Evaluators will use standard risk assessment procedures to calculate risk to receptors. If risks exceed acceptable limits, the Department will initiate remedial actions at the Alaska test sites. Amchitka site assessment activities will begin in FY 1996. Completed activities include biannual monitoring of the site, initial planning for assessment tasks, and support to the Environmental Protection Agency in rescoring the site. The Long-Term Hydrologic Monitoring program will continue as part of assessment and remediation costs until FY 2005, when these costs will be broken out into independent action.
Monitoring consists of sampling surface and ground water around the site.
Sampling requires about two weeks per year, and about 40 samples are analyzed per year. The Department funds this program, and the Environmental Protection Agency operates it. However, the Department has not negotiated this agreement with the State of Alaska. The following table presents estimated funding information for the Amchitka Island site. Neither the 1995 nor the 1996 estimate assume the need for remedial actions.