Jefferson Lab provides the capabilities to detect and quantify planned and unplanned releases of chemicals, oils, and radionuclides, consistent with the potential for offsite impact, and to support consequence assessments as necessary. Even for releasable effluents, monitoring may be necessary to determine volumes and concentrations of the effluent so release permits may be requested from the proper authority. Additionally, environmental monitoring may over time provide useful information about Jefferson Lab's operational performance.
Quality assurance is also an integral part of the program.
Quality assurance elements as they relate to the environmental monitoring program are covered in Appendix 6711-T3 Environmental Monitoring Guidance . The potential for airborne or liquid releases are evaluated and documented in this program. Based on this documentation, effluent streams that do not have the potential for harmful releases need no further discussion. Effluent streams with the potential for environmental contamination shall be monitored in accordance with regulatory and program requirements. The following subsections describe the components of the environmental monitoring program.