Final Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental … final/SPD-SEIS_final_Vol3.pdf · 2015. 5. 7. · Ernest S. Chaput ..... 3-170, 3-692 Eddy County, New Mexico Board

DOE/EIS-0283-S2April 2015

DOE/EIS-0283-S2January 2014

U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Material Management and Minimizationand Office of Environmental ManagementWashington, DC

Volume 3Comment Response Document

Final

Surplus Plutonium DispositionSupplemental Environmental Impact Statement

For further information on this SPD Supplemental EIS, or to request a copy, please contact:

AVAILABILITY OF THE FINAL SURPLUS PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION

SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT(SPD Supplemental EIS)

Printed with soy ink on recycled paper

Sachiko McAlhany, NEPA Document ManagerSPD Supplemental EISU.S. Department of EnergyP.O. Box 2324Germantown, MD 20874-2324Telephone: 1-877-344-0513Email: [email protected]

Reader’s Guide

This Comment Response Document (CRD) portion of the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SPD Supplemental EIS) consists of four sections:

Section 1 – Overview of the Public Comment Process

This section describes the public comment process for the Draft SPD Supplemental EIS; the format used in the public hearings on the Draft SPD Supplemental EIS; the organization of this CRD and how to use the document; and the changes made by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to the Final SPD Supplemental EIS in response to the public comments and recent developments that occurred since publication of the Draft SPD Supplemental EIS.

Section 2 – Topics of Interest

This section presents summaries of topics identified from the public comments received on the Draft SPD Supplemental EIS and DOE’s response to each issue.

Section 3 – Public Comments and DOE Responses

This section presents a side-by-side display of all of the comments received by DOE on the Draft SPD Supplemental EIS and DOE’s response to each comment. The comments were obtained at seven public hearings on the Draft SPD Supplemental EIS and via telephone, fax, email, and U.S. mail.

Section 4 – References

This section contains the references cited in this CRD.

To Find a Specific Comment and DOE Response

Refer to the “List of Commentors” immediately following the Table of Contents. This list is organized alphabetically by commentor name and shows the corresponding page number(s) where commentors can find their comment(s).

DOE has made a good faith effort to interpret the spelling of names that were either

hand-written on comment forms and letters, or transcribed from oral statements made during public hearings.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COMMENT RESPONSE DOCUMENT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME 3

COMMENT RESPONSE DOCUMENT

List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................................... vi

List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................................ vi

List of Commentors ..................................................................................................................................................... vii

Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Conversion Charts ..................................................................................................... xix

Section 1

Overview of the Public Comment Process

1.1 Public Comment Process ..............................................................................................................................1-1

1.2 Public Hearing Format .................................................................................................................................1-4

1.3 Organization of this Comment Response Document ....................................................................................1-4

1.4 Changes from the Draft Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement .................................................................................................................1-5

1.5 Next Steps ....................................................................................................................................................1-8

Section 2

Topics of Interest

2.1 National Environmental Policy Act Process ................................................................................................2-1

2.2 Alternatives ..................................................................................................................................................2-2

2.3 Pit Disassembly and Conversion ..................................................................................................................2-4

2.4 MOX Fuel Program ......................................................................................................................................2-5

2.5 Nuclear Reactor Safety .................................................................................................................................2-6

2.6 Environmental Justice ..................................................................................................................................2-9

2.7 Long-term Management of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste ...................................2-9

Section 3

Public Comments and DOE Responses

Individual Commentors ................................................................................................................................3-3

Oral Comments Presented at the Public Hearings and DOE Responses

Los Alamos, New Mexico ................................................................................................................. 3-519

Santa Fe, New Mexico ...................................................................................................................... 3-541

Carlsbad, New Mexico ...................................................................................................................... 3-630

North Augusta, South Carolina ......................................................................................................... 3-670

Chattanooga, Tennessee .................................................................................................................... 3-719

Tanner, Alabama ............................................................................................................................... 3-792

Española, New Mexico ..................................................................................................................... 3-868

Section 4

References ................................................................................................................................................. 4-1

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LIST OF FIGURES

Section 1

Figure 1–1 Surplus Plutonium Disposition Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Comment Response Process ..................................................................................................................1-3

