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be, need in construction of eArb alternative. Therefore, the -vmratmmal" nonlogical undue in terfe re nce w ith data.. end na tional sanctity programs, end to aerry the
impacts of the an disposal action alterna ti ve (SeCNO0 55.2.4) sh ou ld he defined as all exemption over into matters of environmental safety, measured, in geologic ti me, cannot
Impacts from blowing dust, seepage, etc., over Me Period from Me present to the year he justified either In terms of national env ironmental policy or statuto ry In tent The
2150, once an ronvembonal "operadoes" wi ll be performed to clean, the waste. These DDS must demonstrate that permit ting segnirements of federal and state law can be
Impacts are stated to be %.. essentially unchanged from pr es ent conditions," al though satisfied at all disposal sit es , end expecielly Met state requbements far protection of
the poten tial for the long-term contamination of plants and w ildlife through. MIS groundwater quality can he met. As faders] end state defini tions of "mixed^ chemical
Alternative is undoubtedly greater Man Me potential for all Me other alternatives
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Summary tables are needed for Sections 5.3.4.3 end 5.5.4.3, Impacts from Disruption of
3.5.1.9 Wales by Intruder; end 5.3.5 end 5.5.5, Resettlement, m.M. to those In Append ix H.
Tree tabl es should mrans,ice Me very large maximum doses Nat ea intruder, may inner
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during the first 500 to 1000 years from drilling, excava ting, tlrinkirg welx, oe fermi, on
the w as te sit. for Me ld- to and no disposal action alternatives. -
and radioactive w as te are developed and app ro p ri ate standards and jurisdictio ns are
established, defense w as te dollars must be snowd to be capable of comphaace by the
time any Record of Decision is issued
CHAPTER 6 - APPLICABLE REGULATIONS
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Regulatiom conce rning the apPli enble EPA standards for radionuc li des are covered in
Chapter S. The regulatio ns app li cable to hazard ous chemi ca l wastes, their Control, end -
their R Proved d isposal methods ere not included in th is chop[ . Because no banned to
the e nv ironment may be m great or greeter from the chemi ca l pronessing wastes,
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Including heavy metals and organic compounds, AS from Me radioactive wastes, these
regulatio ns must be included in this chapter And a discussion of the short- and long-term
lmpects of th es e chemical w as tes must be included in Chapter 5.
while it is stated that all app
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li cable laws wiR be fo ll owed the statements are vague and
onNetive. The DDS do es not address Me requreme is and Me In tent of federal
environmental law embodied, Porti CWerl1', ;n RCRA and CERCLA. Defense waste
2.4.1.10 disposal activiti es must carry out Me intent of NWPA and Me standards established to
support NWPA by NEC (30 GF.R. 60) end EPA (40 C.F.R. 1917; otheewl. an incomietent
dual system i; es tab li shed in which Me lower standards of Me defense-only daposal
scheme wi ll defeat the p ur pose of NWPA and other federal laws.
In particular, provisions of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) exempting some defense waste
streams from federal standards must not be, used to bypass whet is in effect a form
repository under NWPA. AEA creates Me exemp tion for the sole pmpwe of preventing
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