See the Site Map for the location of Waste Management program activities. All low-level waste generated at the Laboratory is collected in satellite accumulation areas and is then transferred to a central staging area for packaging and certification for shipment and disposal. The Ames Laboratory does not treat, store, or dispose of low-level waste onsite. All hazardous waste generated at the Laboratory is collected in satellite accumulation areas and is then transferred to a central staging area for packaging and certification for shipment and disposal. The Ames Laboratory does not treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste onsite.
All hazardous waste is brokered and disposed of by appropriate commercial facilities.
Iowa State University is the managing and operating contractor for the Environmental Management activities at the Ames Laboratory. The Department of Energy's Chicago Operations Office has the direct line responsibility for managing the contract with the Laboratory. All Full-Time Equivalents and support services contracts for Environmental Management program activities at the Ames Laboratory are included within personnel estimates in the Chicago Operations Office site summary. The following tables present estimated funding information for the Ames Laboratory. The estimated life-cycle costs for the Ames Laboratory have increased by almost 80 percent over the estimate reported in the FY 1995 Baseline Report.