I -1 _-- I i Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Nevada Test Site and Off-Site Locations in the State of Nevada Volume 1 Appendix I U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office Las Vegas, Nevada NEVADA TEST SITE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS ....................................................................... iv . SUMMARY ....................................................................... S-1 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................... 1-1 1.1 Purpose and Scope ...................................................... 1-1 1.2 Background'Information ................................................. 1-5 1.3 Summary of Results .................................................... 1-6 1.3.1 Defense Programs ............................................... 1-6 1.3.2 Waste Management Program ...................................... 1-6 1.4 Conclusions .......................................................... 1-7 2.0 ' PUBLIC ISSUES .... ....................................................... 2-1 2.1 Public Involvement.. .................................................... 2-1 2.2 Stakeholder Issues ...................................................... 2-7 2.2.1 Transportation Management Operations .............................. 2-7 . I 2.2.2 Local Segments of Concern ....................................... 2-8 I 2.2.3 Routing ...................................................... 2-11 I 1 2.2.4 Rail Option ................................................... 2-11 2.2.5 Health Risks .................................................. 2-12 I 2.2.6 Transportation Protocol Working Group Recommendations ............. 2-12 2.3 American Indian Issues ................................................ 2-16 2.4 Conclusions .......................................................... 2-16 ! 3.0 TRANSPORTATION RISK .................................................... 3-1 3.1 General Information .................................................... 3-1 3.2 Defense Programs Transportation Risk Analysis ............................. 3-2 3.2.1 Defense Programs Transportation Risk Methodology and Data ........... 3-2 1 3.2.2 Defense Programs Transportation Risk System Description .............. 3-4 3.2.3 Defense Programs Transportation Risk Results ........................ 3-5 3.2.4 Defense Programs Transportation Risk Conclusions .................... 3-5 3.3 Waste Management Activities Transportation Risk ........................... 3-5 3.3.1 Methodology .................................................... 3-5 3.3.2 System Description .............................................. 3-8 3.3.3 Datavalues ................................................... 3-22 3.4 Hazardous Materials Shipments Transportation Risk ......................... 3-32 3.5 Summary ........................................................... 3-35 4.0 REFERENCES' .............................................................. 4-1 I 1 NEVADA TEST SITE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Attach men ts A . Applicable Federal. State. and Local Laws and Regulations ......................... A- 1 B . Procedures and Regulations Relating to Transportation of Hazardous Materials .......... B- 1 C . Public Participation in the Transportation Study ................................... c-1 D . Emergency Response Procedures and Training ................................... D- 1 E . Nevada Test Site Rail Access Study ............................................ E- 1 F . National Generator Routes ................................................... F- 1 List of Figures Figure 1-1 NTS EIS Transportation Study Waste Generator Locations ................. 1-3 Figure 1-2 NTSMap ........................................................ 1-4 Figure 3- 1 National Interstate System ............................................ 3-13 Figure 3-2 NV- 1. Eastern Route 7 ................. ; ............................ 3-15 Figure 3-3 NV.2. Eastern Route 8 ............................................... 3-16 Figure 3-4 . NV.3. Northern Route 5 ............................................. 3-17 Figure 3-5 NV.4. Eastern Route 9 .............................................. 3-18 Figure 3-6 NV.5. Eastern Route 10 ............................................. 3-19 Figure 3-7 NV.6. Southern Route 6 ............................................. 3-20 Figure 3-8 NV.7. Southern Route 8 ............................................. 3-21 Figure 3-9 NV.8. Southern Route 1 ............................................. 3-23 Figure 3-10 NV.9. Southern Route 2 ............................................. 3-24 Figure 3-1 1 NV- 10. Southern Route 5 ............................................ 3-25 Figure 3- I2 Nevada In-State Traffic Fatality Risk ................................... 