9–1 

CHAPTER 9

INDEX 

A 

accident, 1-7, 1-12, 2-37, 2-46, 2-47, 4-21, 4-28, 4-41, 

4-55, 4-69, 4-70, 4-87, 4-101, 4-115, 4-129 

aircraft crash, 4-21, 4-38 

facility accidents, 1-12, 2-35, 2-45, 4-2, 4-106, 4-120, 

4-135 

transportation accident, 1-7, 1-11, 2-38, 2-47, 2-48, 

2-49, 4-16, 4-42, 4-43, 4-56, 4-57, 4-70, 4-71, 4-87, 

4-88, 4-101, 4-102, 4-106, 4-115, 4-116, 4-120, 

4-130, 4-131, 4-135 

active fault, 4-31, 4-62 

Acute Exposure Guideline Level (AEGL), 1-12, 2-48, 4-8–

4-13, 4-18, 4-20, 4-39, 4-42, 4-54, 4-68, 4-86, 4-100, 

4-114, 4-128 

affected environment, 1-21, 1-22, 2-34, 4-147 

Aiken, South Carolina, 1-6, 2-26, 4-107 

air pollutant, 4-124, 4-141, 4-143–4-145, 5-5, 5-6, 5-23, 

5-26 

air quality, 1-13, 1-21, 2-35, 2-37, 2-42, 2-50, 2-51, 4-1, 

4-4, 4-33, 4-50, 4-64, 4-81, 4-95, 4-106, 4-109, 

4-120, 4-124, 4-135–4-137, 4-140–4-145, 4-147, 

4-149, 5-5, 5-6 

alluvium, 4-76, 4-97 

ambient air, 2-42, 4-33, 4-50, 4-140, 4-141, 4-143–

4-145, 4-149 

American Indian, 1-8, 1-14, 1-15, 1-22, 2-43, 2-44, 4-36, 

4-52, 4-66, 4-83, 4-97, 4-106, 4-111, 4-120, 4-126, 

4-135, 5-3, 5-14–5-16, 5-30 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 2-33 

American robin, 2-48, 4-22, 4-23, 4-25–4-27, 4-29, 4-46, 

4-59, 4-60, 4-73, 4-74, 4-90, 4-91, 4-104, 4-105, 

4-118, 4-119, 4-133, 4-134 

ammunition, 4-62 

Andrews, Texas, 1-6, 1-8, 2-30, 2-32, 4-121, 5-29 

animals, 1-1, 4-35, 4-51, 4-65, 4-82, 4-111, 4-125 

aquatic biota, 4-26 

aquatic resource, 4-36, 4-51, 4-65, 4-83, 4-97, 4-111, 

4-126, 4-146 

aquatic species, 2-43 

aquifer, 5-7 

archaeological resource, 5-14 

Archaeological Resources Protection Act, 5-3, 5-14 

archaeological site, 4-66, 4-106, 5-30 

architectural resource, 4-66 

asbestos, 2-16, 5-8, 5-23 

attainment, 5-27 

Augusta, Georgia, 2-26, 4-107 

B 

Bannister Federal Complex, 1-20, 2-8, 2-24, 4-93, 4-95, 

4-97, 4-99, 5-27 

bedrock, 4-76, 4-77 

best management practice, 2-2, 2-40, 2-42, 4-4, 4-30, 4-31, 

4-35, 4-48, 4-51, 4-62, 4-65, 4-77, 4-82, 4-93, 4-107, 

4-111, 4-122, 4-125, 5-27 

Bethlehem Apparatus Company, 2-9 

bird, 5-13 

block group, 2-49, 4-28, 4-47, 4-75, 4-92, 4-106, 4-120, 

4-134, 4-135 

C 

candidate sites, 1-6, 1-7, 1-9, 1-12, 1-14, 1-17, 1-21, 2-5, 

2-33, 2-35, 2-40, 2-49, 4-1, 4-26–4-28, 4-100, 4-121, 

4-137, 4-147–4-150, 5-20, 5-21, 5-30 

carbon dioxide, 2-37, 2-42, 2-43, 4-35, 4-50, 4-64, 4-81, 

4-96, 4-110, 4-125, 4-146, 4-147 

carbon monoxide, 2-42, 2-50, 4-141 

census, 2-36, 2-49, 4-106, 4-120, 4-134 

1990, 5-2–5-4, 5-7, 5-9, 5-15 

2000, 1-1, 1-2, 2-42, 4-35, 4-53, 4-146, 5-2, 5-3 

census block, 2-36, 2-49, 4-106, 4-120, 4-134 

Central Core Area, 2-51, 4-76, 4-142 

Central Facilities Area, 4-84 

Central Gable Mountain Fault, 4-48 

Central Magazine Area, 2-7, 2-16, 2-17, 4-61–4-65, 4-67, 

4-74, 4-142 

Central Plateau, 2-14, 4-138 

Central Waste Complex (CWC), 2-12, 4-47 

CERCLA waste, 5-12 

characterization, 1-21 

chemical environment 

hazardous chemical, 5-9, 5-13 

toxic chemical, 5-13 

Cheney Reservoir, 1-17, 2-36, 4-31 

children, 1-12, 4-9, 4-10, 5-18 

chlor-alkali, 1-3, 1-4, 1-8, 2-6, 2-9, 4-2, 4-15, 5-6 

chronic exposure, 4-22, 4-34, 4-50, 4-64, 4-81, 4-96, 4-110, 

4-124 

classification, 5-26 

Clean Water Act of 1972, 5-2, 5-6 

closure, 1-7–1-10, 1-16, 1-22, 2-1, 2-8, 2-50, 4-1, 4-135, 

4-136, 4-138, 4-139, 4-141, 4-149, 5-10, 5-11, 5-14, 

5-22 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-13, 

2-3, 2-32, 2-33, 2-50, 4-3, 4-4, 4-32, 4-33, 4-50, 

4-64, 4-81, 4-95, 4-109, 4-124, 4-135–4-137, 4-147, 

4-148, 5-1–5-4, 5-6, 5-7, 5-9–5-13, 5-15–5-19, 5-21, 

5-25–5-28 

Colorado, 1-5, 1-6, 1-8, 1-17, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-22, 2-32, 

4-17, 4-30, 4-31, 4-36, 4-42, 4-138–4-140, 5-20–

5-22 

Colorado River, 4-17, 4-42 

Columbia Plateau, 4-48 

Columbia River, 2-12, 2-36, 4-47, 4-49 

commitments of resources 

commitment of land, 4-149, 4-150 

irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources, 

1-22, 4-148, 4-149 

commodity, 1-11, 1-15, 2-9, 2-39, 5-8, 5-24 

comparison of alternatives, 2-34 

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

and Liability Act (CERCLA), 1-18, 1-19, 5-12, 5-29 

Congress, 1-4, 1-9, 1-14, 1-17, 2-32, 4-6, 4-140 
Draft Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury Environmental Impact Statement 

