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Modifications Which Are Undergoing Public Comment
- None at this time
Modifications Which Have Undergone Public Comment
- Proposed Changes to the Tri-Party Agreement for Central Plateau Cleanup Work
- Proposed Tri-Party Agreement Changes for Mixed Low-Level Waste and Transuranic Mixed Waste
- Proposed Settlement for Hanford Cleanup (08-5085-FVS)
- Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order Modifications Regarding Accelerated Groundwater and Soils Milestones/FY2009 Funding/Waste Management/K Basins and Other Issue Solutions
- The U.S. Department of Energy, the State of Washington Department of Ecology, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the Parties) are seeking your input on proposed changes to the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (Tri-Party Agreement). The proposed changes titled "Proposed Tri-Party Agreement Modifications for Central Plateau Waste Site and Groundwater Remediation" (a.k.a. the M-15 Tentative Agreement) are undergoing a 45 day public comment period which will run from October 23, 2006 to December 7, 2006. These proposed modifications and information on how you may comment on them may be viewed at the following link:
- The Department of Energy, the Washington State Department of Ecology, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency want your input on proposed changes to the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (Tri-Party Agreement). The proposed changes are to correct the regulatory status of the 216-U-12 Crib from a treatment, storage and disposal site to a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act past practice site. This public comment period will run from October 5, 2005 to November 21, 2005.
To view the changes click on the following links:
- 216-U-12 Fact Sheet
- Tri-Party Agreement Change Form B-05-01
- Tri-Party Agreement Change Form C-05-01
- Response to Comments
- The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of River Protection (ORP), and the State of Washington Department of Ecology (Parties) have reached a Tentative Agreement regarding the extension of the due dates for Tri-Party Agreement milestones M-45-00C, M-62-08, and M-62-11.
The Parties agree that an extension of the due date for negotiations required by Major Milestone M-45-00C from June 30, 2005 to September 30, 2006, will allow for sufficient information to be gained from the performance of activities which in turn will provide input as to when substantial DST space would be available for additional retrievals. This extension will also allow for data from the Tank Closure Environmental Impact Statement analysis to be made available to and considered by the negotiators.
Additionally, the Parties agree that an extension to milestone M-62-08 and M-62-11 (due dates of January 30, 2005 and January 30, 2006 respectively), is also needed to gain sufficient information from the Research, Development, and Demonstration activities to be conducted on supplemental treatment technologies. This extension will also allow for data from the Tank Closure Environmental Impact Statement analysis to be made available to and considered by the negotiators.
It is the parties’ intent to submit the Tentative Agreement for a 45-day public comment period to run from approximately December 27, 2004 to February 10, 2005. To review the proposed changes click on the following links:
- The Tri-Party Agencies (U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Washington State Department of Ecology) want your input on proposed changes to Tri-Party Agreement (TPA) Milestones M-34 and M-16. The Tri-Party agencies have conducted a series of negotiations to define a new strategy for the completion of cleanup activities at the K Basins. The draft change packages negotiated by the agencies revise milestone schedules that accelerate cleanup of the K-East and K-West Basins and treatment and disposal of the basin sludge. The schedule for the retrieval of sludge is slightly delayed from its original date; however, there are new milestones that require the sludge be containerized until retrieved and treated for final disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. This interim containerization of the sludge in the basins provides additional environmental protection. In addition, new milestones create schedules for soil cleanup after the basins are removed. This public comment period will run from June 1, 2004 to July 16, 2004. To review the proposed changes click on the following links:
- The Tri-Party Agencies (U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Washington State Department of Ecology) want your input on proposed changes to Tri-Party Agreement (TPA) Milestones M-45 and M46. The changes establish requirements for how Single-Shell Tank Waste Management Areas will be retrieved and closed. The agencies entered into negotiations in October 2003 to further define the requirements under this milestone. The proposed changes are aimed at establishing a standardized process and requirements for retrieving the single-shell tanks, dealing with ancillary equipment, and closing Tank Waste Management Areas. These changes are embodied in change requests to the Tri-Party Agreement and can be reviewed by clicking on the following links:
- The U.S. Department of Energy, Washington State Department of Ecology and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - The Tri-Party Agreement Agencies - want your input on proposed changes to the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (Tri-Party Agreement). The proposed changes will establish and modify schedules for the cleanup of several types of waste at Hanford (M-91 and M-16 milestone series). These changes are embodied in change requests to the Tri-Party Agreement and can be reviewed by clicking on the following links:
- The U.S. Department of Energy, Washington State Department of Ecology and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - The Tri-Party Agreement Agencies - want your input on an integrated approach and schedule to groundwater monitoring-well installation at Hanford. These changes are embodied in a change request to the Tri-Party Agreement and can be reviewed by clicking on the following links:
- The agencies responsible for Hanford cleanup want your input on proposed changes to the Tri-Party Agreement (TPA) that revise the construction and commissioning schedule for building Hanford’s tank waste treatment facility and accelerate the decision-making process for completing the tank waste cleanup mission. To view the changes, click on the following links:
- The public is invited to comment on an Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) for Disposition of Mixed Waste from the 183-H Solar Evaporation Basins (DOE/RL-2002-63) from March 31 through April 29, 2003. The EE/CA discusses proposed alternatives for disposing of waste generated from fuel fabrication activities that supported reactor operations. Approximately 12,300 containers of mixed low-level waste (some containers will require treatment prior to disposal) are being temporarily stored at the Central Waste Complex, a storage facility for dangerous and mixed waste containers. The recommended alternative is to treat the waste that requires treatment followed by disposal at the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility.
