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2.12 Bioscience Facilities (TA-43, TA-3, TA-16, TA-35, and TA-46) (Previously HealthResearch Laboratory [TA-43])The Bioscience Key Facility definition includes the main HRL facility (Buildings 43-1, -37, -45, and -20)plus support located at TA-35-85, -2 and -254, TA-03-562 and -1698, and TA-46-158/161, -217, -218, -80,-24, and -31. Additionally, Bioscience has small operations located at TA-16. Operations at TA-43, TA-35-85and -02, and TA-46-158/161 have chemical, laser, and limited radiological activities that maintain hazardousmaterials inventory and generate hazardous chemical wastes and very small amounts of LLW. Activitiesat TA-03-562, -03-1698, and TA-16 have relatively minor impacts because of low numbers of personneland limited quantities of materials. Bioscience activities at TA-03-1698, the MSL, are accounted for withpotential impacts of that Key Facility and are not double-counted here. The new Biosafety Level (BSL) 3facility, TA-03-1076, located near the MSL, is a Bioscience Division facility and will not be included in thepotential impacts analysis of the MSL Key Facility. Bioscience research capabilities focus on the study ofintact cells (BSL-1 and -2), cellular components (RNA, DNA, and proteins), instrument analysis (laser andmass spectroscopy), and cellular systems (repair, growth, and response to stressors). All Bioscience activitiesare classed as Low Hazard nonnuclear in all buildings within this Key Facility; there are no Moderate Hazardnonnuclear facilities or nuclear facilities (LANL 2002a). TA-43-1 is now on the Radiological Facilities list(LANL 2002b).The Bioscience Key Facility is a consolidation of bioscience functions and capabilities that represent thedynamic nature of the Yearbook, responding to the growth and decline of research and development acrossLANL.2.12.1 Construction and Modifications at the Bioscience FacilitiesProjected: Outfall 03A-040 exists, but is used only for the discharge of storm waters from the roofs andparking lots. It is likely to be eliminated from the NPDES permit.Actual: A two-story, 4,500-square-foot wing was dedicated and opened at Building 43-01 in June 1997.The wing has laboratories and offices on both the first and second floors and is primarily used for cytometryresearch. Although this facility modification was not forecast by the ROD, a NEPA review was conducted,resulting in a Categorical Exclusion for the expansion project (LANL 1995).Construction of the BSL-3 facility2-126SWEIS Yearbook—2002