9–2 

Construction, 1-7, 1-13, 1-22, 2-5, 2-32, 2-36–2-38, 2-41–

2-43, 4-3, 4-30, 4-36, 4-37, 4-47–4-49, 4-52, 4-60, 

4-63, 4-66, 4-75, 4-76, 4-78, 4-79, 4-84, 4-92, 4-106, 

4-107, 4-110–4-112, 4-120, 4-121, 4-125–4-127, 

4-134, 4-138–4-141, 4-145, 4-146, 4-148, 5-4, 5-16, 

5-20, 5-22, 5-26–5-28 

debris, 2-45, 4-37, 4-136 

site, 1-5, 1-6, 1-9, 1-10, 1-12–1-19, 2-2, 2-5, 2-7, 2-8, 

2-10, 2-16, 2-18, 2-26, 2-30, 2-32, 2-33, 2-36, 2-37, 

2-39–2-42, 2-44–2-46, 2-49, 4-1, 4-3, 4-5–4-7, 4-11, 

4-17, 4-18, 4-22, 4-30–4-33, 4-35–4-41, 4-47–4-54, 

4-60–4-68, 4-75–4-79, 4-81–4-86, 4-92–4-100, 

4-106–4-108, 4-110, 4-112–4-114, 4-120–4-128, 

4-134–4-137, 4-139–4-141, 4-143, 4-145, 4-148–

4-150, 5-12, 5-19–5-22, 5-25, 5-26, 5-29, 5-30 

Container Storage Building (CSB), 2-5–2-8, 2-30, 4-121–

4-128, 4-145 

contamination, 1-11–1-13, 2-7, 2-46, 4-11, 4-12, 4-23, 

4-34, 4-44, 4-50, 4-58, 4-64, 4-72, 4-77, 4-81, 4-89, 

4-93, 4-96, 4-99, 4-103, 4-107, 4-110, 4-117, 4-124, 

4-132, 4-135, 4-140–4-145, 5-7 

costs, 1-13, 1-16, 4-148, 5-5, 5-19 

criteria air pollutant, 4-5 

critical habitat, 1-13, 2-43, 5-30 

cultural and paleontological resources, 2-34, 2-43, 4-5, 

4-136, 4-137, 4-141–4-144 

cumulative impacts, 1-11, 1-13, 1-22, 2-50, 2-51, 4-136, 

4-137, 4-139, 4-140–4-146 

D 

damage, 1-2, 2-41, 4-3, 4-4, 4-14, 4-21, 4-31, 4-33, 4-48, 

4-50, 4-62, 4-64, 4-77, 4-80, 4-94, 4-95, 4-108, 

4-109, 4-122, 4-124 

dangerous waste, 5-23 

death, 4-9, 4-41, 4-55, 4-69, 4-87, 4-101, 4-115, 4-129, 

5-16 

decommissioning, 1-20, 2-33, 4-138 

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), 1-9, 2-1 

Defense National Stockpile Center (DNSC), 2-1, 4-11 

deposition, 1-1, 2-38, 2-47, 2-48, 4-6, 4-9, 4-10, 4-11, 4-16, 

4-18, 4-23, 4-24, 4-27, 4-44, 4-45, 4-57–4-59, 4-72–

4-74, 4-89–4-91, 4-103–4-106, 4-117–4-120, 4-131–

4-133, 4-135, 4-140 

dry, 1-1, 1-13, 2-38, 2-47, 2-48, 4-6, 4-10, 4-11, 4-16, 

4-18, 4-24, 4-25, 4-27, 4-42, 4-44, 4-45, 4-56, 4-57, 

4-59, 4-70, 4-72–4-74, 4-87, 4-89–4-91, 4-101, 

4-103–4-106, 4-115, 4-117–4-120, 4-130, 4-131, 

4-133, 4-135 

wet, 1-1, 2-38, 2-47, 2-48, 4-10, 4-16, 4-18, 4-27, 4-42, 

4-44, 4-45, 4-56, 4-57, 4-59, 4-70, 4-72, 4-74, 4-87, 

4-89, 4-91, 4-101, 4-103, 4-105, 4-115, 4-117, 

4-119, 4-130, 4-131, 4-133 

design, 1-4, 1-10, 2-1, 2-4, 2-16, 2-33, 2-41, 2-48, 4-2, 4-3, 

4-4, 4-20, 4-31–4-33, 4-49, 4-50, 4-63, 4-64, 4-78–

4-81, 4-94, 4-95, 4-108, 4-109, 4-122–4-124, 4-148, 

5-8, 5-16, 5-18, 5-20, 5-29 

diesel fuel, 2-45, 4-36, 4-37, 4-112, 4-127, 4-149 

disposal, 1-1, 1-4, 1-7, 1-10, 1-15, 1-17–1-19, 1-21, 5-8, 

5-9, 5-11, 5-20, 5-22–5-24, 5-29 

disposal cell, 4-138 

DOE order, 2-2, 4-4, 4-31–4-33, 4-48–4-50, 4-62–4-64, 

4-77, 4-79, 4-80, 4-94, 4-95, 4-108, 4-109, 4-122–

4-124, 5-2–5-4, 5-12, 5-13, 5-16–5-19 

DOE policy, 5-3, 5-4, 5-16, 5-17, 5-19 

DOE standard, 4-8, 4-32, 4-33, 4-49, 4-63, 4-79, 4-80, 

4-95, 4-109, 4-123 

E 

earthquake, 2-36, 2-41, 2-46, 4-3, 4-14, 4-15, 4-31, 4-38–

4-40, 4-48, 4-54, 4-55, 4-62, 4-68, 4-69, 4-77, 4-78, 

4-86, 4-94, 4-100, 4-108, 4-114, 4-122, 4-128, 

4-129, 5-16 

peak ground acceleration, 2-41, 4-3, 4-31, 4-48, 4-62, 

4-77, 4-94, 4-108, 4-122 

seismic, 2-4, 2-41, 4-3, 4-31, 4-77, 4-78, 4-93, 4-94, 

4-108, 4-122, 4-148, 5-16 

seismicity, 4-31, 4-48, 4-62, 4-77, 4-122 

ecological receptor, 2-38, 2-48, 4-17, 4-22–4-25, 4-27, 

4-28, 4-43–4-45, 4-56, 4-58, 4-59, 4-70, 4-72–4-74, 

4-87, 4-89–4-91, 4-101–4-105, 4-115–4-119, 4-130, 

4-132–4-134 

ecological resource, 1-13, 2-34, 2-35, 2-43, 2-50, 4-5, 

4-106, 4-120, 4-135–4-137, 4-141–4-144, 5-30 

ecological risk, 1-7, 1-13, 2-38, 2-48, 4-2, 4-22, 4-27, 4-28, 

4-44, 4-58, 4-72, 4-89, 4-103, 4-117, 4-132 

electricity, 2-44, 2-45, 4-5, 4-36, 4-37, 4-52, 4-66, 4-84, 

4-98, 4-112, 4-127, 4-140, 4-147, 4-149, 4-150 

emergency, 1-10–1-12, 2-2, 2-6, 2-7, 2-37, 2-42, 4-9, 4-33, 

4-35, 4-37, 4-50, 4-51, 4-64, 4-65, 4-81, 4-82, 4-96, 

4-97, 4-109, 4-110, 4-124, 4-125, 4-149, 5-12, 5-13, 

5-25 

generator, 2-7, 2-45, 4-35–4-37, 4-51, 4-53, 4-65, 4-67, 

4-82, 4-85, 4-97, 4-99, 4-110, 4-113, 4-125, 4-127, 

4-140, 5-10, 5-24 

planning, 1-4, 1-10, 4-2, 4-15, 5-12–5-14, 5-17–5-19 

preparedness, 5-12 

response, 1-8, 1-10–1-12, 1-16, 2-2, 2-6, 2-7, 2-45, 4-4, 

4-5, 4-37, 5-12, 5-13, 5-25 

emission, 1-1, 4-34, 4-140, 4-147, 5-6, 5-10, 5-23, 5-26 

employee vehicles, 2-37, 2-42, 4-33, 4-35, 4-50, 4-51, 4-64, 

4-65, 4-81, 4-82, 4-95–4-97, 4-109, 4-110, 4-124, 

4-125, 4-147 

employment, 1-7, 1-14, 2-35, 2-36, 2-49, 4-47, 4-60, 4-75, 

4-92, 4-106, 4-120, 4-134, 5-16, 5-17 

environmental assessment (EA), 1-13, 1-20 

environmental consequences, 1-7, 2-34–2-36, 2-38, 2-39, 

4-1, 4-3, 4-31, 4-48, 4-62, 4-78, 4-94, 4-108, 4-122, 

5-18 

environmental impact, 1-3, 1-5, 1-7, 1-10, 1-13, 1-17–1-20, 

1-22, 2-1, 2-2, 2-38, 4-1, 4-2, 4-147–4-149, 4-151, 

5-1, 5-18, 5-29 

unavoidable adverse environmental impact, 4-148 

environmental impact statement (EIS), 1-1, 1-3, 1-5–1-13, 

1-15–1-21, 2-1, 2-2, 2-5, 2-7, 2-32–2-34, 2-38, 2-39, 

2-45, 2-50, 4-1, 4-2, 4-6, 4-7, 4-10, 4-11, 4-17, 4-19, 

4-21, 4-44, 4-57, 4-72, 4-89, 4-103, 4-117, 4-131, 

4-136–4-138, 4-141, 4-142, 4-146–4-149, 5-1, 5-5, 

5-8, 5-12, 5-18, 5-24 

environmental justice, 1-13, 1-14, 2-35, 4-137, 4-141–

4-144, 5-18, 5-19 

Environmental Protection Agency, see U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency 

eolian, 4-122 
Index 

9–3 

ephemeral wash, 4-31 

epoxy, 2-4, 2-16, 2-22, 2-24, 4-4 

erosion, 2-40, 4-4, 4-30–4-32, 4-48, 4-49, 4-62, 4-63, 4-77–

4-80, 4-93–4-95, 4-107–4-109, 4-122, 4-123, 4-148 

Eunice, 1-16, 2-30, 4-121, 4-127, 4-135 

Executive Order, 5-2–5-4, 5-7, 5-9, 5-12–5-16, 5-18 

exhaust, 2-6, 2-7, 2-42 

explosion, 4-14 

explosives, 4-14 

exposure, 1-2, 1-12, 2-46, 2-47, 2-48, 4-6, 4-7, 4-9, 4-10, 

4-12, 4-13, 4-23, 4-27, 4-38, 4-41, 4-54, 4-55, 4-68, 

4-69, 4-86, 4-87, 4-101, 4-113, 4-115, 4-128, 4-129, 

4-140–4-145, 5-18 

acute, 2-38, 4-8–4-10, 4-43, 4-57, 4-71, 4-88, 4-102, 

4-116, 4-131 

chronic, 2-46, 4-8, 4-10, 4-12, 4-22, 4-34, 4-38, 4-50, 

4-54, 4-64, 4-68, 4-81, 4-85, 4-96, 4-99, 4-110, 

4-113, 4-124, 4-128 

pathway, 4-18, 4-42 

F 

facility accidents, 1-12, 2-35, 2-45, 4-2, 4-106, 4-120, 

4-135 

farmland, 5-18 

fatality, 2-38 

Federal Register (FR), 1-5, 1-7, 1-16–1-22, 2-2, 2-32, 2-33, 

3-9, 3-18, 3-30, 3-78, 5-1–5-4, 5-6, 5-15, 5-24 

fence, 2-10, 3-2, 3-67, 3-74, 4-21, 4-121 

filter, 1-10, 2-6, 2-7, 2-42, 3-42 

Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), 1-20 

fire, 1-10–1-12, 1-16, 2-4, 2-5, 2-38, 2-47, 2-48, 3-14, 3-32, 

3-60, 3-62, 3-77, 3-82, 3-88, 3-89, 3-96, 3-102–

3-104, 3-144, 3-146, 3-159, 3-160, 3-162, 4-6, 4-11, 

4-13–4-20, 4-24–4-27, 4-38, 4-40–4-45, 4-54, 4-56, 

4-57, 4-59, 4-61, 4-68, 4-70–4-74, 4-77, 4-86–4-91, 

4-93, 4-100–4-105, 4-114–4-119, 4-128, 4-130, 

4-131, 4-133 

building, 1-4, 1-9, 1-10, 1-18, 1-19, 2-2, 2-4–2-6, 2-8, 

2-22, 2-24, 2-33, 2-37, 2-39, 2-40, 2-45, 2-46, 3-2, 

3-4, 3-12, 3-38, 3-53, 3-62, 3-68, 3-93, 3-95, 3-96, 

3-102, 3-103, 3-123, 3-160, 4-2–4-4, 4-7, 4-10, 

4-12–4-15, 4-21, 4-30, 4-31, 4-33, 4-34, 4-38–4-40, 

4-47, 4-50, 4-54, 4-55, 4-61, 4-63, 4-64, 4-68, 4-69, 

4-76, 4-81, 4-85–4-87, 4-93, 4-94, 4-96–4-101, 

4-107, 4-109, 4-110, 4-113–4-115, 4-121, 4-122, 

4-124, 4-126, 4-128, 4-129, 4-143, 4-148, 5-16 

department, 1-11, 1-12, 3-48, 5-14, 5-24 

forklift, 2-46, 4-13 

suppression, 1-10, 1-16, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-41, 3-55, 3-88, 

3-144, 4-14, 4-61, 4-77 

transportation accident with, 2-48 

fish, 3-10, 3-35, 3-39, 3-40, 3-47, 3-58, 3-81, 3-100, 3-122, 

3-128, 3-153, 3-162, 4-7, 4-20, 5-6, 5-13 

flask, 2-2, 4-13, 4-15, 4-40, 4-55, 4-69, 4-86, 4-100, 4-114, 

4-129 

flood, 2-36, 2-46, 3-6, 3-20, 3-21, 3-25, 3-26, 3-73, 3-74, 

3-97, 4-32, 4-49, 4-63, 4-79, 4-80, 4-95, 4-109, 

4-123, 5-7 

flood protection, 2-36, 3-97, 4-95 

floodplain, 2-36, 3-4, 3-6, 3-52, 3-71, 3-83, 3-101, 3-117, 

3-153, 4-10, 4-32, 4-49, 4-63, 4-97, 4-108, 4-109, 

5-7 

Floridan Aquifer System, 3-116 

forklift, 2-46, 4-13 

Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868, 3-82 

Fort Hall Reservation, 3-65, 3-89, 3-91, 3-92, 4-92 

fossil fuel, 2-42, 3-3, 3-31, 3-136, 4-35, 4-146–4-150 

fossils, 3-83, 3-101, 3-124, 4-97 

Fourmile Branch, 3-114, 3-117, 4-108 

frequency level (FL), 4-7, 4-13, 4-14, 4-16, 4-19, 4-21, 

4-25, 4-38–4-41, 4-43–4-45, 4-55, 4-57, 4-59, 4-69–

4-71, 4-73, 4-74, 4-86–4-90, 4-100–4-104, 4-114–

4-118, 4-129, 4-131, 4-133 

freshwater, 3-35, 3-54, 3-114, 3-122 

fuel oil, 3-42, 3-56, 3-60, 3-77, 3-84, 3-85, 3-102, 3-125, 

4-53, 4-67, 4-98 

Fuels and Materials Examination Facility (FMEF), 2-32, 

2-33 

G 

gasoline, 2-48, 3-42, 3-60, 3-61, 3-84, 3-85, 3-102, 3-125, 

3-144, 4-19, 4-20, 4-27, 4-146 

gasoline tank truck, 4-19 

gasoline tanker, 2-48, 4-20, 4-27 

generation, 1-9, 1-11, 1-20, 5-8, 5-10 

geology, 1-13, 2-34, 2-40, 3-1, 3-3, 3-69, 3-135, 3-136, 4-3, 

4-31, 4-48, 4-61, 4-62, 4-76, 4-77, 4-93, 4-107, 

4-121, 4-122, 4-136, 4-137, 4-141–4-144 

global climate change, 1-13, 2-42, 4-146 

gold, 1-2, 1-3–1-5, 1-8, 2-1, 2-8, 3-21, 3-38, 3-52, 4-2, 4-15 

gold mining, 1-2, 1-4, 1-8 

Grand Junction Disposal Site (GJDS), 1-6, 1-12, 1-15, 

1-17, 1-18, 2-7, 2-8, 2-10, 2-11, 2-36–2-38, 2-40, 

2-41, 2-43–2-45, 2-47, 2-50, 3-1–3-17, 4-1, 4-16, 

4-17, 4-30–4-44, 4-46, 4-47, 4-66, 4-98, 4-137–

4-140, 5-20, 5-21 

Grand Junction Processing Site, 3-4, 3-13 

gravel, 2-40, 3-4, 3-21, 3-27, 3-28, 3-34, 3-38, 3-53, 3-55, 

3-69, 3-70, 3-74, 3-94, 3-103, 3-112, 3-134, 3-136, 

3-137, 3-139, 3-156, 4-30, 4-48, 4-62, 4-76, 4-78, 

4-107, 4-121, 4-150 

Great Basin, 3-34, 3-35, 3-52, 3-57, 3-80 

great blue heron, 4-22, 4-26 

groundwater, 1-9, 1-13, 1-14, 1-18, 1-19, 2-34, 3-1, 3-5–

3-7, 3-9, 3-23, 3-26–3-28, 3-42, 3-43, 3-53–3-56, 

3-61, 3-62, 3-71, 3-75–3-77, 3-95, 3-97, 3-98, 3-102, 

3-103, 3-116–3-118, 3-125, 3-139, 3-140, 3-146, 

3-154, 3-162, 4-4, 4-11, 4-32, 4-49, 4-50, 4-63, 4-79, 

4-80, 4-94, 4-95, 4-99, 4-108, 4-109, 4-123, 4-124, 

5-7, 5-10 

contaminant plume, 3-98, 3-117, 4-50, 4-63, 4-80, 4-95, 

4-109 

gypsum, 3-4 

H 

habitat, 2-51, 3-9, 3-25, 3-33, 3-34, 3-37, 3-57, 3-58, 3-80, 

3-81, 3-97, 3-99, 3-110, 3-122, 3-142, 4-65, 4-97, 

4-145, 5-13 

hail, 3-140, 3-155 

Handling Area, 1-10, 2-2, 2-5–2-7, 2-22, 2-42, 4-37 

Hanford Site (Hanford), 1-6, 2-7, 3-1, 4-1 

hawk, 2-48, 3-36, 3-121, 4-23, 4-25–4-27, 4-29, 4-46, 4-59, 

4-60, 4-73, 4-74, 4-90, 4-91, 4-104, 4-105, 4-118, 

4-119, 4-133, 4-134 
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Hawthorne Army Depot, 1-6, 1-9, 1-12, 1-19, 2-2, 2-5, 2-7, 

