2008 Site Environmental Report for Pantex Plant

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2008 Site Environmental Report for Pantex Plant FIGURE 1.2 ⎯ Principal Features of the Pantex Plant Site 1-4
1-5 Introduction The drinking water treatment facility consists of production wells, chlorination/pumping facilities, storage tanks, and associated distribution lines. This facility also supplies non-potable water to the high-pressure fire protection system. The utilities area includes a steam generation facility (boiler house) and a central air compressor facility. Wastewater generated at Pantex Plant is routed through a sewer system to a wastewater treatment facility. On October 6, 2003, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) issued B&W Pantex a Texas Land Application Permit that authorizes beneficial reuse of the wastewater for the purpose of agricultural irrigation via a subsurface fluid distribution system. Construction of the subsurface fluid distribution system was completed prior to the end of 2004. Treated effluent from the wastewater treatment facility and from the perched aquifer pump and treat system are currently discharged to this subsurface irrigation system. B&W Pantex is also authorized to discharge wastewater to an onsite playa lake pursuant to a Texas Water Quality Permit issued by the TCEQ on June 24, 2008. The TCEQ issued this renewal under the provisions of Chapter 26 of the Texas Water Code. The explosives test-firing facility (commonly called “firing sites”) includes several test-shot stands and small-quantity, test-firing chambers for measuring detonation properties of explosive components. The firing sites also include supporting facilities for setting up test-shots, interpreting the results, and sanitizing some components. The Burning Ground is used for processing explosives, explosive components, and explosives-contaminated materials and waste by means of controlled open burning and flashing. The land disposal area, north of Zone 10, is divided into two landfill sites, one of which currently receives some nonhazardous solid wastes, primarily construction debris, and one that receives nonhazardous solid waste management unit debris. Before 1989, the Plant's domestic solid waste was sent to an onsite sanitary landfill for disposal. Since then, this waste has been processed to remove recyclable materials and the nonrecyclable material is sent to an offsite landfill. Practices preclude disposal of hazardous materials in onsite landfills; therefore, hazardous materials are transported offsite for disposal in accordance with applicable regulations. The newly acquired land east of FM-2373 has not been assigned a formal zone designation. However, meteorological towers and proposed wind turbines for the generation of electrical power will be installed during the completion of the proposed PREP in the near future. 1.4 Climatological Data The area’s climate is classified as semi-arid and is characterized by hot summers and relatively cold winters, with large variations in daily temperature extremes, low relative humidity, and irregularly spaced rainfall of moderate amounts. Three-fourths of the average precipitation falls from April through September, generally occurring with thunderstorm activity. The average annual snowfall is 17.9 inches (DOCa). Snow usually melts within a few days after it falls. Heavier snowfalls of l0 inches or more, usually with near blizzard conditions, average once every 5 years and last 2 to 3 days. The Amarillo area is subject to extreme and rapid temperature changes, especially during the fall and winter months when cold fronts from the northern Rocky Mountain and Plains states sweep across the area. Temperature drops of 50 to 60 degrees (F) within a 12-hour period are not uncommon. Temperature drops of 40 degrees have occurred within a few minutes.
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Page 9 and 10: iii Contents 5.3.3 Data Interpretat
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3.6 Educational Resources and Outre
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4-5 Environmental Radiological Moni
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4.3.3. Dose Comparisons Environment
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TABLE 4.5 ⎯ Environmental Doses M
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5-1 Air Monitoring Radiological amb
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5-3 Air Monitoring Seventeen radiol
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Location TABLE 5.1 ⎯ 2008 Schedul
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5-7 Air Monitoring Any tritiated wa
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Pantex operations. 5-9 Air Monitori
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Groundwater Monitoring and Plume Ma
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6-3 Groundwater Monitoring and Plum
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Analyte # Samples # Detections 6-11
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6-13 Groundwater Monitoring and Plu
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6-15 Groundwater Monitoring and Plu
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7-1 Drinking Water By regulation, B
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TABLE 7.1 — Drinking Water and Pr
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7.5.4 Biological Monitoring (30 TAC
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Substance or Contaminant Radionucli
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Wastewater B&W Pantex owns and oper
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8-3 Wastewater Control (UIC) author
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Analyte TABLE 8.2 — Water Quality
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Surface Water Analytical data obtai
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9-3 Surface Water Industrial efflue
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Storm Water from Zone 4, Zone 11 Ea
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Outfall STORM01 9.2.1 Playa 1 Basin
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9-11 Surface Water Permit-required
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10-1 Soil Onsite soil monitoring re
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silver were well below their respec
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11-1 Fauna Radionuclide concentrati
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Location Tritium Zone 4 Zone 12 Sou
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12-1 Flora Radionuclide concentrati
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FIGURE 12.2 ⎯ Offsite Vegetation
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12-5 Flora and 238 U in wheat and g
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Quality Assurance Quality is an int
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Duplicate and Replicate Analyses 13
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Percent Useable 125 100 75 50 25 95
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Appendix A Analytes Monitored in 20
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Analytes Monitored in 2008 A-3 Anal
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Analyte Chloride Chlorine residual
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Analyte Benzyl alcohol bis(2-chloro
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Analyte Necropsy Total coliform bac
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APPENDIX B Birds Identified at Pant
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Appendix C References Brady, Ray. W
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C-3 References prairie rattlesnakes
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C-5 References Seyffert, K.D. Check
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