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To control storm water runoff from TA-54, check dams were installed during 2000 at Area G and asediment basin constructed in the canyon below Area G. NEPA review of this action was provided through aCategorical Exclusion, #7489 (DOE 1999g).The Off-Site Source Recovery (OSR) Project recovers and manages unwanted radioactive sealed sourcesand other radioactive material that• present a risk to public health and safety,• present a potential loss of control by a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) or agreementstate licensee, or• are excess and unwanted and are a DOE responsibility under Public Law 99-240 or are DOEowned.The project is sponsored by DOE’s Office of Technical Program Integration and the AlbuquerqueOperations Office Waste Management Division that operates from LANL. It focuses on the problem ofsources and devices held under NRC or agreement state licenses for which there is no disposal option. Theproject was reorganized in 1999 to more aggressively recover and manage the estimated 18,000 sealedsourcedevices that will become excess and unwanted over the next decade. This reorganization combinedthree activities, the Radioactive Source Recovery Program, the Off-Site Waste Program, and the Pu-239/BeNeutron Source Project. Approximately 2,020 sources were collected for storage at TA-54 during CY 2002.Eventually, these sources will be shipped to WIPP for final disposition. The OSR Project received NEPAcoverage under an environmental assessment and subsequent Finding of No Significant Impact (DOE 1995c),#6279 (DOE 1996i), #7405 (DOE 1999h), and #7570 (DOE 1999i), the 1999 SWEIS (DOE 1999a), and aSupplement Analysis to the 1999 SWEIS (DOE 2000d).In 2002 LANL submitted a request for Change During Interim Status (CDIS) to the NMED. The CDISasked for permission to combine two previously RCRA-regulated units (Pad 2 and Pad 4) into a single RCRAregulatedstorage unit (Pad 10). The CDIS was approved by NMED, but no construction has begun to date.Also, in 2002, LANL submitted a closure plan for three RCRA-regulated storage units at TA-50. Theseunits were TA-50, Building 1, room 59, TA-50-114, and TA-50-37. The first two units are located at theRLWTF and the third is at RAMROD. Although the closure plan has not yet been approved, closure activitieshave been completed at the two units at RLWTF. To date there has been no work conducted towards closureof the final unit at RAMROD (TA-50-37). Table 2.15.1-1 provides details.2.15.2 Operations at the Solid Radioactive and Chemical Waste FacilitiesThe SWEIS identified eight capabilities for this Key Facility. One capability, Decontamination Operations,was transferred in 2000 from the RLWTF Key Facility. Therefore, there are now nine capabilities at the SolidRadioactive and Chemical Waste Facilities because one has been added, and none has been deleted. Theprimary measurements of activity for this facility are volumes of newly generated chemical, low-level, andTRU wastes to be managed and volumes of legacy TRU waste and MLLW in storage. A comparison of CY2002 to projections made by the SWEIS ROD can be summarized as follows:Chemical wastes: Approximately 2,250 metric tons of chemical waste were generated at LANL during CY2002. Of this, approximately 2,057 metric tons were shipped directly offsite for treatment and/or disposal andapproximately 194 metric tons were shipped for offsite treatment and/or disposal from the Solid Radioactiveand Chemical Waste Facility. These compare to an average quantity of 3,250 metric tons per year projectedby the SWEIS ROD.LLW: In 2002, approximately 7,000 cubic meters were placed into disposal cells and shafts at Area G,compared to an average volume of 12,230 cubic meters per year projected by the SWEIS ROD. This LLWSWEIS Yearbook—2002 2-153