For more information contact:
- Rudolph F. Guercia
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Richland Operations Office
- MISN (A3-04)
- Richland, WA 99352
- (509) 376-5494
- Rudolph_F_Rudy_Guercia@rl.gov
- The Tri-Party Agencies are requesting public comment on an Explanation of Significant Difference to Records of Decision for cleanup of waste sites located in the 100-N Area on the Hanford Site. The agencies have determined that further excavation (beyond the required 15-foot depth) at the 116-N-1 waste site would not provide additional protection to the groundwater or the Columbia River. After considering various alternatives, the Tri-Party Agencies propose that future irrigation be prohibited and institutional controls be maintained to ensure no irrigation occurs. A public comment period is being held from February 3 through March 5, 2003.
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For more information contact:
- Chris Smith
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Richland Operations Office
- P.O. Box (A3-04)
- Richland, WA 99352
- (509) 372-1544
- douglas_c_chris_smith@rl.gov
- New Tri-Party Agreement milestones are proposed for removal of waste from several single-shell tanks at the Hanford Site and accelerating the rate for closing specific tanks after the waste has been retrieved. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of River Protection, the Washington State Department of Ecology, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the agencies responsible for Hanford cleanup, want your input on these proposed changes. To view the changes and to see how you can input to the process click on the following links:
- The Tri-Party Agencies completed negotiations on July 31, 2002 on the draft Tri-Party Agreement change package that establishes new milestones and target dates for shutdown of the FFTF. These proposed changes identify work activities and schedules to deactivate the FFTF and place in in a low cost surveillance and maintenance state over the next nine years. To view the changes and to see how you can input to the process click on the following links:
- Tri-Party Agreement changes proposed to the schedule for cleaning up Hanford’s Plutonium Finishing Plant. The proposed changes lay out schedules for eliminating hazards and reducing risks at the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) located in the Central Plateau (200 West Area) of the Hanford Site. To view the changes and to see how you can input to the process click on the following links:
- Fact Sheet
- Agreement in Principle
- Tentative Agreement on Negotiation for the PFP
- Proposed Change Package - M-83-01-03
- Tri-Party Agreement Changes Proposed to Revise Hanford Tank Waste Treatment Construction Schedule ("Recovery Plan")
- Fact Sheet
- TPA Tentative Agreement
- Recovery Plan
- Appendix 1 - High-Level Bases and Assumptions for the WTP Project Baseline
- Appendix 2 - Office of River Protection Baseline Schedule
- Appendix 3 - Ecology WTP Recovery Plan Comments: Modification of Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (HFFACO) Hazardous Waste facility Part B Permit requirements M-20-56 and M-20-57 (Immobilized Low-Activity Waste disposal and High-Level Waste (HLW) canister storage building (CSB)) in order to resolve inconsistencies between HFFACO requirements, completion schedules within the U. S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) contract No. DE-AC27-01RV14136, and DOE’s Office of River Protection (ORP) baseline schedule.
- Appendix 4 - Ecology WTP Recovery Plan Comments (Modification of Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order requirements M-62-06, M-62-07, M-62-10 & M-62-11)
- Appendix 5 - Ecology WTP Recovery Plan Comments: Modification of Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (HFFACO) M-90 series requirements in order to resolve inconsistencies between HFFACO requirements, completion schedules within the U. S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) contract No. DE-AC27-01RV14136, and DOE’s Office of River Protection (ORP) baseline schedule.
