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4.3.10 Audits and Oversight
Annual Site Environmental Report
A number of federal, state, and local agencies oversee Y-12 activities. In 2000, Y-12 was inspected
by federal, state, or local regulators on five occasions. The TDEC Department of Energy Oversight
Division maintained a part-time regulator on site who provided periodic oversight of Y-12 activities.
Except for work completed under the Federal Facilities Agreement (FFA), TDEC DOE Oversight work is
non-regulatory. This clarification should be made to avoid a misunderstanding of TDEC DOE
Oversight’s role at Y-12. Most other matters such as CAA, CWA, and RCRA are regulated by TDEC’s
Knoxville Basin Office, not TDEC DOE Oversight. The Environmental Restoration Section at TDEC
DOE-O handles CERCLA matters at Y-12. In addition to external audits and oversight, Y-12 has a
comprehensive self-assessment program. A summary of external regulatory audits and reviews for 2009 is
provided in Table 4.6.
Table 4.6. Summary of external regulatory audits and reviews, 2009
Date initiated Date completed Conducted by Title of assessment
1/14/2009 1/14/2009 City of Oak Ridge Semi-Annual Industrial
Pretreatment Compliance
Inspection
1/21/2009 1/22/2009 TDEC TDEC Annual Clean Air
Compliance Inspection
8/4/2009 8/4/2009 TDEC Underground Storage Tank
Compliance Inspection
9/14/2008 9/14/2009 City of Oak Ridge Semi-Annual Industrial
Pretreatment Compliance
Inspection
11/2/2009 11/5/2009 TDEC TDEC Annual RCRA
Inspection
Total
findings
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The City of Oak Ridge requested an action plan to address inflow/infiltration into the sanitary sewer
system.
Abbreviations:
RCRA—Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
TDEC—Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
4.3.10.1 Enforcement Actions and Memos
There was no consent orders issued to Y-12 in 2009. The DOE-EM contractor for the Oak Ridge
Reservation construction demolition landfill at Y-12 received a NOV for MCL exceedance in
groundwater monitoring well GW-305 at Industrial Landfill IV from TDEC in November 2009. There
was no impact to the operation of Industrial Landfill IV. Due to the remote location of this groundwater
monitoring well from public property and/or drinking water sources, there is negligible impact at this
point from a health and safety viewpoint. Environmental impacts will be determined as part of the
required Phase III Assessment Monitoring Program Plan as required by the TDEC Solid Waste
Regulations.
4.4 Air Quality Program
Permits issued by the state of Tennessee are the primary vehicle used to convey the clean air
requirements that are applicable to the Y-12 Complex. New projects are governed by construction
permits, and eventually, the requirements are incorporated into the site-wide Title V operating permit.
Sections of the Title V permit contain requirements that are generally applicable to most industrial sites.
Examples include requirements associated with asbestos controls, control of stratospheric ozone-depleting
chemicals, and control of fugitive emissions as well as the general administration of the permit. The
Title V permit also contains a section of specific requirements directly applicable to individual sources of
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