2-8, 2-7, 2-16, 2-17, 2-36, 2-40, 2-41, 2-43, 2-44, 

2-47, 2-50, 3-1, 3-51–3-64, 4-1, 4-34, 4-61–4-75, 

4-138, 4-142, 5-20, 5-24–5-26 

Hazard Index, 3-14 

Hazard Quotient, 3-14 

hazardous chemical, 3-14, 3-46, 3-47, 3-87–3-89, 3-128, 

3-161, 3-162, 5-9, 5-13 

hazardous material, 1-8, 1-11, 1-12, 1-19, 2-3, 3-47, 3-61, 

3-62, 3-71, 3-88, 3-93, 3-104, 3-128, 3-146, 3-162, 

5-17, 5-24 

hazardous substance, 3-13, 3-46, 3-48, 3-88, 5-12, 5-24, 

5-25 

hazardous waste, 1-10, 1-11, 1-15, 1-17, 1-18, 1-20, 2-5, 

2-6, 2-22, 2-30, 2-33, 2-45, 3-13, 3-43, 3-45, 3-46, 

3-60, 3-61, 3-85, 3-87, 3-103, 3-126, 3-127, 3-134, 

3-144, 3-160, 3-161, 4-3, 4-6, 4-37, 4-53, 4-67, 4-76, 

4-85, 4-98, 4-112, 4-127, 4-135, 4-136, 4-140, 

4-148, 5-5, 5-8, 5-10, 5-11, 5-19, 5-21–5-25, 5-27–

5-29 

health effect, 3-14, 3-48, 3-61, 4-7, 4-8, 4-9, 4-10 

Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) 

dental, 1-1, 3-108, 3-109, 3-133, 3-151, 3-166 

mental health, 3-108, 3-109, 3-133, 3-151, 3-166 

primary medical care, 3-108, 3-109, 3-133, 3-151, 

3-166 

heron, 2-48, 4-23, 4-25–4-27, 4-29, 4-46, 4-59, 4-60, 4-73, 

4-74, 4-90, 4-91, 4-104, 4-105, 4-118, 4-119, 4-133, 

4-134 

hijack, 4-19 

Hispanic, 3-15, 3-16, 3-50, 3-63, 3-90, 3-91, 3-105, 3-130, 

3-148, 3-163 

historic resources, 3-1, 3-10, 3-81, 3-82, 3-123, 4-36, 4-66, 

4-97, 4-111, 4-126, 5-14, 5-30 

housing, 3-15, 3-49, 3-51, 3-55, 3-57, 3-61, 3-63, 3-89, 

3-104, 3-129, 3-147, 3-162 

human health, 1-2, 1-5, 1-7, 1-12, 1-14, 1-19, 2-38, 2-45, 

2-46, 2-47, 3-1, 3-7, 3-14, 3-15, 3-39, 3-53, 3-61, 

4-1, 4-2, 4-6, 4-7, 4-11, 4-19, 4-21, 4-23, 4-24, 4-28, 

4-44, 4-57, 4-68, 4-72, 4-89, 4-103, 4-106, 4-117, 

4-120, 4-131, 4-135, 4-136, 5-6, 5-9, 5-18 

human health impacts, 4-1, 4-19 

human health risk, 1-12, 1-14, 3-1, 4-6, 4-11, 4-24, 

4-44, 4-57, 4-68, 4-72, 4-89, 4-103, 4-106, 4-117, 

4-120, 4-131, 4-135, 4-136 

hydrocarbon, 3-95, 3-98 

I 

Idaho Falls, 1-6, 1-8, 3-65, 3-83, 3-84, 3-89–3-92, 5-27 

Idaho National Laboratory (INL), 1-6, 1-12, 1-20, 2-5, 2-8, 

2-18–2-23, 2-32, 2-33, 2-36–2-41, 2-43, 2-44, 2-47, 

2-50, 2-51, 3-1, 3-65–3-73, 3-75, 3-77–3-92, 4-1, 

4-34, 4-75–4-79, 4-81–4-92, 4-138, 4-142, 4-143, 

5-20, 5-26, 5-27 

Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center 

(INTEC), 2-8, 2-18, 2-20, 2-21, 2-32, 2-33, 2-36–

2-41, 2-43, 2-44, 2-47, 2-51, 3-65, 3-67–3-71, 3-73–

3-77, 3-80–3-86, 3-90, 3-92, 3-93, 4-75–4-86, 4-88, 

4-89, 4-91, 4-92, 4-142, 4-143 

illness, 3-47, 3-88, 3-128 

immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH), 4-10, 4-13, 

4-39 

Indian Creek, 2-36, 3-5, 3-6, 3-93, 3-96, 3-97, 3-100, 4-94, 

4-95 

Industrial Core Management Area, 2-51, 3-110–3-112, 

4-144 

infrastructure, 1-6, 1-13, 1-14, 2-35, 2-44, 2-45, 2-50, 3-1, 

3-11, 3-18, 3-38, 3-40, 3-58–3-60, 3-62, 3-83, 3-88, 

3-101, 3-103, 3-109, 3-124, 3-143, 4-1, 4-5, 4-37, 

4-53, 4-66, 4-67, 4-84, 4-85, 4-112, 4-127, 4-136, 

4-137, 4-140–4-144, 4-150 

inhalation, 2-38, 2-47, 2-48, 3-46, 3-47, 3-88, 3-128, 3-161, 

4-7–4-10, 4-12, 4-18, 4-38, 4-42–4-44, 4-54, 4-57, 

4-68, 4-71, 4-72, 4-86, 4-88, 4-89, 4-102, 4-103, 

4-113, 4-116, 4-117, 4-128, 4-131, 4-140–4-145 

injury, 3-14, 3-48, 3-62, 3-89, 3-104, 3-129, 3-146, 3-162, 

5-14 

institutional control, 3-95 

integrated contingency plan, 3-62, 3-104, 4-32 

intentional destructive act (IDA), 1-11, 1-12, 2-45, 2-48, 

4-6, 4-19, 4-20, 4-22, 4-28, 4-44, 4-58, 4-72, 4-89, 

4-103, 4-117, 4-132 

Interim Guidance, 1-10, 1-11, 2-2, 2-5, 4-10, 4-17, 4-38, 

4-54, 4-68, 4-85, 4-99, 4-113, 4-128, 5-10 

interim storage, 2-14, 3-86, 4-86, 4-92 

inventories, 1-3, 1-20, 5-12 

iodine, 3-28 

iron, 3-52, 3-88, 3-98, 3-116, 5-6 

K 

Kansas, 2-5, 2-24, 2-25, 2-32, 2-36, 2-38, 2-40, 2-41, 2-43, 

2-44, 2-47, 2-51, 3-1, 3-93, 3-94, 3-96–3-99, 3-101–

3-108, 4-1, 4-34, 4-93, 4-95, 4-98–4-105, 4-139, 

4-143 

Kansas City Plant (KCP), 1-6, 1-12, 1-16, 1-20, 2-5, 2-8, 

2-24, 2-25, 2-36–2-38, 2-40–2-44, 2-47, 2-49, 2-51, 

3-1, 3-93–3-108, 4-1, 4-34, 4-93–4-106, 4-139, 

4-143, 5-20, 5-21, 5-27, 5-28 

L 

land disposal restriction, 2-34, 5-8, 5-11 

land disturbance, 1-7, 1-18, 2-34, 2-37, 2-39, 2-40, 2-50, 

4-3, 4-5, 4-136, 4-137, 4-141, 4-144, 4-148 

land use, 1-6, 1-13, 1-14, 1-18, 2-26, 2-32–2-37, 2-39, 

2-50, 2-51, 3-1, 3-2, 3-18, 3-33, 3-50, 3-57, 3-65, 

3-67, 3-80, 3-110, 3-111, 3-141, 4-3, 4-30, 4-47, 

4-61, 4-76, 4-93, 4-106, 4-107, 4-120, 4-121, 4-135–

4-137, 4-139, 4-141–4-145, 4-148, 5-21 

landfill, 2-30, 2-50, 3-45, 3-53, 3-56, 3-61, 3-87, 3-127, 

3-134–3-136, 3-139–3-141, 3-144, 3-145, 4-67, 

4-84, 4-121, 4-139, 4-141, 4-149, 4-150 

leak detection, 1-10 

lightning, 4-4, 4-14 

limestone, 2-32, 3-3, 3-83, 3-97, 3-101, 3-152 

liquid waste, 2-45, 3-28, 3-43, 3-81, 3-86, 3-141, 4-37, 

4-53, 4-67, 4-84, 4-98, 4-112, 4-127 

Lost River Fault, 3-68, 3-69, 3-70, 4-77 

low-activity waste (LAW), 3-32 

Lowland Environmental Services, 1-6, 2-32 
Index 

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M 

Main Manufacturing Building, 2-5, 3-93, 3-95, 4-93, 4-95, 

4-96, 4-98, 4-143 

maximally exposed individual (MEI), 3-128 

maximum contaminant level (MCL), 3-7, 3-76, 5-7 

Memorandum of Agreement, 3-95, 3-98 

Memorandum of Understanding, 1-15, 1-17, 1-18, 2-10, 

2-36–2-38, 2-40, 3-2, 3-13, 4-30, 5-21 

mercury, 1-1–1-19, 1-21, 1-22, 2-1–2-10, 2-12, 2-16, 2-18, 

2-20, 2-22, 2-24, 2-26, 2-30, 2-32–2-50, 3-1, 3-5, 

3-6, 3-8–3-10, 3-15, 3-22, 3-45, 3-47, 3-49, 3-54–

3-58, 3-60–3-62, 3-70, 3-74, 3-80, 3-81, 3-87–3-89, 

3-96, 3-99, 3-103, 3-104, 3-113, 3-116–3-118, 

3-127–3-129, 3-138, 3-142, 3-147, 3-153, 3-154, 

3-156, 3-160–3-162, 3-166, 4-1–4-26, 4-28, 4-30–

4-45, 4-47–4-76, 4-78–4-150, 5-1, 5-5–5-8, 5-10–

5-21, 5-23–5-26, 5-30 

acceptance criteria, 1-5, 1-15 

byproduct, 1-3, 1-4, 1-8, 2-1, 2-8, 3-98, 3-145, 4-146 

compounds, 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-8, 1-9, 3-31, 3-53, 3-71, 