LIST OF TABLES

Section 1

Table 1–1 Public Hearing Locations, Attendance, and Number of Commentors ..................................................1-2

Table 1–2 Numbers of Comment Documents Received by Method of Submission ..............................................1-2

List of CommentorsAADNA Corporation

Charles D. Bowman, Ph.D., President ...............................................3-323, 3-878

Alliance for Nuclear Accountability Tom Clements, Nonproliferation Policy Director ............ 3-173, 3-241, 3-312, 3-347, 3-367, 3-465, 3-470, 3-684, 3-742, 3-800 Katherine Fuchs, Program Director ................ 3-487 Susan Gordon, Director ............. 3-58, 3-531, 3-578

American Nuclear Society Christopher J. Chancellor, Chair ..................... 3-124 Laura Scheele, Communications and Policy Manager .......................................................... 3-730 Samuel Snyder, Local Chapter Chair .............. 3-735

American Values Network Eric Sapp, Executive Director ........................ 3-487

AREVA Tom Coleman, Vice President ......................... 3-683

Augusta Building Trades Tom Jenkins, Carpenters Union Local 283 ..... 3-689

BBlue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL)

Gretel Johnston, BEST/MATRR ..................... 3-399 Sandra Kurtz, BEST/MATRR .. 3-267, 3-487, 3-773 Garry Morgan, BEST ...................................... 3-273 Don Safer, BEST ............................................. 3-839 Charles N. Utley, Environmental Justice Campaign Coordinator .........................3-163, 3-708 Louis A. Zeller, Executive Director .....3-387, 3-487

CCarlsbad Chamber of Commerce

Robert Defer, Executive Director ................... 3-643 John Gratton, Board Member ......................... 3-647

Carlsbad Department of Development John Gratton, Board Member ......................... 3-647 John Waters, Executive Director ..................... 3-648

Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center Russell Hardy, Director ................................... 3-644

Carlsbad Mainstreet Amy M. Barnhart, Executive Director .............. 3-38

Circle of Grandmothers .......................................... 3-231

Citizen Action New Mexico David McCoy, Executive Director .................. 3-218

Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping Floyd Barrett ................................................... 3-572 Janet Greenwald, Co-Coordinator .......3-584, 3-897

Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness Clint Wolfe, Executive Director...........3-168, 3-711

City of Carlsbad Fire Department Michael H. Reynolds, Fire Chief .................... 3-287

City of Carlsbad, Mayor’s Nuclear Opportunities Task Force John Heaton ...........................................3-77, 3-654

City of Carlsbad, New Mexico Mayor Dale Janway ........................................ 3-634 Judi Waters, City Councilman ........................ 3-666

Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety .................... 3-60 Joni Arends, Executive Director .........3-309, 3-404, 3-487, 3-569 Basia Miller ..........................................3-212, 3-904

Conejos County Clean Water, Inc. Andrea T. Guajardo, Director ......................... 3-262

Consortium of Major LANL Subcontractors Floyd Archuleta, President .............................. 3-277

DDuke Energy Corporation

Steve Nesbit, Director of Nuclear Policy and Support ...............................3-690, 3-769

EEconomic Development Partnership

Ernest S. Chaput ..................................3-170, 3-692Eddy County, New Mexico Board of County

Commissioners Roxanne Lara, Chairman ................................ 3-667 Jack Volpato, District 4 County Commissioner ................................................. 3-662

Environmentalists, Inc. Mel Jekins, Executive Director ............3-206, 3-677 Ruth Thomas, Lead Researcher/ Executive Director Emeritus ................3-206, 3-379

FFriends of the Earth

Tom Clements, Southeastern Nuclear Campaign Coordinator .........................3-478, 3-487

Public Officials, Organizations, and Interest Groups

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GGeorgia Women’s Action for New Directions

Amanda Hill-Attkisson, Managing Director .. 3-487 Bobbie Paul, Executive Director .........3-223, 3-861

Gilkeson, Robert H. Registered Geologist ....................................... 3-404

HHonor Our Pueblo Existence

Marian Naranjo, Director .....................3-215, 3-887

IInstitute for Energy and Environmental Research

Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D. ................................... 3-371

