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4.7.1.2 Energy Northwest..................................................................................... 4.139 4.7.1.3 Agriculture ............................................................................................... 4.139 4.7.1.4 Other Major Employers............................................................................ 4.140 4.7.1.5 Tourism .................................................................................................... 4.140 4.7.1.6 Retirees..................................................................................................... 4.140 4.7.2 Employment and Income....................................................................................... 4.141 4.7.3 Demography .......................................................................................................... 4.142 4.7.4 Environmental Justice ........................................................................................... 4.143 4.7.5 Housing ................................................................................................................. 4.149 4.7.6 Transportation ....................................................................................................... 4.150 4.7.7 Educational Services ............................................................................................. 4.152 4.7.8 Health Care and Human Services.......................................................................... 4.153 4.7.9 Police and Fire Protection ..................................................................................... 4.153 4.7.10 Parks and Recreation............................................................................................. 4.155 4.7.11 Utilities.................................................................................................................. 4.155 4.8 Visual Resources ................................................................................................................... 4.159 4.9 Noise...................................................................................................................................... 4.161 4.9.1 Background Information ....................................................................................... 4.161 4.9.2 Environmental Noise Regulations......................................................................... 4.161 4.9.3 Hanford Site Sound Levels.................................................................................... 4.162 4.9.3.1 Skagit/Hanford Data................................................................................. 4.162 4.9.3.2 Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP) Data ........................................... 4.164 4.9.3.3 New Production Reactor (NPR) EIS ........................................................ 4.164 4.9.3.4 Noise Levels of Hanford Field Activities................................................. 4.164 4.10 Occupational Health and Safety ............................................................................................ 4.167 4.10.1 Industrial Illness and Injury Experience at the Hanford Site................................. 4.167 4.10.2 Occupational Radiation Exposure at the Hanford Site.......................................... 4.170 References ....................................................................................................................................... 4.173 Appendix A - Atmospheric Dispersion Tables................................................................................... A.1 Appendix B - Hanford Site Species Lists............................................................................................B.1 Appendix C - Vegetation Maps...........................................................................................................C.1 xviii
6.0 Statutory and Regulatory Requirements.................................................................................... 6.1 6.1 Federal Environmental Laws..................................................................................................... 6.5 6.2 Federal and State Environmental Regulations........................................................................... 6.7 6.2.1 Air Quality................................................................................................................. 6.7 6.2.2 Water Quality ............................................................................................................ 6.9 6.2.3 Hazardous Waste Management ............................................................................... 6.10 6.2.4 Species Protection ................................................................................................... 6.11 6.2.5 Historic and Cultural Resource Preservation .......................................................... 6.12 6.2.6 Land Use ................................................................................................................. 6.13 6.2.7 Other........................................................................................................................ 6.14 6.3 Executive Orders ..................................................................................................................... 6.17 6.4 DOE Directives........................................................................................................................ 6.19 6.5 Treaties, Statutes, and Policies Relating to Indian Tribes of the Hanford Region .................. 6.21 6.6 Permits..................................................................................................................................... 6.23 References ......................................................................................................................................... 6.25 xix
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Page 5 and 6: Preface This document describes the
Page 7 and 8: Acknowledgements As editor of Revis
Page 9 and 10: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbol
Page 15 and 16: Glossary Accrete. To grow or fuse t
Page 17 and 18: Table of Contents Preface .........
Page 19: 4.5 Ecology........................
Page 23 and 24: Figures Figure 4.0-1. U.S. Departme
Page 25 and 26: Figure 4.10-1. Occupational Injury
Page 27 and 28: Table 4.1-1. Table 4.1-2. Tables St
Page 29 and 30: Table A7. Table A8. Joint Frequency
Page 31 and 32: Introduction 4.0 Affected Environme
Page 33 and 34: • 300 Area. The 300 Area, encompa
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Page 37 and 38: Table 4.1-1. Station Numbers, Names
Page 39 and 40: Figure 4.1-2. Wind Roses at the 9.1
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Page 47 and 48: meet one or more ambient air standa
Page 49 and 50: 4.2.2.2 Emissions of Nonradiologica
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Page 55 and 56: 4.3 Geology M. A. Chamness and M. D
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Soil types found on the Hanford Sit
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Two large events occurred on the ea
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generally shallow; 75 percent of th
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Figure 4.3-10. Earthquake Activity
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4.4 Hydrology P. D. Thorne and G. V
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Columbia River flow rates near Prie
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the aquatic life designation is “
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Columbia River water quality data f
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Contaminant, Units Table 4.4-1. Reg
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Figure 4.4-6. Locations of Principa
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Figure 4.4-8. Flood Area for the Pr
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Figure 4.4-9. Flood Area from a 100
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Figure 4.4-10. Extent of Probable M
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4.4.2.1 Vadose Zone Contamination T
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Groundwater beneath the Hanford Sit
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Gee et al. (1992) and Fayer et al.