3-76, 3-78, 3-117, 4-6, 4-17, 4-24, 4-43–4-45, 4-56, 

4-58, 4-70, 4-72, 4-73, 4-88–4-90, 4-102–4-104, 

4-116–4-118, 4-130, 4-132, 4-146, 5-16 

cycle, 1-7, 1-16, 3-35, 5-9, 5-19 

divalent, 4-6, 4-18, 4-23, 4-44, 4-58, 4-72, 4-89, 4-103, 

4-117, 4-132 

elemental, 1-1–1-4, 1-8–1-10, 1-15, 1-18, 2-1, 2-9, 2-33, 

2-34, 3-1, 3-154, 4-1–4-12, 4-15–4-17, 4-21–4-24, 

4-28, 4-30, 4-32, 4-34, 4-35, 4-40, 4-42–4-45, 4-47, 

4-49–4-51, 4-54–4-56, 4-58, 4-60, 4-61, 4-63–4-65, 

4-68–4-76, 4-78–4-82, 4-85–4-94, 4-96, 4-100–

4-106, 4-108, 4-110, 4-114–4-121, 4-123–4-125, 

4-128–4-130, 4-132, 4-134, 4-135, 4-138, 4-140, 

4-142, 4-148–4-150, 5-1, 5-5, 5-8, 5-10–5-12, 5-16, 

5-17, 5-19–5-21, 5-23 

evaporation, 3-5, 3-10, 3-13, 3-31, 3-35, 3-55, 3-71, 

3-81, 3-127, 4-11, 4-15–4-18, 4-42, 4-56, 4-68, 4-70, 

4-87, 4-101, 4-115, 4-130 

export, 1-3, 1-4, 1-9, 5-5, 5-8 

high-concentration, 2-6, 2-34 

inorganic, 1-1, 3-53, 3-75, 4-6–4-10, 4-17, 4-18, 4-22, 

4-24, 4-43–4-45, 4-56, 4-58, 4-70, 4-72, 4-73, 4-88–

4-90, 4-102–4-104, 4-116–4-118, 4-130, 4-132 

inventory, 1-3, 1-9, 1-21, 3-30, 3-39, 3-43, 3-44, 3-58, 

3-60, 3-80, 3-81, 3-85–3-87, 3-119, 3-127, 4-11, 

5-15 

methylmercury, 1-1, 1-2, 3-128, 3-162, 4-6, 4-7, 4-9, 

4-17, 4-20, 4-22, 4-24, 4-43, 4-45, 4-56, 4-58, 4-59, 

4-70, 4-73, 4-88, 4-90, 4-102, 4-104, 4-116, 4-118, 

4-130, 4-132, 4-133, 4-140, 5-6 

poisoning, 3-15, 3-49, 3-62, 3-89, 3-104, 3-129, 3-147, 

3-162 

purity, 2-1, 2-7, 2-33, 4-2 

release, 1-1, 1-11, 1-12, 2-46, 2-48, 3-14, 3-46, 3-48, 

3-62, 3-87, 3-89, 3-104, 3-129, 3-146, 3-155, 3-161, 

3-162, 4-3, 4-4, 4-11–4-14, 4-16, 4-18–4-20, 4-22, 

4-28, 4-32, 4-33, 4-38, 4-39, 4-42, 4-49, 4-50, 4-54, 

4-63, 4-64, 4-68, 4-78, 4-80, 4-81, 4-85, 4-94, 4-95, 

4-99, 4-108, 4-109, 4-113, 4-123, 4-124, 4-128, 

4-136, 4-146, 4-147, 5-9, 5-12, 5-13, 5-22 

retorting, 2-1, 2-33, 5-11 

roasting, 2-1, 2-33, 5-11 

source, 1-1, 1-9, 3-7–3-9, 3-14, 3-21, 3-25, 3-27, 3-28, 

3-30, 3-32, 3-33, 3-35, 3-46, 3-52, 3-54–3-57, 3-60, 

3-68, 3-70, 3-75–3-77, 3-79, 3-85, 3-87, 3-88, 3-95, 

3-97–3-99, 3-119, 3-125, 3-127, 3-138, 3-140, 

3-141, 3-144, 3-145, 3-154– 3-156, 4-12, 4-18, 4-19, 

4-21, 4-24, 4-34, 4-38, 4-54, 4-68, 4-85, 4-98, 4-99, 

4-113, 4-128, 4-140, 4-142, 4-147, 4-151, 5-6, 5-7, 

5-23, 5-26–5-28 

storage, 1-1, 1-3–1-19, 1-21, 2-1–2-10, 2-12, 2-14, 2-16, 

2-18, 2-20, 2-22, 2-24, 2-26, 2-30, 2-32–2-46, 2-48–

2-50, 3-2, 3-5–3-7, 3-9, 3-10, 3-13, 3-16, 3-18, 3-22, 

3-25, 3-28, 3-32, 3-34, 3-43–3-45, 3-50–3-52, 3-54–

3-58, 3-60–3-63, 3-67, 3-70, 3-74, 3-75, 3-80, 3-81, 

3-84–3-88, 3-90, 3-93, 3-95, 3-96, 3-99, 3-102, 

3-103, 3-105, 3-113, 3-117, 3-126, 3-127, 3-130, 

3-134, 3-138, 3-141–3-147, 3-151, 3-153, 3-154, 

3-156, 3-158–3-161, 3-163, 4-1–4-7, 4-10–4-16, 

4-19–4-23, 4-25, 4-28, 4-30–4-40, 4-44, 4-45, 4-47–

4-55, 4-58–4-69, 4-72–4-87, 4-89–4-101, 4-103–

4-115, 4-117–4-129, 4-132–4-137, 4-139–4-151, 

5-1, 5-5, 5-8, 5-10–5-15, 5-19–5-22, 5-24–5-29 

toxicity, 3-13, 3-46, 3-87, 3-146, 3-161, 4-7, 5-10 

vapor, 1-1, 1-10, 2-6, 2-7, 2-42, 2-45, 2-46, 3-31, 3-32, 

3-47, 3-48, 3-118, 3-128, 4-4, 4-6, 4-10–4-13, 4-18, 

4-33, 4-34, 4-37–4-39, 4-50, 4-54, 4-64, 4-68, 4-81, 

4-85, 4-96, 4-99, 4-109, 4-110, 4-113, 4-124, 4-128, 

4-140–4-146, 4-148 

Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008, 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-8, 1-10, 

1-11, 1-21, 1-22, 2-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-5, 5-8 

mercury storage facility(ies), 1-3–1-5, 1-7–1-11, 1-13–

1-15, 1-17, 1-19, 2-1, 2-2, 2-5–2-7, 2-32, 2-35, 2-37, 

2-41, 2-42, 2-45, 2-49, 4-137, 4-147, 5-10, 5-21, 

5-30 

closure, 1-7–1-10, 1-16, 1-22, 2-1, 2-8, 2-50, 3-43, 3-49, 

3-53, 3-161, 4-1, 4-135, 4-136, 4-138, 4-139, 4-141, 

4-149, 5-10, 5-11, 5-14, 5-22 

construction, 1-6, 1-7, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-19, 2-3, 2-5, 

2-7, 2-8, 2-10, 2-12, 2-18, 2-20, 2-26, 2-30, 2-35, 

2-37, 2-39–2-45, 2-49, 2-50, 3-21, 3-25, 3-29, 3-32, 

3-42, 3-46, 3-58, 3-60, 3-61, 3-69, 3-73, 3-77, 3-79, 

3-94, 3-100, 3-102, 3-103, 3-112, 3-114, 3-116, 

3-118, 3-120, 3-123, 3-125, 3-126, 3-134, 3-145, 

3-151–3-153, 3-155, 3-161, 4-2–4-5, 4-12, 4-28, 

4-30–4-33, 4-35–4-39, 4-47–4-54, 4-60–4-68, 4-75–

4-86, 4-91–4-99, 4-106–4-113, 4-119–4-128, 4-134, 

4-135, 4-137, 4-139–4-141, 4-143–4-145, 4-147–

4-150, 5-5, 5-7, 5-8, 5-10, 5-13, 5-14, 5-16, 5-20–

5-23, 5-27–5-29, 

design, 1-4, 1-10, 2-1, 2-4, 2-16, 2-33, 2-41, 2-48, 3-6, 

3-22, 3-46, 3-87, 3-100, 3-128, 4-2–4-4, 4-20, 4-31–

4-33, 4-49, 4-50, 4-63, 4-64, 4-78–4-81, 4-94, 4-95, 

4-108, 4-109, 4-122–4-124, 4-148, 5-8, 5-16, 5-18, 

5-20, 5-29 

modification, 1-3, 1-7, 2-34, 2-37, 2-39, 2-41, 2-42, 

2-45, 3-42, 4-44, 4-58, 4-61–4-67, 4-72, 4-75, 4-81, 

4-82, 4-84, 4-85, 4-89, 4-93, 4-95, 4-96, 4-103, 

4-117, 4-122, 4-124, 4-125, 4-127, 4-132, 4-142, 

4-143, 4-150, 5-13, 5-19–5-21, 5-23, 5-25, 5-26, 

5-28, 5-29 

module, 2-5, 4-80 

operations, -10, 1-12, 1-14–1-16, 1-18–1-21, 2-1, 2-2, 

2-6, 2-10, 2-20, 2-24, 2-33, 2-37, 2-39, 2-42, 2-43, 

2-45, 2-46, 2-49, 3-2, 3-12, 3-13, 3-26–3-28, 3-31, 

3-40, 3-42, 3-46–3-48, 3-51, 3-53, 3-56, 3-57, 3-60, 
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3-61, 3-65, 3-83, 3-86–3-88, 3-93, 3-98, 3-99, 

3-102–3-104, 3-110, 3-111, 3-117, 3-120, 3-123, 

3-125, 3-127, 3-128, 3-134, 3-136, 3-141, 3-145, 

3-153, 3-155, 3-159, 3-160, 3-161, 4-2, 4-5, 4-6, 

4-12, 4-21, 4-30–4-33, 4-35–4-38, 4-41, 4-47–4-54, 

4-61–4-68, 4-75–4-85, 4-92–4-99, 4-106–4-109, 

4-111–4-113, 4-120–4-128, 4-134–4-136, 4-138–

4-140, 4-146, 4-148–4-150, 5-9, 5-13, 5-16, 5-18, 

5-19, 5-21, 5-24 

Mesa County, 1-5, 1-15, 1-17, 1-18, 2-10, 2-40, 3-2, 3-4, 

3-8, 3-13, 3-15, 3-16, 4-30, 4-37, 4-140, 5-21, 5-22 

meteorology, 3-1, 3-7, 3-141, 4-19 

Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 5-3, 5-13 

miles, 1-1, 1-14, 2-10, 2-16, 2-18, 2-24, 2-26, 2-30, 2-32, 

2-36, 2-38, 2-42, 2-46–2-49, 3-2–3-6, 3-8, 3-10, 

3-12, 3-15, 3-17, 3-20–3-23, 3-26, 3-27, 3-29, 3-31, 

3-33, 3-40, 3-41, 3-50, 3-53, 3-54, 3-56–3-61, 3-63, 

3-65, 3-67–3-71, 3-73–3-75, 3-77, 3-79–3-81, 3-83, 

3-84, 3-89–3-93, 3-96, 3-98, 3-101, 3-104, 3-106, 

3-107, 3-109, 3-110, 3-112–3-114, 3-117, 3-118, 

3-124, 3-125, 3-129, 3-131, 3-134–3-141, 3-143, 

3-144, 3-146–3-149, 3-152, 3-153, 3-155, 3-156, 

3-159, 3-162–3-164, 4-16, 4-17, 4-20, 4-30, 4-31, 

4-35, 4-39, 4-41, 4-42, 4-48, 4-49, 4-51, 4-54, 4-55, 

4-61–4-63, 4-65, 4-66, 4-68–4-70, 4-77–4-79, 4-82, 

4-86, 4-87, 4-93, 4-101, 4-107, 4-110, 4-114, 4-115, 

4-121, 4-122, 4-125, 4-128, 4-129, 4-135, 4-139 

railcar, 2-7, 2-38, 2-48, 3-144, 4-15–4-21, 4-24, 4-27, 

4-28, 4-41–4-46, 4-56, 4-57, 4-59, 4-70, 4-71, 4-73, 

4-74, 4-87–4-91, 4-101–4-105, 4-115–4-119, 4-130, 

4-131, 4-133, 4-134 

truck, 1-7, 1-11, 2-4, 2-7, 2-10, 2-34, 2-38, 2-42–2-48, 

3-12, 3-125, 3-144, 3-146, 3-159, 3-162, 4-4, 4-5, 

4-15–4-21, 4-24–4-28, 4-33, 4-34, 4-35, 4-37, 4-40–

4-47, 4-50, 4-51, 4-55–4-57, 4-59–4-61, 4-64, 4-65, 

4-69–4-71, 4-73–4-75, 4-81, 4-82, 4-86–4-92, 4-96, 

4-100–4-106, 4-110, 4-114–4-120, 4-125, 4-129–

4-131, 4-133, 4-134, 4-136, 4-140, 4-149 

mining, 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-16, 1-17, 2-1, 2-8, 3-11, 3-26, 3-38, 