LLegions of Living Light

Bonnie Bonneau .............................................. 3-396Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce

Kevin Holsapple, Executive Director ............. 3-305Los Alamos County Council

Sharon Stover, Chair ....................................... 3-136Los Alamos Study Group

Peter Neils, President ...................................... 3-558

MMembers of Congress

House of Representatives Congressman Ben Ray Luján ............................. 3-7 United States Senate Senator Jeff Bingaman ...................................... 3-17 United States Senate Senator Tom Udall ............................................ 3-17

Miamisburg Environmental Safety and Health Sharon Chowdry, President ............................. 3-487

Mothers Against Tennessee River Radiation (MATRR) Gretel Johnston, Co-founder ... 3-244, 3-270, 3-765, 3-824 Sandra Kurtz ................................................... 3-487

Muons, Inc. Rolland P. Johnson, Ph.D., President ...3-323, 3-882

NNew Mexico Pax Christi

Ellie Voatselus ................................................. 3-577The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center

Henry Sokolski, Executive Director ................. 3-40Nu-Clear Vision Consulting, LLC

Charles R. Goergen, President, Chief Executive Officer ..................................................3-210, 3-701

Nuclear Watch New Mexico Jay Coghlan, Executive Director ........3-449, 3-487, 3-562 Scott Kovac, Operations and Research Director ........ 3-293, 3-449, 3-534, 3-609

Nuclear Watch South Glenn Carroll, Coordinator ..................3-487, 3-695 Betsy Rivard ................................................... 3-700

OOak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance

Ralph Hutchison, Coordinator .............3-487, 3-777

PPartnership for Earth Spirituality

Joan Brown, Franciscan Sister ........................ 3-589 Marlene Perrotte, Sister of Mercy ................... 3-586

Pax Christi Joan Brown, Franciscan Sister ........................ 3-589

The Peace Farm Jerry Stein, Board President ............................ 3-487

Proposition One Campaign Ellen Thomas .................................................. 3-379

RRegional Development Corporation

Ron Martinez, Chairman of the Board ............ 3-386

SSanta Clara Pueblo

Walter Dasheno, Sr., Govenor ........................... 3-79Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce

Simon Brackley, President and CEO .............. 3-306Shoals Environmental Alliance

Charlie Rose .................................................... 3-854Sierra Club, South Carolina Chapter

Susan Corbett, Chair ....................................... 3-688Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

Jimmy Green ....................................................3-811 Sara Barczak ................................................... 3-487

Southwest Research and Information Center Don Hancock ............... 3-140, 3-384, 3-487, 3-565 Floyd Barrett ................................................... 3-572

SRS Community Reuse Organization Rick McLeod, Executive Director .................. 3-704

State of New Mexico, House of Representatives Representative Cathrynn Brown ......................3-111 Representative James W. Hall ......................... 3-289

State of New Mexico, State Senate Senator Carroll H. Leavell, District 41 ........... 3-636

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State of South Carolina Governor’s Nuclear Advisory Council Karen Patterson, Chair .........................3-161, 3-713

TTennessee Department of Environment and

Conservation John A. Wojtowicz ............................................ 3-98

Tennessee Environmental Council Don Safer ........................................................ 3-839

Tewa Women United, Environmental Health and Justice Group Robert Chavez ................................................. 3-231 Teresa Chavez ................................................. 3-231 Adam Ford ...................................................... 3-231 Luis Peña ..............................................3-231, 3-925 Lily Martinez-Rael .......................................... 3-231 Lisa Putkey ..........................................3-231, 3-927 Everitt Rael ..................................................... 3-231 Kathy Sanchez, Director ................................. 3-231 Beata Tsosie .................................................... 3-231

Think Outside the Bomb Robert Chavez ................................................. 3-231 Lisa Putkey .............................. 3-231, 3-625, 3-927

Tri-Valley CAREs Marylia Kelly, Executive Director .................. 3-487

UUna Resolane

Luis Peña ......................................................... 3-925U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Federal Activities Susan E. Bromm, Director .............................. 3-291

WWomen’s Action for Nuclear Disarmament

Bobbie Paul ..................................................... 3-702Women’s International League for Peace and