- Appendix 6 - Federal Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Related Documentation
- Proposed Schedule Changes for Hanford’s 200 Area Central Plateau Waste Site Cleanup Tri-Party Agreement
- Proposal Overview
- Central Plateau Tentative Agreement
- Modify Tri-Party Agreement Milestone Series M-020 in Accordance with the Central Plateau Agreement In Principle (M-20-02-01)
- Modification of the M-016 Series Milestones (M-16-02-01)
- Modify Tri-Party Agreement Milestone Series M-015 in Accordance with the Central Plateau Agreement In Principle (M-15-02-01)
- Modification of the Central Plateau 200 Area Non-Tank Farm Remedial Action Work Plans (M-13-02-01)
- Proposed Changes to Cleanup Along the Columbia River
- Complete Final Disposition of all 100 Area Surplus Production Reactor Buildings (M-93-01-02)
- Establish Date for Completion of all 300 Area Remedial Actions (M-016-01-06)
- Establish Date for Completion of all 100 Area Remedial Actions (M-016-01-05)
- Establish date for Final Disposition of all 300 Area Surplus Facilities under the M-094 Series Milestones (M-94-01-01)
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New M-48-00, Double Shell Tank Evaluation Milestones, Proposed for Inclusion in the Tri-Party Agreement Comment Period: July 16 - August 30, 2001The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of River Protection (USDOE-ORP) are requesting public comment on a proposal to add milestones guiding double-shell tank evaluations to the Tri-Party Agreement (TPA).A 45-day public comment period on the addition of Major Milestone Series M-48-00 to the TPA is scheduled for July 16, 2001 through August 30, 2001.M-48-00 would require USDOE to assess the structural integrity of all 28 double-shell tanks at Hanford by September 30, 2007. Currently, the double-shell tanks hold approximately 21 million gallons of highly radioactive hazardous waste and are needed to store waste retrieved from leaking single-shell tanks. Structural integrity assessments examine whether there are any defects, such as flaws, cracks, pitting, etc., in the tank walls, that might cause the tanks to fail, resulting in a release to the environment and a threat to public health.To review the proposed M-48-00 changes to the Tri-Party Agreement click on the following link:
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Proposed Changes Related to Single-Shell Tank Waste Retrieval Actions, and Associated Leak Detection, Monitoring and Mitigation and Single-Shell Tank Farm Closure ActivitiesWe need your review and/or comments on proposed modifications to Tri-Party Agreement milestones, target dates, and associated requirements for initial single-shell tank waste retrieval activities. The proposed changes establish new requirements governing single-shell tank retrieval activities before September 30, 2006, and represent work necessary to begin to achieve compliance with federal and state hazardous waste requirements. These actions focus on the completion of one full-scale demonstration of retrieval technology, the initiation of a second full scale retrieval demonstration, and retrieval of wastes from a follow-on single-shell tank. These actions will remove to safe storage no less than 800 curies of long-lived radioactive contaminants. Out of date and non-enforceable schedules for this time period within the TPA are also deleted.
The public comment period for these proposed changes is October 2, 2000, through November 17, 2000.
- Stakeholder Briefings on Hanford's Tri-Party Agreement Tank Waste Treatment Negotiations
- Agreement on principal regulatory commitments pertaining to the Hanford Tank Waste Treatment Complex construction and operations. Copy of the document signed by DOE, EPA, and Ecology on November 15th, 1999 describing proposed executive changes to the TPA to incorporate the privatization activities.
- 11/15/99 Proposed Executive TPA Changes [PDF Format]
- Agreements in regard to DOE's Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) for standby and transition activities. Placement of Agreement FFTF transition milestones and targets in abeyance (M-81-00 series). Modification of Agreement milestone M-20-29A
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Proposed Plan for the K Basins Interim Remedial Action.
Public comment period from May 15 through June 28, 1999.- Fact Sheet [PDF Format]
- Proposed Plan for the K Basins Interim Remedial Action [PDF Format]
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Establishment of proposed due date for completion of Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order Milestone M-89-00 “Complete closure of non-permitted mixed waste units in the 324 Building REC B-Cell, REC D-Cell and High Level Vault”. Public comment period from April 26, 1999, to June 10, 1999.
- Change Number M-89-98-04 [PDF Format]
- Fact Sheet [PDF Format]
- Proposed Tri-Party Agreement Modifications for Initial Single Shell Tank Waste Management Area Corrective Actions, Vadose Zone and Groundwater Characterization, Assessment, and the Integration of Vadose Zone and Groundwater Activities at Specified Associated Sites, public comment period from February 16, 1999 to April 1, 1999
- Proposed Tri-Party Agreement Modifications and Reference Documents for Fast Flux Test Facility, public comment period from November 24, 1997 to February 20, 1998
- Tentative Agreement
- Focus Sheet
- Change Number M-81-97-01 (October 3, 1997)
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FY 2001 Budget Preparation
For questions or comments, please send e-mail to Terry W Noland