3-39, 3-47, 3-51, 3-61, 3-82, 3-134, 3-136, 4-2, 4-15 

Mississippi River, 3-100 

Missouri River, 3-96 

mixed low-level radioactive waste (MLLW), 1-17–1-19, 

3-43, 3-45, 3-85, 3-87, 3-126, 3-127, 3-134, 3-144, 

3-145, 3-160 

MM EIS, 1-9, 1-19, 2-1, 2-2 

Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI), 3-4, 3-22, 3-53, 3-69, 

3-96, 3-113, 3-137, 3-152, 4-3, 4-31, 4-48, 4-62, 

4-77, 4-94, 4-108, 4-122 

mudstone, 3-135 

Muskogee, 3-124 

N 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), 3-29, 

3-30, 3-77, 3-78, 3-118, 3-119, 3-155, 5-5, 5-26 

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(NESHAPs), 3-99, 3-155, 5-2, 5-6, 5-27 

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 1-1, 1-5, 1-8, 

1-9, 1-16–1-19, 1-21, 1-22, 2-1, 2-50, 4-2, 4-136, 

4-137, 4-147, 5-1, 5-4, 5-5, 5-18, 5-19, 5-29 

National Environmental Research Park, 3-18, 3-65, 3-110 

National Historic Preservation Act, 3-37, 5-3, 5-14, 5-15 

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), 4-10 

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), 1-20, 

2-24, 3-93, 4-93, 5-4, 5-17 

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES), 2-41, 3-26, 3-46, 3-55, 3-96, 3-116, 

3-127, 3-128, 3-153, 3-156, 4-4, 4-32, 4-63, 4-78, 

4-79, 4-108, 4-123, 5-2, 5-6, 5-7, 5-20, 5-24, 5-27–

5-29 

National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), 3-11, 4-5, 

5-14, 5-15 

natural gas, 3-4, 3-7, 3-21, 3-42, 3-60, 3-102, 3-155, 3-159, 

4-96, 4-146 

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 3-4, 

3-53, 3-94, 3-114, 3-137 

nitrate, 1-5, 3-28, 3-55, 3-76, 3-77, 3-116, 3-117, 3-154 

nitrogen, 2-42, 3-8, 3-31, 3-56, 3-77, 3-79, 3-98, 3-99, 

3-117, 3-118, 3-141 

dioxide, 2-37, 2-42, 3-8, 3-30, 3-56, 3-77–3-79, 3-98, 

3-99, 3-118–3-120, 3-141, 4-35, 4-51, 4-64, 4-81, 

4-96, 4-110, 4-125, 4-146, 4-147 

oxides, 3-31 

No Action Alternative, 2-7–2-9, 2-34–2-36, 2-38, 2-39, 

3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-5, 4-6, 4-12, 4-13, 4-15, 4-21, 4-22, 

4-28, 4-135, 4-137, 4-149, 4-151 

noise, 1-13, 2-34, 2-42, 2-43, 3-1, 3-8, 3-9, 3-32, 3-33, 

3-47, 3-57, 3-79, 3-88, 3-99, 3-120, 3-121, 3-141, 

3-155, 4-1, 4-5, 4-35, 4-51, 4-65, 4-82, 4-96, 4-97, 

4-110, 4-125, 4-136, 4-148, 5-6 

background level, 2-42, 2-43, 3-33, 3-79, 3-99, 3-116, 

3-121, 3-161 

nonattainment area, 3-29, 3-77, 3-118, 3-155 

nonhazardous waste, 3-13, 3-43, 3-85–3-87, 3-102, 3-103, 

3-126, 3-144, 3-160, 3-161, 4-37, 4-53, 4-112, 5-8 

normal operations, 1-12, 1-14, 2-45, 3-15, 3-47, 3-88, 

3-128, 4-2, 4-6, 4-10, 4-12, 4-21, 4-23, 4-28, 4-38, 

4-44, 4-54, 4-58, 4-63, 4-68, 4-72, 4-79, 4-85, 4-89, 

4-94, 4-97, 4-99, 4-103, 4-106, 4-113, 4-117, 4-120, 

4-126, 4-128, 4-132, 4-135, 4-147, 4-148 

North Magazine Area, 3-51, 3-56 

Notice of Availability, 1-5, 1-15 

Notice of Intent (NOI), 1-7, 1-9, 1-16, 1-18, 4-32, 4-123, 

5-1, 5-23, 5-25, 5-26 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, see U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission 

O 

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), 3-160, 4-10, 4-11 

Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR), 1-3, 1-9, 2-32, 3-151–3-163 

obsidian, 3-82 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 

3-47, 3-88, 3-128, 4-10, 5-16, 5-17 

Office Administration Area, 2-2, 2-6, 2-7 

Office of Legacy Management, 2-10, 3-5, 3-13, 3-14 

Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 

1996, 3-25 

otter, 2-48, 4-23, 4-25–4-27, 4-29, 4-46, 4-59, 4-60, 4-73, 

4-74, 4-90, 4-91, 4-104, 4-105, 4-118, 4-119, 4-133, 

4-134 

ozone, 3-8, 3-30, 3-56, 3-78, 3-79, 3-98, 3-99, 3-118, 

3-119, 3-141, 3-155, 4-146 
Index 

9–7 

P 

package, 3-42, 3-118 

Paiute, 2-44, 3-59, 4-66, 4-75 

paleochannel, 3-6, 3-7, 3-140 

paleontological resource, 2-43, 2-44, 3-2, 3-11, 3-40, 3-59, 

3-83, 3-124, 3-143, 4-1, 4-36, 4-52, 4-66, 4-83, 4-98, 

4-111, 4-126, 5-14 

pallet, 2-38, 2-46, 2-48, 4-12, 4-13, 4-15, 4-18, 4-21, 4-24, 

4-25, 4-27, 4-38, 4-40, 4-41, 4-45, 4-54, 4-55, 4-59, 

4-68, 4-69, 4-73, 4-74, 4-85, 4-86, 4-90, 4-91, 4-99, 

4-100, 4-104, 4-105, 4-113, 4-114, 4-118, 4-119, 

4-128, 4-129, 4-133 

fire, 1-10–1-12, 1-16, 2-4, 2-5, 2-38, 2-47, 2-48, 3-14, 

3-32, 3-60, 3-62, 3-77, 3-82, 3-88, 3-89, 3-96, 

3-102–3-104, 3-144, 3-146, 3-159, 3-160, 3-162, 

4-6, 4-11, 4-13–4-20, 4-24–4-27, 4-38, 4-40–4-45, 

4-54, 4-56, 4-57, 4-59, 4-61, 4-68, 4-70–4-74, 4-77, 

4-86–4-91, 4-93, 4-100–4-105, 4-114–4-119, 4-128, 

4-130, 4-131, 4-133 

metal, 1-1, 2-4, 3-61, 3-88, 3-145, 4-17, 4-27 

wooden, 4-4, 4-17, 4-18, 4-24, 4-25, 4-27, 4-44, 4-45, 

4-57, 4-59, 4-72–4-74, 4-89–4-91, 4-103– 4-105, 

4-117–4-119, 4-131, 4-133 

particulate matter (PM) 

PM , 3-8, 3-30–3-32, 3-56, 3-77, 3-78, 3-119, 3-120, 

3-141, 4-34 

10

PM , 3-8, 3-30–3-32, 3-56, 3-78, 3-98, 3-119, 3-120, 

3-141, 3-155, 4-34 2.5

Pasco Basin, 3-20, 3-21, 3-27, 3-28 

permit, 1-15, 1-22, 2-1, 2-4–2-6, 2-22, 2-30, 2-36, 3-8, 

3-26, 3-31, 3-32, 3-45, 3-46, 3-55, 3-56, 3-61, 3-73, 

3-79, 3-87, 3-96, 3-97, 3-99, 3-103, 3-116, 3-118, 

3-119, 3-127, 3-128, 3-141, 3-153, 4-3, 4-4, 4-38, 

4-67, 5-1, 5-6–5-8, 5-10, 5-11, 5-13, 5-14, 5-19–

5-24, 5-26–5-29 

personal protective equipment (PPE), 4-5 

plants, 1-1, 1-4, 1-8, 2-1, 2-6, 2-8, 3-1, 3-3, 3-9, 3-10, 

3-33–3-35, 3-37, 3-47, 3-57, 3-65, 3-124, 3-125, 

3-157, 4-26, 4-143, 4-144, 5-6 

plume rise, 4-12, 4-18 

pollutant, 1-1, 1-2, 3-13, 3-29, 3-46, 3-77, 3-79, 3-118, 

3-120, 5-6 

toxic pollutant, 3-31, 3-32, 5-6 

pollution prevention, 3-73, 3-87, 3-127, 3-161, 4-78, 5-5, 

5-9, 5-27 

polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), 3-44, 3-87, 3-153, 5-8 

pond, 3-3, 3-5, 3-10, 3-13, 3-73, 3-74, 3-139 

population, 1-9, 1-12, 1-14, 2-32, 2-36, 2-49, 3-10, 3-15–

3-18, 3-49, 3-50, 3-62, 3-63, 3-80, 3-81, 3-89–3-92, 

3-104–3-106, 3-108, 3-109, 3-128–3-131, 3-133, 

3-134, 3-146–3-148, 3-162, 3-163, 3-166, 4-9, 4-10, 

4-19, 4-26, 4-28, 4-47, 4-60, 4-75, 4-92, 4-106, 

4-120, 5-5 

low-income population, 1-14, 2-49, 3-15–3-17, 3-50, 

3-63, 3-90–3-92, 3-105–3-109, 3-130, 3-131, 3-133, 

3-148, 3-149, 3-151, 3-163, 3-164, 3-166, 4-28, 

4-47, 4-61, 4-75, 4-92, 5-18 

minority population, 2-49, 3-16, 3-17, 3-50, 3-63, 3-90, 

3-105, 3-130, 3-148, 3-163 

population density, 2-32, 4-19 

total population, 3-16, 3-50, 3-63, 3-90–3-92, 3-105, 

3-130, 3-131, 3-148, 3-163 

Preferred Alternative, 1-19, 1-21, 2-32, 4-1 

pregnant women, 1-12, 3-15, 3-49, 3-62, 3-89, 3-104, 

3-129, 3-147, 3-162 

prehistoric resource, 3-10, 3-37, 3-100, 4-52, 4-66, 4-97, 

4-111, 4-126 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), 3-8, 5-7 

Priest Rapids Dam, 3-23, 3-25 

prime farmland, 3-4, 3-21, 3-53, 3-69, 3-113 

programmatic agreement, 3-81 

propane, 3-8, 3-12, 3-42, 3-56, 3-60, 3-84, 3-85, 3-125, 

3-144 

proposed action, 1-1, 1-5, 1-7, 1-13, 1-21, 2-32, 2-40, 3-1, 

3-124, 4-1, 4-52, 4-111, 4-136, 4-148, 5-1, 5-6, 5-16, 

5-30 

public hearings, 1-16, 5-7 

public scoping meetings, 1-8, 1-16 

purpose and need, 2-32 

R 

radioactive waste, 1-17–1-19, 2-26, 2-30, 3-32, 3-43, 3-45, 

3-67, 3-76, 3-86, 3-126, 3-141, 3-145, 4-38, 4-121, 

4-138 

Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC), 2-5, 

2-8, 2-18, 2-22, 2-23, 2-36–2-38, 2-40, 2-41, 2-43, 

2-44, 2-47, 2-51, 3-65, 3-67, 3-70, 3-74, 3-76, 3-80–

3-86, 3-88–3-92, 4-75–4-77, 4-79–4-86, 4-88, 4-89, 

4-92, 4-143 

railroad, 3-15, 3-49, 3-59, 3-63, 3-83, 3-90, 3-101, 3-141, 

3-144, 4-70 

Receiving and Shipping Area, 2-2, 2-4 

reclamation and recycling, 1-4, 1-8, 1-16, 2-9, 4-2, 4-15 

Record of Decision (ROD), 1-15, 1-17–1-19, 2-2, 4-147, 

5-24 

record-keeping, 1-10, 2-4, 2-6 

recreation, 1-14, 3-6, 3-25, 3-54, 3-65, 3-73, 3-94, 3-114, 

3-130, 3-153 

red-cockaded woodpecker, 3-110 

red-tailed hawk, 2-38, 4-22, 4-26 

reference concentration, 1-12, 3-161, 4-10 

reference dose, 1-12 

regime, 3-154 

region of influence (ROI), 2-49, 4-2 

religion, 3-39 

reptile, 3-40 

Request for Expressions of Interest, 1-5, 2-32 

residence, 3-2, 3-8, 3-27, 3-57, 3-99, 3-141, 4-35, 4-40, 

4-51, 4-65, 4-82, 4-96, 4-110, 4-125, 4-128 

residual radioactive material, 3-13, 5-21 

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 1-3, 

1-6, 1-7, 1-10, 1-11, 1-15, 1-18, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 