Freedom Ellen Thomas .................................................. 3-180 Carol Urner ..................................................... 3-379

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List of Commentors

AAlderwick, Leslie �� 3-591Alessi, John E� �� 3-192Anderson, Joseph �� 3-464Anderson, Robert L� �� 3-6Anhalt, Nadia A� �� 3-198Anonymous �� 3-55, 3-56, 3-65, 3-281Anthony, Ann �� 3-346Archuleta, Floyd, President

Consortium of Major LANL Subcontractors �� 3-277Arends, Joni, Executive Director

Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety �� 3-309, 3-404, 3-487, 3-569

BBarczak, Sara

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy �� 3-487Barnhart, Amy M�, Executive Director

Carlsbad Mainstreet �� 3-38Barrett, Floyd

Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping �� 3-572 Southwest Research and Information Center �� 3-572

Bell, Jack �� 3-731Bingaman, Senator Jeff

Member of Congress, United States Senate �� 3-17Bingham, David �� 3-57Block, Jon �� 3-296Bluhm, Elizabeth �� 3-207Bonneau, Bonnie

Legions of Living Light �� 3-396Bowman, Charles D�, Ph�D�, President

ADNA Corporation ��3-323, 3-878Boyer, Jan �� 3-282Brackley, Simon, President and CEO

Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce �� 3-306Bridges, Donald �� 3-679Bromm, Susan E., Director, Office of

Federal Activities U�S� Environmental Protection Agency �� 3-291

Brown, Cathrynn, State Representative House of Representatives, State of New Mexico ��3-111

Brown, Joan, Franciscan Sister Partnership for Earth Spirituality �� 3-589 Pax Christi �� 3-589

Buckner, Mel �� 3-172Burns, Terry, M�D� �� 3-321Burns, Tim, Ph�D� �� 3-638Bylenok, Brian �� 3-598

CCampaign A �� 3-490Campaign B �� 3-494Campaign C �� 3-497Carasik, Lane �� 3-739Carey, Mary Jo �� 3-13Carroll, Glenn, Coordinator

Nuclear Watch South ��3-487, 3-695Cassimus, George �� 3-810Chamberlin, John �� 3-52Chamberlin, Rebecca �� 3-202Chancellor, Christopher �� 3-75Chancellor, Christopher J�, Chair

American Nuclear Society �� 3-124Chaput, Ernest S�

Economic and Development Partnership �� 3-170, 3-692

Chavez, Robert Tewa Women United, Environmental Health and Justice Group �� 3-231 Think Outside the Bomb �� 3-231

Chavez, Teresa �� 3-899 Tewa Women United, Environmental Health and Justice Group �� 3-231

Chowdry, Sharon, President Miamisburg Environmental Safety and Health �� 3-487

Christine, Elizabeth �� 3-27Clark, Dr� David L� ��3-45, 3-54, 3-535, 3-550, 3-875Clements, Tom,

Nonproliferation Policy Director, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability ��3-173, 3-241, 3-312, 3-347, 3-367, 3-465, 3-470, 3-684, 3-742, 3-800 Southeastern Nuclear Campaign Coordinator, Friends of the Earth ��3-478, 3-487

Cliburn, Jill K� �� 3-344Coghlan, Jay, Executive Director

Nuclear Watch New Mexico �� 3-449, 3-487, 3-562Coleman, Tom, Vice President

AREVA �� 3-683Collins, Kenneth J� �� 3-26Collins, Michael Truax �� 3-587Corbett, Susan, Chair

Sierra Club, South Carolina Chapter �� 3-688Craig, Anne �� 3-284Crews, Jonathan �� 3-139Crossfield, Roy �� 3-200, 3-806, 3-831Crossfield, Sara �� 3-806Crow, Barbara �� 3-804

Individuals

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DDasheno, Walter, Sr�, Governor,

Santa Clara Pueblo �� 3-79Defer, Robert, Executive Director

Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce �� 3-643DePinto, Frank �� 3-19Devaurs, Micheline �� 3-204Devoe, Remy ��3-269, 3-753Doran, Doug �� 3-604Dorius, Kirk �� 3-857Dulle, Mary Jacklyn �� 3-191