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4.4.3.5 Groundwater East and North
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DWS in one or more onsite wells. Co
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Table 4.4-2. (cont’d) 4.77 Contam
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Figure 4.4-13. Distribution of Haza
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levels across much of the Hanford S
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4.5 Ecology T. M. Poston and M. R.
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Figure 4.5-1. Distribution of Veget
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location, the Hanford Site provides
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when the crust is dominated by cyan
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Mule deer rely mainly on shoreline
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Lands Ecology Reserve Unit and shor
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4.5.1.3 Other Distinctive Terrestri
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Figure 4.5-3. Columbia River Island
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species), and salt rattlepod (Swain
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spawning areas and are of the great
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Benthic Invertebrates. Bottom dwell
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When present, however, they formed
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Common Name Scientific Name Federal
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Table 4.5-2. Washington State Candi
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4.111 Common Name Scientific Name C
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Common Name Scientific Name State L
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4.6 Cultural, Archaeological, and H
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Table 4.6-1. Historic Buildings, Ar
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Establishment of the Historic Distr
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4.6.2 Early Settlers/Farming Landsc
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4.6.2.2 Traditional Cultural Places
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DOE/RL will consider the retention
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Traditional Cultural Places. Twenty
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een identified and may have been th
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eligible for the National Register
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Archaeological Resources. Numerous
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Figure 4.7-1. Hanford Site, Washing
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The area’s farms and ranches gene
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Three measures of area income are p
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Table 4.7-3. Population Estimates a
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(CEQ) later provided additional gui
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Figure 4.7-3. Location of Low-Incom
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11.2 percent vacancy rate in 2005.
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A DOE-maintained road network withi
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Table 4.7-5. Police Personnel in th
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Table 4.7-7. Examples of Physical R
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Figure 4.8-1. Viewshed from Gable M
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Table 4.9-1. Applicable State Noise
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4.9.3.2 Basalt Waste Isolation Proj
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During the 5-yr period from 2001-20
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4.10.2 Occupational Radiation Expos
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Table 4.10-2. Radiation Exposure Da
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71 FR 74929. “Notice of Availabil
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Bonneville Power Administration (BP
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Cushing, C.E., and E.G. Wolf. 1982.
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Fecht, K.R., S.P. Reidel, and A.M.
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Hartman, M.J., and R.E. Peterson. 1
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Liikala, T.L., R.L. Aaberg, N.J. Ai
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Office of Financial Management (OFM
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Reidel, S.R., T.L. Tolan, P.R. Hoop
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Simpson, B.C., R.A. Corbin, and S.F
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Tri-City Association of REALTORS (T
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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). 19
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Walker, D.E., Jr. 1967. Mutual Cros
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Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC).
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Maximum Emission Rate: E = (9.8 x 1
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Table A2. Joint Frequency Distribut
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Table A11. X/Q’ Values (s m -3 )
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Table A15. X/Q’ Values (s m -3 )
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Table A19. 95th Percentile E/Q Valu
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Table A23. 95th Percentile E/Q Valu
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Table B1 (cont’d) A. Shrub-Steppe
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Table B2. Mammals that Have Been Ob
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Table B3. Common Bird Species Known
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Table B3 (cont'd) Common Name Strig
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Table B3 (cont'd) Common Name Scien
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Table B5. Fish Species in the Hanfo
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Appendix B References Becker, J.M.
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Figure C2. Vegetation/Land Coverage
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Figure C10. Vegetation/Land Coverag
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Introduction The CEQ regulations in
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Section 309 of the CAA directs EPA
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• Pollution Prevention Act (42 US
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• 40 CFR 60, “Standards of Perf
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• 10 CFR 1022, “Compliance with
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species on the Hanford Site. Regula
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and authority of DOE on Hanford Sit
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DOE also has an Information Brief c
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40 CFR 81. “Designation of Areas
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71 FR 74929. “Notice of Availabil
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Clinton, W.J. 2000. “Memorandum f
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Washington State Department of Ecol
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No. of Copies 1 J. McConnaughey The
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No. of Copies Fluor Hanford, Inc. (
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