2-7, 2-8, 2-22, 2-30, 2-32, 2-33, 2-35, 2-36, 2-42, 

3-13, 3-43, 3-44, 3-45, 3-61, 3-95, 3-103, 3-127, 

3-135, 3-144, 3-145, 3-160, 3-161, 4-3–4-5, 4-32, 

4-33, 4-37, 4-38, 4-50, 4-53, 4-64, 4-67, 4-76, 4-81, 

4-95, 4-99, 4-109, 4-112, 4-122, 4-124, 4-148, 5-2, 

5-7–5-11, 5-23, 5-24, 5-26, 5-27, 5-29 

Richland, 1-6, 1-8, 1-18, 1-19, 3-18, 3-33, 3-38, 3-41, 

3-46–3-49, 3-88, 4-138, 4-141 

risk assessment, 1-11, 1-12, 2-38, 3-49, 3-62, 3-71, 3-129, 

4-7 

river otter, 4-22, 4-26 

runoff, 3-5, 3-6, 3-34, 3-54, 3-55, 3-60, 3-71, 3-74, 3-96, 

3-153, 4-4, 4-31, 4-49, 4-62, 4-63, 4-78, 4-108, 

4-123, 4-135, 5-6 
Draft Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury Environmental Impact Statement 

9–8 

S 

Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge, 3-18, 3-34, 

4-138 

Safe Drinking Water Act, 5-2, 5-7, 5-9 

safeguards, 4-4 

sagebrush-steppe, 3-65 

sandstone, 3-7, 3-94, 3-135, 3-136, 3-139, 3-140, 3-144 

sanitary waste, 3-12, 3-26, 3-46, 3-55, 3-71, 3-74, 3-86, 

3-103, 3-126, 3-127, 3-144, 3-145, 4-32, 4-38, 4-49, 

4-53, 4-63, 4-67, 4-79, 4-80, 4-85, 4-95, 4-99, 4-109, 

4-113, 4-123, 4-128, 4-150 

Santee National Wildlife Refuge, 3-110 

Savannah River, 1-6, 1-20, 2-8, 2-26–2-29, 2-36, 2-38, 

2-40, 2-41, 2-43, 2-44, 2-47, 2-51, 3-1, 3-109–3-111, 

3-114–3-116, 3-119–3-124, 3-126, 3-128–3-134, 

4-1, 4-34, 4-107, 4-114–4-119, 4-139, 4-144, 5-20, 

5-28 

Savannah River Site (SRS), 1-6, 1-12, 1-15, 1-20, 2-8, 

2-26–2-29, 2-32, 2-33, 2-36–2-41, 2-43, 2-44, 2-47, 

2-49–2-51, 3-1, 3-109–3-134, 4-1, 4-34, 4-107–

4-120, 4-139, 4-144, 5-20, 5-28 

scoping, 1-7, 1-8, 1-16 

security, 1-10, 1-11, 1-16, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 2-16, 2-22, 2-24, 

2-48, 3-2, 3-13, 3-74, 3-159, 4-19, 4-20, 4-22, 4-93 

sediment control, 2-40, 4-4, 4-30, 4-31, 4-48, 4-49, 4-62, 

4-77–4-79, 4-93, 4-94, 4-107, 4-108, 4-122, 4-123 

sediment-dwelling biota, 2-38, 4-25, 4-26, 4-73 

seismic event, 2-41 

seismic risk, 2-41 

seismicity, 3-22, 3-69, 3-137, 3-138, -31, 4-48, 4-62, 4-77, 

4-122 

sensitive species, 3-65, 3-100, 3-142, 3-157, 5-30 

severity level (SL), 2-37, 2-38, 2-45, 2-46, 2-47, 2-48, 

4-10, 4-12, 4-13, 4-15, 4-16, 4-18–4-21, 4-23, 4-25, 

4-26, 4-29, 4-38–4-41, 4-43, 4-44, 4-54, 4-55, 4-57, 

4-68, 4-69, 4-71, 4-85, 4-86, 4-88, 4-89, 4-99, 4-100, 

4-102, 4-103, 4-113, 4-114, 4-116, 4-117, 4-128, 

4-129, 4-131 

sewage, 3-26, 3-46, 3-55, 3-61, 3-74, 3-76, 3-144, 3-160, 

4-32, 4-49, 4-63, 4-79, 4-80, 4-95, 4-109, 4-113, 

4-123, 4-149 

sewer, 3-61, 3-95–3-97, 3-102, 3-103, 3-117, 4-53, 4-67, 

4-95, 4-99, 4-113, 4-149, 5-28 

shale, 3-3, 3-94, 3-97, 3-101, 3-152, 4-31, 4-97 

Shawnee, 3-123 

shipment, 1-21, 2-6, 2-26, 2-44, 3-86, 3-127, 3-144, 3-146, 

4-4, 4-5, 4-20, 4-136, 5-17 

rail, 1-7, 1-11, 2-10, 2-14, 2-16, 2-20, 2-22, 2-24, 2-26, 

2-30, 2-32, 2-34, 2-37, 2-38, 2-42–2-44, 2-46, 2-47, 

3-12, 3-37, 3-41, 3-49, 3-59, 3-63, 3-83, 3-101, 

3-120, 3-125, 3-130, 3-144, 3-147, 3-159, 3-163, 

4-4, 4-16, 4-17, 4-20, 4-28, 4-33–4-35, 4-41, 4-43, 

4-50–4-52, 4-59, 4-60, 4-64–4-66, 4-70, 4-81, 4-82, 

4-84, 4-96, 4-98, 4-110, 4-112, 4-125, 4-127, 5-17 

truck, 1-7, 1-11, 2-4, 2-7, 2-10, 2-34, 2-38, 2-42–2-48, 

3-12, 3-125, 3-144, 3-146, 3-159, 3-162, 4-4, 4-5, 

4-15–4-21, 4-24–4-28, 4-33–4-35, 4-37, 4-40–4-47, 

4-50, 4-51, 4-55–4-57, 4-59–4-61, 4-64, 4-65, 4-69–

4-71, 4-73–4-75, 4-81, 4-82, 4-86–4-92, 4-96, 

4-100–4-106, 4-110, 4-114–4-120, 4-125, 4-129–

4-131, 4-133, 4-134, 4-136, 4-140, 4-149 

volume, 1-4, 1-21, 2-1, 2-4, 2-6, 2-7, 2-45, 3-13, 3-15, 

3-33, 3-44, 3-49, 3-63, 3-87, 3-97, 3-126, 3-130, 

3-146, 3-147, 3-161, 4-2, 4-5, 4-12, 4-32, 4-37, 4-49, 

4-53, 4-63, 4-77, 4-78, 4-84, 4-98, 4-99, 4-108, 

4-112, 4-123, 4-127, 4-136, 4-143, 4-146, 5-10 

short-tailed shrew, 4-22, 4-26 

Shoshone-Bannock, 2-43, 3-81–3-83, 4-83, 4-92 

shrub-steppe, 3-20, 3-33, 3-37, 3-80 

siltstone, 3-135, 3-136 

Snake River Group, 3-68 

snow, 3-33, 3-56, 3-74, 3-140, 3-155, 4-4, 4-6, 4-33, 4-50, 

4-64, 4-80, 4-81, 4-95, 4-146 

socioeconomics, 1-13, 1-14, 2-34, 2-35, 3-1, 3-15, 3-49, 

3-62, 3-89, 3-104, 3-129, 3-147, 3-162, 4-28, 4-136, 

4-137, 4-141, 4-142, 4-143, 4-144 

soil, 1-1, 1-12–1-14, 2-38, 2-40, 3-4, 3-5, 3-9, 3-14, 3-21, 

3-23, 3-28, 3-45, 3-53, 3-61, 3-62, 3-71, 3-74, 3-95, 

3-113, 3-114, 3-118, 3-121, 3-136, 3-137, 3-142, 

3-145, 3-152, 3-161, 4-3, 4-4, 4-6, 4-9, 4-10, 4-22–

4-26, 4-30–4-32, 4-37, 4-44, 4-45, 4-48, 4-49, 4-58, 

4-59, 4-62, 4-63, 4-72, 4-73, 4-77–4-80, 4-89, 4-90, 

4-93–4-95, 4-99, 4-103, 4-104, 4-107–4-109, 4-117, 

4-118, 4-122, 4-123, 4-132, 4-133, 4-135, 4-148 

farmland, 3-4, 3-21, 3-53, 3-113, 3-137, 5-18 

soil invertebrates, 2-38, 4-25, 4-26, 4-73 

solid waste, 1-19, 2-14, 2-45, 2-50, 3-13, 3-43, 3-44, 3-46, 

3-53, 3-87, 3-103, 4-37, 4-53, 4-67, 4-84, 4-98, 

4-112, 4-127, 4-150, 5-9, 5-10 

Solid Waste Disposal Act, 1-3, 2-1, 5-2, 5-5, 5-8 

solid waste management unit (SWMU), 3-53, 3-95, 3-103 

South Carolina Deaprtment of Health and Environmental 

Control (SCDHEC), 3-114, 3-116–3-120, 4-113, 

5-28, 5-29 

South Magazine Area, 3-51, 3-52, 3-55 

special nuclear material, 2-20, 3-145 

special status species, 3-35, 3-81 

spent nuclear fuel (SNF), 1-20, 2-20, 3-43, 3-44, 3-67 

spill, 1-10, 1-11, 1-12, 2-2, 2-4–2-6, 2-16, 2-42, 2-45, 3-14, 

3-48, 3-62, 3-104, 3-160, 4-4, 4-5, 4-11–4-16, 4-23, 

4-31, 4-32, 4-37, 4-38, 4-40–4-43, 4-45, 4-49, 4-54–

4-58, 4-62, 4-68–4-72, 4-78, 4-79, 4-85–4-89, 4-93, 

4-94, 4-99–4-103, 4-108, 4-113–4-117, 4-123, 

4-128–4-132, 5-9, 5-25 

1-metric-ton container, 4-86, 4-100, 4-114 

cleanup, 1-9–1-13, 1-17, 2-14, 2-33, 3-42, 3-45, 3-46, 

3-76, 3-95, 3-117, 3-161, 4-4, 4-10, 4-11, 4-16, 4-17, 

4-24, 4-42, 4-43, 4-45, 4-56, 4-58, 4-70, 4-71, 4-73, 

4-88, 4-90, 4-102, 4-104, 4-116, 4-118, 4-130, 

4-132, 4-135, 4-136, 5-10 

containment, 1-10, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-42, 4-11, 4-32, 4-93, 