EElliott, John C� and Lynda �� 3-286Elson, Jennifer F� �� 3-201Enfield, Eric �� 3-193Epstein, Joe �� 3-651Euler, Catherine A�, Ph�D� �� 3-178Evans, Chris �� 3-120Evans, Peter �� 3-707

FFerguson, Tom �� 3-3Ferris, Kathleen �� 3-763Fisher Family �� 3-134Floyd, Terry ��3-680, 3-832Ford, Adam

Tewa Women United, Environmental Health and Justice Group �� 3-231

Forest, Bob �� 3-660Fralix, Cassandra �� 3-125Frankl, Paulette �� 3-313Freibert, Franz ��3-113Fuchs, Katherine, Program Director

Alliance for Nuclear Accountability �� 3-487

GGalbraith, Ronald ��3-73, 3-640Gallegos, Ubaldo F� �� 3-208Garcia, Linda �� 3-138Genauer, Jeff �� 3-922Gilchrist, Pamela �� 3-71, 3-114, 3-559Giles, Gail �� 3-593Gilkeson, Robert H�

Registered Geologist �� 3-404Giminaro, Andrew �� 3-749Goergen, Charles R�, President,

Chief Executive Officer Nu-Clear Vision Consulting, LLC ��3-210, 3-701

Gonzales, Peggy L� �� 3-130

Gordon, Susan, Director Alliance for Nuclear Accountability ��3-58, 3-531, 3-578

Gottfried, Yolande McCurdy �� 3-94Gratton, John, Board Member

Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce and Carlsbad Department of Development �� 3-647

Green, Jeanne �� 3-122, 3-618, 3-893Green, Jimmy

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy ��3-811Greenwald, Janet, Co-Coordinator

Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping ��3-584, 3-897

Griggs, Ron �� 3-665Guajardo, Andrea T�, Director

Conejos County Clean Water, Inc� �� 3-262

HHall, Howard �� 3-733Hall, James W�, State Representative

State of New Mexico House of Representatives �� 3-289

Hammons, John R� �� 3-4Hancock, Don

Southwest Research and Information Center �� 3-140, 3-384, 3-487, 3-565

Hansen, Anna �� 3-31Hardy, Russell �� 3-44

Director, Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center �� 3-644

Harrison, J� L� �� 3-343Hart, Ruth �� 3-830Hatfield, Barry �� 3-15Hayes (Fox), Dr� Rose O� �� 3-159Heath, H� R� �� 3-650Heaton, John

City of Carlsbad, Mayor’s Nuclear Opportunities Task Force ��3-77, 3-654

Henderson, Edward S�, P�E� �� 3-369Herman, Nancy �� 3-276Hill-Attkinson, Amanda, Managing Director

Georgia Women’s Action for New Directions �� 3-487

Hiller, Stephanie �� 3-319Hoff, Marilyn ��3-621, 3-884Holland, Mark �� 3-157Holsapple, Kevin, Executive Director

Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce �� 3-305Holt, Cathy �� 3-158Horn, Stewart ��3-258, 3-813Hughes, Christine �� 3-285Hutchison, Ralph, Coordinator

Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance �� 3-487, 3-777

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List of Commentors

IImhoff, Joseph�� 3-827

JJaggers, Thomas ��3-47, 3-582Janway, Dale, Mayor

City of Carlsbad, New Mexico �� 3-634Jaramillo, Leo �� 3-39Jeff�� 3-602Jenkins, Eileen J� ��3-11, 3-33Jenkins, Jay �� 3-659Jenkins, Mel, Executive Director

Environmentalists, Inc� ��3-206, 3-677Jenkins, Tom

Augusta Building Trades, Carpenters Union Local 283 �� 3-689

Johnson, Rolland P�, Ph�D�, President Muons, Inc� ��3-323, 3-882

Johnston, Gretel BEST/MATRR �� 3-399 Co-Founder, Mothers Against Tennessee River Radiation �� 3-244, 3-270, 3-765, 3-824

KKaufmann, Hans J�, Jr� �� 3-5Kelly, Marylia, Executive Director

Tri-Valley CAREs �� 3-487Kennedy, Joanna �� 3-24Kornreich, Drew ��3-51, 3-616Kovac, Scott, Operations and Research Director

