled CRD Comment Response Document D&D decontamination and decommissioning file:///I|/Data%20Migration%20Task/EIS-0290-FEIS-01-1999/acronyms.HTML[6/24/2011 1:11:14 PM] DOE/EIS-0290 Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (January 1999) dBA Decibel A-weighted DMS data management system DOE U.S. Department of Energy DOE-ID U.S. Department of Energy - Idaho Operations Office DOE INEL Programmatic Spent Nuclear Fuel Management and EIS Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Programs Final Environmental Impact Statement DOT Department of Transportation DR damage ratio EA Environmental Assessment EBR-I Experimental Breeder Reactor - I EDE effective dose equivalent EDF Engineering Design File EEGL emergency exposure guidance level EIS environmental impact statement EM Environmental Management EMT Emergency medical technician EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPCRA Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ER Environmental Restoration ERPG Emergency response planning guides ES&H Environment, Safety and Health FDM Fugitive Dust Model FFCA Federal Facility Compliance Act FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact FR Federal Register GFE government furnished equipment HCL hydrochloric acid HEC Hydrologic Engineering Center HEPA high-efficiency particulate air (filter) HVAC heating, ventilation, and air conditioning HWMA Hazardous Waste Management Act HWN hazardous waste number ICPP Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (now known as file:///I|/Data%20Migration%20Task/EIS-0290-FEIS-01-1999/acronyms.HTML[6/24/2011 1:11:14 PM] DOE/EIS-0290 Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (January 1999) INTEC) ICRP International Commission on Radiological Protection IDAPA Idaho Administrative Procedures Act IDC item description code IDHW Idaho Department of Health and Welfare IDLH immediately dangerous to life or health ILTSF Intermediate-Level Transuranic Storage Facility INEL Idaho National Engineering Laboratory INEEL Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory INTEC Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (formerly known as ICPP) ISC-3 Industrial Source Complex Version 3 IWPF Idaho Waste Processing Facility LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory LDR Land Disposal Restrictions LESAT Lockheed Environmental Systems and Technologies Company LITCO Lockheed Idaho Technologies Company LLMW low-level mixed waste LMITCO Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company LPF leak path fraction M&O Management and Operating MACT maximum allowable control technology MAR material at risk MCL maximum contaminant level MEI maximally exposed individual MOU memorandum of understanding MOX mixed oxide MSDS material safety data sheet MTS material transfer system NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standard NAGPRA Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act NDIR non-dispensive infrared NEPA National Environmental Policy Act file:///I|/Data%20Migration%20Task/EIS-0290-FEIS-01-1999/acronyms.HTML[6/24/2011 1:11:14 PM] DOE/EIS-0290 Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (January 1999) NESHAP National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants NHPA National Historic Preservation Act NOI Notice of Intent NON Notice of Non-Compliance NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NPS National Park Service NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRF Naval Reactors Facility NRHP National Register of Historic Places NSPS New Source Performance Standards NWCF New Waste Calcining Facility OD organic debris OHS organic homogeneous solids OPC ordinary Portland cement OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration PBF Power Burst Facility PCB polychlorinated biphenyls PCC primary combustion chamber PEIS programmatic environmental impact statement PEL permissable exposure limit PES programmable electronic system PFA pulverized fuel ash ppb parts per billion ppm parts per million PREPP Process Experimental Pilot Plant PSAR Preliminary Safety Analysis Report PSD Prevention of Significant Deterioration RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act RF respirable fraction RFP Request for Proposal RGW research generated waste RH remote handled ROD Record of Decision ROI region of influence file:///I|/Data%20Migration%20Task/EIS-0290-FEIS-01-1999/acronyms.HTML[6/24/2011 1:11:14 PM] DOE/EIS-0290 Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (January 1999) RSAC-5 Radiological Safety Analysis Computer Program Version 5 RTR real-time radiography RWMC Radioactive Waste Management Complex SAR Safety Analysis Report SCC secondary combustion chamber SCW special case waste SDA Subsurface Disposal Area SEIS-I or II Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Disposal Phase Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement-I or II SHPO State Historic Preservation Officer (Idaho) SPD EIS Surplus Plutonium Disposition Draft Environmental Impact Statement SRS Savannah River Site ST source