4-135, 5-8 

into water bodies, 1-11, 4-11, 4-71, 4-106, 4-120, 4-135 

tray, 2-4, 4-12, 4-38, 4-40, 4-54, 4-55, 4-68, 4-69, 4-85, 

4-86, 4-99, 4-100, 4-113, 4-114, 4-128, 4-129 

spill prevention, control, and countermeasures (SPCC) 

plan, 3-62, 3-104, 4-32, 4-49, 4-63, 4-79, 4-80, 4-94, 

4-108, 4-123 

State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), 1-15, 3-11, 

3-38, 3-81, 3-82, 3-100, 3-143, 3-158, 4-36, 4-52, 

4-66, 4-83, 4-97, 4-111, 4-126, 5-15 

Storage Area, 2-2, 2-5–2-7, 2-22, 2-39, 2-42, 2-46, 3-67, 

3-74 

storage rack, 2-46, 4-13, 4-15 

stormwater, 2-41, 3-5, 3-26, 3-55, 3-73, 3-74, 3-96, 3-116, 

3-145, 3-153, 4-4, 4-31, 4-32, 4-49, 4-62, 4-63, 
Index 

9–9 

4-78–4-80, 4-95, 4-108, 4-109, 4-123, 5-7, 5-18, 

5-20, 5-22, 5-27, 5-28 

stormwater pollution prevention plan, 2-41, 3-73, 3-153, 

4-4, 4-32, 4-123, 5-27 

strontium, 3-28, 3-43, 3-44, 3-75, 3-77, 3-116 

sulfur oxides 

sulfur dioxide, 2-42, 3-8, 3-56, 3-79, 3-98, 3-99, 3-118, 

3-141 

surface water, 1-9, 1-13, 1-14, 3-5, 3-6, 3-14, 3-26–3-28, 

3-54, 3-55, 3-60, 3-73, 3-88, 3-96, 3-97, 3-116, 

3-138, 3-139, 3-154, 4-4, 4-22, 4-32, 4-49, 4-62, 

4-63, 4-78–4-80, 4-94, 4-95, 4-108, 4-109, 4-123, 

4-135, 4-147, 5-6, 5-27 

T 

TC & WM EIS, 1-19, 4-141 

temperature, 1-1, 3-8, 3-53, 3-56, 3-77, 3-98, 3-117, 3-141, 

3-154, 4-11, 4-13, 4-18, 4-39, 4-148 

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation 

(TDEC), 3-153, 3-155, 3-162 

terrestrial, 2-43, 3-9, 3-34, 3-35, 3-39, 3-68, 4-5, 4-35, 

4-51, 4-65, 4-82, 4-97, 4-111, 4-126, 4-145, 4-146 

animals, 3-35 

plants, 1-1, 1-4, 1-8, 2-1, 2-6, 2-8, 3-1, 3-3, 3-9, 3-10, 

3-33–3-35, 3-37, 3-47, 3-57, 3-65, 3-124, 3-125, 

3-157, 4-26, 4-143, 4-144, 5-6 

sediment, 3-68 

species, 3-35 

terrorist, 1-10–1-12 

threatened and endangered species, 1-13, 3-9, 3-37, 3-123 

endangered species, 2-43, 3-9, 3-10, 3-35, 3-58, 3-122, 

4-36, 4-51, 4-65, 4-83, 4-97, 4-111, 4-126, 4-146, 

5-13, 5-30 

threatened species, 3-9, 3-35, 3-122, 5-13 

threshold limit value (TLV), 3-161, 4-10, 4-12, 4-38, 4-54, 

4-68, 4-85, 4-99, 4-113, 4-128 

tornado, 3-8 

toxic air pollutant, 2-37, 2-42, 3-29, 3-31, 3-32, 3-118, 4-4, 

4-33, 4-50, 4-64, 4-81, 4-95, 4-109, 4-124, 5-23 

toxic chemical, 3-14, 3-48, 5-13 

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 3-13, 3-45, 3-144, 

3-145, 5-2, 5-5, 5-8, 5-9, 5-29 

traffic, 1-14, 2-44, 2-49, 3-9, 3-14, 3-15, 3-25, 3-33, 3-48, 

3-49, 3-57, 3-62, 3-63, 3-79, 3-89, 3-90, 3-99, 3-104, 

3-109, 3-129, 3-130, 3-141, 3-146, 3-147, 3-155, 

3-162, 3-163, 4-5, 4-35, 4-36, 4-47, 4-51, 4-52, 4-60, 

4-61, 4-65, 4-66, 4-75, 4-82, 4-84, 4-92, 4-96, 4-98, 

4-106, 4-110, 4-112, 4-120, 4-125, 4-127, 4-134, 

4-136, 4-143, 4-148 

transient, 3-7, 3-37, 4-9 

transmission line, 3-41, 3-60, 3-84, 3-101, 3-112, 3-125, 

4-138 

transportation, 1-6, 1-7, 1-11, 1-14, 2-6, 2-35, 2-37–2-39, 

2-42–2-49, 3-1, 3-2, 3-11, 3-14, 3-15, 3-21, 3-39, 

3-48–3-50, 3-62, 3-63, 3-79, 3-82, 3-89, 3-104, 

3-120, 3-125, 3-129, 3-130, 3-146, 3-162, 4-2, 4-6, 

4-14–4-17, 4-19, 4-21–4-24, 4-27, 4-28, 4-33, 4-34, 

4-40–4-47, 4-50, 4-55–4-61, 4-64, 4-69–4-73, 4-75, 

4-81, 4-82, 4-86–4-90, 4-92, 4-96, 4-100–4-104, 

4-106, 4-110, 4-114–4-118, 4-120, 4-125, 4-129–

4-136, 4-140–4-145, 4-150, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-17 

air, 1-7, 1-10, 1-12–1-14, 1-21, 2-6, 2-7, 2-34, 2-35, 

2-37, 2-42, 2-50, 2-51, 3-1, 3-7, 3-8, 3-14, 3-29, 

3-31, 3-32, 3-46, 3-48, 3-49, 3-57, 3-62, 3-76, 3-77, 

3-79, 3-82, 3-87–3-89, 3-95, 3-102, 3-104, 3-117–

3-120, 3-128–3-130, 3-146, 3-155, 3-160, 3-162, 

3-163, 4-1, 4-4, 4-10–4-12, 4-18, 4-32, 4-33, 4-49, 

4-50, 4-63, 4-64, 4-79–4-81, 4-94, 4-95, 4-106, 

4-109, 4-120, 4-123, 4-124, 4-135–4-137, 4-140–

4-145, 4-147–4-149, 5-5, 5-6, 5-10, 5-16, 5-17, 5-19, 

5-20, 5-22–5-24, 5-26, 5-29 

barge, 2-34, 3-25, 3-50, 3-130 

ground transportation, 3-11 

local transportation, 3-15 

rail, 1-7, 1-11, 2-10, 2-14, 2-16, 2-20, 2-22, 2-24, 2-26, 

2-30, 2-32, 2-34, 2-37, 2-38, 2-42–2-44, 2-46, 2-47, 

3-12, 3-37, 3-41, 3-49, 3-59, 3-63, 3-83, 3-101, 

3-120, 3-125, 3-130, 3-144, 3-147, 3-159, 3-163, 

4-4, 4-16, 4-17, 4-20, 4-28, 4-33–4-35, 4-41, 4-43, 

4-50–4-52, 4-59, 4-60, 4-64–4-66, 4-70, 4-81, 4-82, 

4-84, 4-96, 4-98, 4-110, 4-112, 4-125, 4-127, 5-17 

transportation route, 1-6, 3-39, 3-49, 3-63, 4-17, 4-19, 

4-23, 4-24, 4-41, 4-43–4-45, 4-55–4-59, 4-69, 4-71–

4-73, 4-87–4-90, 4-101–4-104, 4-115–4-118, 4-120, 

4-129–4-132 

truck, 1-7, 1-11, 2-4, 2-7, 2-10, 2-34, 2-38, 2-42–2-48, 

3-12, 3-125, 3-144, 3-146, 3-159, 3-162, 4-4, 4-5, 

4-15–4-21, 4-24–4-28, 4-33–4-35, 4-37, 4-40–4-47, 

4-50, 4-51, 4-55–4-57, 4-59–4-61, 4-64, 4-65, 4-69–

4-71, 4-73–4-75, 4-81, 4-82, 4-86–4-92, 4-96, 

4-100–4-106, 4-110, 4-114–4-120, 4-125, 4-129–

4-131, 4-133, 4-134, 4-136, 4-140, 4-149 

transportation impact, 1-11, 2-38, 2-43, 2-46–2-48, 4-28, 

4-142 

transuranic (TRU) waste, 1-17–1-19, 1-21, 2-22, 2-26, 

3-43, 3-44, 3-85, 3-86, 3-111, 3-126, 3-127, 3-144, 

3-145, 3-160 

treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities, 4-112, 

4-135, 4-148, 5-8, 5-10, 5-22, 5-23, 5-26, 5-27, 5-29 

Tri-Cities, 3-18, 3-49 

tritium, 3-28, 3-75, 3-117, 3-123, 3-127, 3-128, 3-141 

U 

U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 2-39, 3-2, 3-3, 

3-18, 3-20, 3-52, 3-58, 3-65, 3-67, 3-94, 3-135, 

3-152, 4-30, 4-48, 4-61, 4-76, 4-93, 4-107, 4-121, 

4-139, 4-145 

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Bureau), 3-15, 3-16, 3-62, 

3-91, 3-129 

U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), 1-9, 2-1, 2-16, 2-20, 

2-36, 3-102, 3-160, 4-61, 4-138, 4-139, 5-24 

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 1-11, 2-3, 3-45, 

3-127, 5-4, 5-17 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 1-1–1-5, 

1-9, 1-15, 1-17, 2-1, 2-9, 2-33, 3-2, 3-7, 3-8, 3-26, 

3-28–3-32, 3-43, 3-47, 3-55–3-57, 3-75, 3-76, 3-78, 

3-79, 3-88, 3-95, 3-98, 3-99, 3-116, 3-119, 3-120, 

3-128, 3-140, 3-141, 3-155, 3-161, 3-162, 4-2, 4-4, 

4-6, 4-8–4-10, 4-12, 4-34, 4-35, 4-38, 4-50, 4-54, 

4-64, 4-68, 4-81, 4-86, 4-96, 4-110, 4-113, 4-124, 

4-128, 4-135, 4-140–4-145, 4-147, 4-149, 5-1–5-8, 

5-10–5-12, 5-16, 5-20, 5-22, 5-23, 5-26–5-29 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), 3-9, 3-10, 3-18, 

3-25, 3-58, 3-61, 3-80, 3-122, 4-36, 4-51, 4-65, 4-83, 

4-97, 4-111, 4-126, 5-13, 5-30 
Draft Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury Environmental Impact Statement 

9–10 

U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), 1-20, 2-24, 

3-93–3-104, 5-27 

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 1-2, 1-3, 1-13, 2-9, 3-4, 

3-5, 3-22, 3-53, 3-54, 3-69, 3-70, 3-73, 3-75, 3-76, 

3-96, 3-97, 3-113, 3-114, 3-137, 3-138, 3-153 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), 3-13, 3-22, 