Nuclear Watch New Mexico �� 3-293, 3-449, 3-534, 3-609

Kurtz, Sandra BEST/MATRR ��3-267, 3-487 BREDL/BEST�� 3-773

LLangford, Seth �� 3-752Lara, Roxanne, Chairman

Eddy County Commissioner �� 3-667Leavell, Senator Carroll H�

District 41, New Mexico State Senate �� 3-636Lippard, Lucy R� �� 3-16Luciano, Nick �� 3-746Luján, Congressman Ben Ray

Member of Congress, House of Representatives �� 3-7

MMacKenzie, Mack �� 3-370Maesfas, Gerry �� 3-906

Makhijani, Arjun, Ph�D� Institute for Energy and Environmental Research �� 3-371

Martinez, Paul J� �� 3-294Martinez-Rael, Lily


Martinez, Ron, Chairman of the Board Regional Development Corporation �� 3-386

Martz, Joe �� 3-46, 3-230, 3-553, 3-873Matos, David �� 3-698McCoy, David, Executive Director

Citizen Action New Mexico �� 3-218McFadden, Nancy �� 3-760McKernan, Stu �� 3-53McLeod, Rick, Executive Director

SRS Community Reuse Organization �� 3-704McMath, Gary �� 3-279McTaggart, Jerri �� 3-652Mello, Greg ��3-526, 3-555Mercer, Audrey �� 3-274Meyer, Coleen �� 3-205Migliori, Dr� Albert �� 3-203Miller, Basia

Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety ��3-212, 3-904

Miller, Kelly Sue �� 3-194Miller, Virginia J� �� 3-182Molgaard, Josh �� 3-750More, Victoria �� 3-137Morgan, Garry�� 3-248, 3-755, 3-820

BREDL/BEST�� 3-273Morris, Taylor �� 3-715Murphy, Joseph L�, P�E� �� 3-187Muse, Nancy �� 3-835Mykris, Michael �� 3-70

NNaranjo, Georgia �� 3-904Naranjo, Marian, Director

Honor Our Pueblo Existence ��3-215, 3-887Neils, Peter, President

Los Alamos Study Group �� 3-558Nesbit, Steve, Director of Nuclear Policy and Support

Duke Energy Corporation ��3-690, 3-769Nester, Dennis F� �� 3-131Nieman, Whitney �� 3-385

OO’Connor, Barbara �� 3-283Oliva, Flor de Maria �� 3-199

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PPaddock, Brian �� 3-785Patterson, Karen, Chair

State of South Carolina Governor’s Nuclear Advisory Council ��3-161, 3-713

Paul, Bobbie Executive Director, Georgia Women’s Action for New Directions ��3-223, 3-861 Women’s Action for Nuclear Disarmament �� 3-702

Peña, Beata Tsosie �� 3-62, 3-539, 3-599, 3-908 Tewa Women United, Environmental Health and Justice Group �� 3-231

Peña, Luis Tewa Women United, Health and Justice Group ��3-231, 3-925 Una Resolane �� 3-925

Perfetti, Dr� Chris �� 3-758Perrotte, Marlene, Sister of Mercy

Partnership for Earth Spirituality �� 3-586Petition 1 �� 3-501Petition 2 �� 3-513Poe, Lee �� 3-127Polese, Richard �� 3-28Pollock, Larry S� ��3-8, 3-849Porterfield, Donivan R. �� 3-393Posey, Jackie �� 3-847Putkey, Lisa

Tewa Women United, Environmental Health and Justice Group ��3-231, 3-927 Think Outside the Bomb �� 3-231, 3-625, 3-927

RRael, Everitt


Reynolds, Bill �� 3-783Reynolds, Michael H�, Fire Chief

City of Carlsbad Fire Department �� 3-287Rice, Dan �� 3-560Richards, Betty �� 3-643Richmond, Scott �� 3-320Rickel, Dwight G� �� 3-292Rivard, Betsy

Nuclear Watch South �� 3-700Roberts, Teresa �� 3-30Robinson, Richard G� �� 3-288Rodriguez, Susan �� 3-612Rohleder, Reverend Earl R� �� 3-229Romero, Alex R� �� 3-304Rose, Charles

