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DOE also has an Information Brief covering consultation with Native Americans (DOE 2004b). The American Indian Religious Freedom Act (42 USC 1996) establishes that U.S. policy is to protect and preserve for American Indians their inherent rights of freedom to believe, express, and exercise their traditional religions, including access to sites, use and possession of sacred objects, and the freedom to worship through ceremonies and traditional rites. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act establishes the right of lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations to certain Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony discovered on federal lands after November 16, 1990 (25 USC 3002). When discovered during an activity on federal lands, the activity is to cease and appropriate tribal governments are to be notified. Work on the activity may resume, if the activity is otherwise lawful, 30 days after the receipt of certification that tribal governments have received the notice. Executive Order 13007 “Indian Sacred Sites,” (61 FR 26771, May 29, 1996) directs federal agencies, to the extent practicable, permitted by law, and not clearly inconsistent with essential agency functions, to 1) accommodate access to and ceremonial use of American Indian sacred sites by their religious practitioners, and 2) avoid adversely affecting the physical integrity of such sacred sites. Where appropriate, agencies are to maintain the confidentiality of sacred sites. DOE/RL interacts and consults regularly and directly with the three federally recognized tribes affected by Hanford operations; that is, the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon; and the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Washington. In addition, the Wanapum, who still live adjacent to the Hanford Site, are a nonfederally recognized tribe that has strong cultural ties to the Site. The Hanford area was also used by groups whose descendants are now enrolled members of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. The Wanapum and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation are also consulted on cultural resource issues in accordance with DOE policy and relevant legislation. 6.22
6.6 Permits Information on the status of environmental permits at Hanford is included in the Annual Hanford Site Environmental Permitting Status Report (DOE 2004a). The report includes information on environmental permitting under RCRA; TSCA; CAA; CWA; the State Waste Discharge, Hydraulic Permit, and Underground Injection Control Programs; the Onsite Sewage System Program; and the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Program. The Hanford Site RCRA permit is in two portions, one portion issued by EPA Region 10 and the other portion issued by Ecology. The EPA portion of the RCRA permit covers the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments portion of the RCRA permit (EPA 1994). The Ecology portion of the Hanford Site RCRA permit covers compliance with Ecology’s dangerous waste regulations (Ecology 2006a). The Ecology portion of the permit includes standard conditions, general facility conditions, and specific conditions for individual operating Treatment, Storage, and/or Disposal (TSD) units, TSD units undergoing corrective action, and TSD units undergoing closure. Clean Air Act compliance requires both facility and sitewide compliance. The Annual Hanford Site Environmental Permitting Status Report (DOE 2004a) identifies existing facility-specific and sitewide CAA compliance activities. The air operating permit for the Hanford Site issued by Ecology became effective in July 2001 (Ecology 2001) and was renewed in December 2006 (Ecology 2006b). The Hanford Site National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (WA-002591-7) governs liquid process effluent discharges to the Columbia River (DOE 2004a). DOE has asserted a federally reserved water withdrawal right with respect to its Hanford operations. Current Hanford activities use water withdrawn under the DOE’s federally reserved water rights. 6.23
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Preface This document describes the
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Acknowledgements As editor of Revis
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Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbol
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Glossary Accrete. To grow or fuse t
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Table of Contents Preface .........
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4.5 Ecology........................
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6.0 Statutory and Regulatory Requir
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Figures Figure 4.0-1. U.S. Departme
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Figure 4.10-1. Occupational Injury
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Table 4.1-1. Table 4.1-2. Tables St
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Table A7. Table A8. Joint Frequency
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Introduction 4.0 Affected Environme
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• 300 Area. The 300 Area, encompa
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4.1 Climate and Meteorology K. W. B
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Table 4.1-1. Station Numbers, Names
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Figure 4.1-2. Wind Roses at the 9.1
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Figure 4.1-3. Wind Roses at the 60-
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more than half of the annual amount
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4.2 Air Quality B. G. Fritz A varie
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meet one or more ambient air standa
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4.2.2.2 Emissions of Nonradiologica
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concentration at the HMS during 200
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The Clean Air Act requires the impl
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4.3 Geology M. A. Chamness and M. D
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Figure 4.3.2. Physical and Structur
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4.3.2.1 Stratigraphy of Rocks Older
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significant topography. Continued u
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During Cold Creek time in the centr
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Clastic dikes typically occur in sw
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Figure 4.3.7. Rattlesnake Mountain
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The Cold Creek unit in the 200 East
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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 4.4-10. 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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4.6 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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4.6.2.2 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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4.10.2 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). 20
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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 A23. 95th Percentile E/Q Valu
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