3-118, 3-134, 3-145, 4-139, 5-21 

Udorthents, 3-114 

Umatilla Reservation, 3-50 

uncertainty, 1-4, 2-1, 2-5, 2-38, 2-47, 3-73, 4-2, 4-17, 4-24, 

4-25, 4-29, 4-43–4-45, 4-56–4-58, 4-70–4-73, 4-87–

4-90, 4-101–4-104, 4-115–4-118, 4-130–4-132, 

5-12, 5-19 

unemployment, 3-15, 3-49, 3-62, 3-89, 3-104, 3-129, 

3-147, 3-162 

Upper East Fork Poplar Creek, 3-152–3-154 

Upper Three Runs, 2-36, 3-112, 3-114, 3-116, 3-117, 

3-127, 4-108 

uranium mill tailings disposal unit, 3-3 

Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act, 3-13 

uranium ore, 3-13 

Ute Indians, 3-11 

utility resource, 2-45, 4-5 

V 

vadose zone, 3-27, 3-28 

vegetation, 3-3, 3-9, 3-33, 3-34, 3-57, 3-58, 3-80, 3-99, 

3-111, 3-121, 3-141, 3-152, 4-35, 4-51, 4-65, 4-82, 

4-97, 4-111, 4-125 

nonnative, 3-33, 3-34, 3-57, 3-99, 5-14 

ventilation, 1-10, 2-4, 2-5, 2-24, 3-32, 4-5, 4-10, 4-37, 

4-38, 4-54, 4-68, 4-85, 4-99, 4-113, 4-128 

Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC, 1-6, 2-32 

viewshed, 3-3, 3-52, 3-94, 3-111, 3-135, 3-152, 4-30, 4-48, 

4-52, 4-76, 4-107, 4-121 

Visual Resource Management (VRM), 3-3, 3-20, 3-52, 

3-67, 3-68, 3-94, 3-112, 3-135, 3-152, 4-30, 4-48, 

4-61, 4-76, 4-93, 4-107, 4-121, 4-139, 4-145 

visual resources, 1-13, 2-34, 2-35, 2-37, 2-39, 2-40, 2-50, 

2-51, 3-1, 4-1, 4-3, 4-30, 4-47, 4-61, 4-76, 4-93, 

4-107, 4-121, 4-136, 4-137, 4-139, 4-141–4-145 

volatile organic compound (VOC), 2-42, 3-56, 3-95 

volcanic rift zone, 3-68, 3-70, 4-78 

W 

Walker River Indian Reservation, 3-59, 3-63, 4-66, 4-70–

4-75 

Washani, 3-39 

Washington Administrative Code (WAC), 3-25, 3-30, 3-32, 

3-33, 3-45, 5-23, 5-24 

Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology), 5-23 

Washington State Department of Health, 3-26, 4-49, 4-53 

Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), 

3-49 

waste acceptance criteria, 2-2, 2-7 

waste activities, 5-8 

characterization, 2-22, 3-6, 3-37, 3-48, 3-74 

classification, 3-89, 3-114 

disposal, 2-10, 2-14, 2-26, 2-30, 2-33, 2-34, 2-45, 3-2–

3-7, 3-9, 3-13–3-15, 3-18, 3-25, 3-27, 3-28, 3-34, 

3-35, 3-43, 3-44–3-46, 3-50, 3-56, 3-60, 3-61, 3-67, 

3-75, 3-76, 3-81, 3-85–3-87, 3-98, 3-102, 3-103, 

3-106, 3-117, 3-126, 3-127, 3-134, 3-136, 3-138–

3-140, 3-144–3-146, 3-154, 3-160, 3-161, 4-2, 4-3, 

4-5, 4-6, 4-30, 4-31, 4-36, 4-38, 4-49, 4-63, 4-80, 

4-113, 4-121, 4-136, 4-138, 4-148–4-150 

generation, 2-9, 2-37, 2-45, 3-13, 3-25, 3-29, 3-31, 3-43, 

3-85–3-87, 3-103, 3-126, 4-37, 4-53, 4-67, 4-84, 

4-85, 4-98, 4-99, 4-112, 4-113, 4-127, 4-128, 4-148, 

4-149 

inventories, 2-6, 3-84, 4-19 

remediation, 2-20, 3-13, 3-18, 3-21, 3-29, 3-32, 3-45, 

3-47, 3-62, 3-85, 3-126, 3-145, 3-160, 3-161, 4-10, 

4-53, 4-67, 4-85, 4-113 

Waste Control Specialists, LLC (WCS), 1-6, 1-12, 1-13, 

1-21, 2-5, 2-8, 2-7, 2-30–2-32, 2-36–2-38, 2-40, 

2-41, 2-43, 2-44, 2-47, 2-49–2-51, 3-1, 3-134–3-149, 

4-1, 4-34, 4-121–4-135, 4-139, 4-144, 4-145, 5-20, 

5-29 

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), 1-21, 2-26, 3-44, 3-86, 

3-127 

Waste Treatment Plant (WTP), 1-19, 3-32, 3-41, 3-42, 

4-138 

water, 1-1, 1-7, 1-11–1-13, 1-21, 2-4, 2-32, 2-34, 2-36–

2-38, 2-41, 2-42, 2-44, 2-45, 2-47, 3-1, 3-5–3-7, 

3-9–3-14, 3-23, 3-25–3-28, 3-34, 3-35, 3-37, 3-39, 

3-42–3-47, 3-52–3-55, 3-58, 3-60, 3-61, 3-71, 3-73–

3-77, 3-80–3-82, 3-84, 3-85, 3-88, 3-97, 3-101–

3-103, 3-110, 3-112, 3-114, 3-116, 3-117, 3-121, 

3-122, 3-125, 3-128, 3-138–3-140, 3-144, 3-145, 

3-153, 3-154, 3-156, 3-159, 3-160, 4-3–4-5, 4-11, 

4-15–4-17, 4-20–4-24, 4-30–4-32, 4-36, 4-37, 4-42–

4-45, 4-49, 4-53, 4-56–4-59, 4-62, 4-63, 4-67, 4-70–

4-73, 4-78–4-80, 4-84, 4-85, 4-87–4-90, 4-94, 4-95, 

4-98, 4-101–4-104, 4-108, 4-109, 4-112, 4-113, 

4-115–4-118, 4-122–4-124, 4-127, 4-128, 4-130–

4-133, 4-136, 4-137, 4-140–4-144, 4-146, 4-149, 

4-150, 5-5–5-7, 5-9, 5-13, 5-18, 5-19, 5-27 

bottled, 2-44, 3-12, 4-37 

drinking, 3-6, 3-7, 3-12, 3-14, 3-25, 3-42, 3-43, 3-46, 

3-47, 3-55, 3-61, 3-75–3-77, 3-88, 3-102, 3-114, 

3-117, 3-128, 3-154, 5-7 

potable, 2-41, 2-42, 2-44, 3-42, 3-54, 3-55, 3-77, 3-85, 

3-88, 3-97, 3-98, 3-101, 3-102, 3-140, 3-144, 4-32, 

4-37, 4-49, 4-53, 4-63, 4-78, 4-79, 4-94, 4-123 

process, 1-3, 1-5, 1-7, 1-8, 1-14, 1-15, 2-1, 2-7, 2-8, 

2-24, 3-12, 3-13, 3-42, 3-44, 3-61, 3-68, 3-75, 3-85, 

3-97, 3-98, 3-102, 3-116–3-118, 3-123, 3-126, 

3-127, 3-136, 3-144, 3-159, 3-160, 4-37, 4-52, 

4-111, 4-123, 4-136, 4-146, 5-6, 5-7, 5-10–5-13, 

5-15, 5-19, 5-24–5-28, 5-30 

raw, 3-42, 3-85, 3-153, 3-160, 4-37 

resource, 1-7, 1-13, 1-18, 1-19, 1-21, 2-34, 2-35, 2-37, 

2-39, 2-50, 3-1, 3-2, 3-12, 3-25, 3-37, 3-40, 3-53, 

3-59, 3-67, 3-73, 3-83, 3-84, 3-100, 3-101, 3-110, 

3-124, 3-135, 3-143, 4-1–4-3, 4-5, 4-30, 4-48, 4-52, 

4-62, 4-66, 4-76, 4-77, 4-84, 4-97, 4-98, 4-107, 

4-112, 4-121, 4-122, 4-127, 4-137, 4-148, 4-149, 

5-7, 5-13, 5-14, 5-19, 5-30 

right, 3-25, 3-39, 3-41, 3-84, 3-85, 5-14 

table, 2-34, 2-36, 2-38, 2-43, 2-47, 2-48, 3-5, 3-6, 3-26–

3-28, 3-75, 3-76, 3-116, 3-117, 3-140, 4-9, 4-24, 

4-25, 4-27, 4-29, 4-43, 4-45, 4-57, 4-59, 4-71, 4-74, 

4-88, 4-91, 4-102, 4-105, 4-116, 4-119, 4-124, 

4-131, 4-133, 5-25 
Index 

9–11 

use, 1-1–1-3, 1-5, 1-7, 1-13–1-15, 1-17–1-19, 2-2, 2-5, 

2-6, 2-8, 2-7, 2-10, 2-22, 2-33, 2-34, 2-36, 2-37, 

2-39, 2-40, 2-42–2-45, 2-49–2-51, 3-1, 3-2, 3-6, 

3-12, 3-13, 3-18, 3-21, 3-25, 3-28, 3-33, 3-34, 3-37, 

3-40, 3-42, 3-46, 3-47, 3-51, 3-54, 3-55, 3-59, 3-65, 

3-73, 3-75, 3-77, 3-81, 3-84, 3-85, 3-88, 3-94, 3-97, 

3-98, 3-103, 3-104, 3-110, 3-114, 3-116, 3-121, 

3-122, 3-125, 3-128, 3-140, 3-144, 3-146, 3-153, 

3-154, 3-157, 3-158, 3-160, 3-161, 4-1, 4-3, 4-4, 

4-10, 4-18, 4-30, 4-32, 4-35, 4-37, 4-38, 4-48, 4-49, 

4-52–4-54, 4-60–4-63, 4-68, 4-76–4-79, 4-84, 4-85, 

4-93, 4-94, 4-97–4-99, 4-106, 4-108, 4-112, 4-113, 

4-120–4-124, 4-126–4-128, 4-135, 4-136, 4-138, 

4-139, 4-141, 4-143–4-150, 5-5, 5-8, 5-15, 5-18, 

5-19, 5-21, 5-22, 5-28 

Western Area Demilitarization Facility Complex, 3-54, 

3-56 

wetland, 3-34, 3-58, 3-71, 3-80, 3-110, 3-121, 3-122, 

3-142, 3-156, 4-24, 4-45, 4-59, 4-73, 4-90, 4-104, 

4-118, 4-133 

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 3-25 

wind direction, 3-98, 3-118 

windspeed, 3-8, 3-29, 3-56, 3-77, 3-98, 3-118, 3-140, 

3-155, 4-16, 4-18, 4-20, 4-24, 4-39, 4-42 

wood, 3-45, 3-61, 3-145, 4-17, 4-150 

woodpecker, 3-36, 3-122 

worker, 2-46, 3-47, 3-48, 3-88, 3-103, 3-156, 4-10, 4-13, 

4-38–4-40, 4-54, 4-55, 4-68, 4-69, 4-85, 4-86, 4-99, 

4-100, 4-113, 4-114, 4-128, 4-129, 5-16, 5-17 

involved worker, 2-37, 2-38, 2-46, 3-88, 4-10, 4-12, 

4-13, 4-21, 4-38, 4-39, 4-54, 4-68, 4-85, 4-99, 4-113, 

4-128 

noninvolved worker, 2-37, 2-38, 2-46, 4-10, 4-12, 4-15, 

4-21, 4-34, 4-38, 4-39, 4-50, 4-54, 4-64, 4-68, 4-81, 

4-85, 4-96, 4-99, 4-110, 4-113, 4-124, 4-128 

worker safety and health, 5-16 

workforce, 4-32, 4-37, 4-47, 4-49, 4-53, 4-60, 4-63, 4-67, 

4-75, 4-78, 4-79, 4-84, 4-92, 4-94, 4-98, 4-106, 

4-108, 4-112, 4-119, 4-123, 4-127, 4-134 

Y 

Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12), 1-3, 1-4, 1-7–1-9, 

1-17, 1-21, 2-1, 2-5, 2-8, 2-9, 2-32, 2-35, 2-39, 3-1, 

3-151–3-165, 4-3–4-6, 4-10–4-12, 4-15, 4-21, 4-22, 

4-28, 4-137, 4-149, 4-151 

Yakama Reservation, 3-50 

Yellowstone Hotspot, 3-68, 3-70 

Yuchi, 3-123, 3-124 

Z 

zinc, 3-116