3-28 Figure 3-13 Nevada In-State Traffic Injury Risk .................................... 3-28 Figure 3-14 Nevada In-State Incident-Free Radiation-Induced Cancer Fatality Risk ........ 3-29 Figure 3-15 Nevada In-State Radiation-Induced Cancer Fatality Risk Due to Accidents ..... 3-29 Figure 3- 1 6 Nevada In-State Incident-Free Radiation Induced Detriment Risk ............ 3-30 Figure 3-17 Nevada In-State Radiation-Induced Detriment Risk Due to Accidents ......... 3-30 Figure 3-18 Nevada In-State Chemical-Induced Cancer Risk .......................... 3-31 Figure 3-19 Nevada In-State Chemical-InducedNoncancer Hazard Index ................ 3-31 List of Tables Table 2-1 Transportation meetings held on the NTS EIS Transportation Study .............. 2.2 Table 2-2 Results of Transportation Protocol Working Group Issue Ranking ...............2-8 Table 3-1 Defense Programs Transportation Risk for Alternative 1...................... 3-6 Table 3-2 Defense Programs Transportation Risk for Alternative 3 ....................... 3-6 Table 3-3 Comparison of Defense Programs Transportation Risk Between Alternative 1 and Alternative 3 ........................................... 3-6 Table 3-4 Low-Level Waste and Mixed Waste Volumes and Shipments for Alternative ......3-10 Table 3-5 Low-Level Waste Volumes and Shipments for Alternative 1 ................... 3-11 Table 3-6 Mixed Waste Volume and Shipments for Alternative 3 ....................... 3-12 Volume 1. Appendix I ii NEVADA TEST SITE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) List of Tables (continued) Table 3-7 Expected Number of Occurrences in 10 years (National Route) . , . .3-32 Table 3-8 Expected Number of Occurrences in 10 years (within Nevada) . : . 3-32 Table 3-9 On-site Transportation Risk for NTS-Generated Waste , . , . 3-34 I iii Volume 1, Appendix I NEVADA TEST SITE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ACRONYMS ATEST Armored TractodSafe-Secure Trailer ac acres ADROIT Potential risk associated with Defense Programs Transportation Activities ANL-E Argonne National Laboratory - East BAPL Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory Bq Becquerel CGTO Consolidated Group of Tribes and Organizations dBa a weighted decibel DoD U.S. Department of Defense DOE U.S. Department of Energy DOEN U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office E1 S Environmental Impact Statement EM Emergency Materials EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FEMP Fernald Environmental Management Project . FORTRAN A computer programming language for problems that can be addressed in algebraic terms g gram Hz hertz HIGHWAY A computer program used for evaluating routes for transporting hazardous materials in the United States hourslyr hours per year INEL Idaho National Engineering Laboratory KAPL Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory km kilometer . LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory LCF Latent cancer fatality LLNL Lawrence Livennore National Laboratory LLW Low-Level Waste m2 square meters m3 cubic meters ERPG Emergency response planning guidelines m meter mi mile Yd yard NAFR Complex Nellis Air Force Range Volume 1, Appendix I iv NEVADA TEST SITE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ACRONYMS (continued) nCi nanocurie NTS Nevada Test Site PSC Public Service Commission ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory PEIS Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement PORTS Portsmouth Gaseous Difision Plant WETS Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site SLAC Stanford Linear Accelerator Spaghetti Bowl U.S. 15/95 Interchange in Las Vegas SRS Savannah River Site RADTRAN A computer code combining user-determined meteorological, demographic, transportation, packaging, and material factors with health physics data to calculate the expected radiological consequences and accident risk of transporting radioactive materials voc Volatile Organic Compound V Volume 1, Appendix I NEVADA TEST SITE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT This Page Intentionally Left Blank Volume 1, Appendix I vi / 'I NEVADA TEST SITE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT SUMMARY This report has been prepared to address local people who reside along three of the primary transportation issues concerning current and routes previously evaluated for risk in the NTS potential operations at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), EIS. The DOE is committed to having the study to document the results of the NTS transportation reflect the full range of American Indian options. risk analysis, and to provide information and supporting documentation for the Environmental As part of its mission related to Defense Program, Impact Statement (EIS) for the NTS and Off-Site the DOE maintains and operates a special fleet of Locations in the State of Nevada. Four alternatives trucks and trailers used to