Shoals Environmental Alliance �� 3-854Ruark, Mona ��3-119Rynaski, Helen �� 3-18

SSafer, Don

Bellefonte Efficiency Sustainability Team �� 3-839 Tennessee Environmental Council �� 3-839

Sanchez, Kathy, Director Tewa Women United, Environmental Health and Justice Group �� 3-231

Sapp, Eric, Executive Director American Values Network �� 3-487

Scheele, Laura, Communications and Policy Manager American Nuclear Society �� 3-730

Schenck, Rowdy �� 3-641Schrader, Don �� 3-190Sepich, Dave �� 3-35Sepich, Jayann �� 3-36Shartzer, Gary �� 3-716Shuker, Scott �� 3-135Silversmith, Donald ��3-50, 3-623Sisneros, Aha X� Gutierrez �� 3-914Sivils, L� Dale, Ph�D� �� 3-295Skutnik, Dr� Stephen �� 3-740Snyder, Samuel, Local Chapter Chair

American Nuclear Society �� 3-735Sokolski, Henry, Executive Director

The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center �� 3-40

Sorensen, Kirk �� 3-843Sorensen, Laura �� 3-184Sorgen, Phoebe Anne Thomas �� 3-21Spencer, Khalil J�, Ph�D� �� 3-280Stein, Jerry, Board President

The Peace Farm �� 3-487Stover, Sharon, Chair

Los Alamos County Council �� 3-136Sutherland, Julie R� �� 3-394

TTaylor, Dr� F� �� 3-397Teague, Nancy�� 3-76Theodorou, Alex �� 3-574Thomas, Ellen

Proposition One Campaign �� 3-379 Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom �� 3-180

Thomas, Ruth, Lead Researcher/ Executive Director Emeritus Environmentalists, Inc� ��3-206, 3-379

Trayer, David M� ��3-195, 3-736

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UUdall, Senator Tom

Member of Congress, United States Senate �� 3-17Urner, Carol

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Disarm/End Wars National Issue Committee �� 3-379

Utley, Charles N�, Environmental Justice Campaign Coordinator, Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League ��3-163, 3-708

VVan Luik, Abraham, Ph�D� �� 3-657Victoria, Michelle �� 3-606Voatselus, Ellie

New Mexico Pax Christi �� 3-577Volpato, Jack, Commisioner

District 4, Eddy County, New Mexico Board of County Commisioners �� 3-662

Voutselas, Eleanore M� �� 3-197

WWang, Tsa �� 3-901Wasilewski, Jacqueline, Ph�D� �� 3-121Watchempino, Laura �� 3-300Waters, John, Executive Director

Carlsbad Department of Development �� 3-648Waters, Judi, City Councilman

City of Carlsbad, New Mexico �� 3-666Welch, Doris G� �� 3-307Werneke, Angela �� 3-23Willard, Stephen C�, P�E� �� 3-188Woehrle, Patrick �� 3-37Wojtowicz, John A�

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation �� 3-98

Wolfe, Clint, Executive Director Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness ��3-168, 3-711

Woods, Alex �� 3-728

YYoder, Catherine �� 3-538

ZZeller, Louis A�, Executive Director

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League ��3-387, 3-487

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List of Commentors

Campaign A ……………………………………………………………………………… 3-490Annette AguayoSally BeersDavid BleJudy BolesLisa B� Conley

Debra DiSantiSandra ElyBarbara EngerAngelo GazianoBarbara Hoehne

J� Elise JohnstonJulie KrupcaleRon LevyPenelope Nicolopolis-

Weiland

Ari RierEthan SockwellMelissa Williams

Campaign B ……………………………………………………………………………… 3-494

Campaign C ……………………………………………………………………………… 3-497

Petition 1 ………………………………………………………………………………… 3-501

Chris BaumannDeb BindermanBarbara BrockMichele BrockJan BrooksSusan ButkovichArmen Chakerian Carmela ConklinTom ConklinLucille CordovaCasey Corey Heather DardenSally DentonMarcia DorchesterCharles EidsonPaul Evans

Catherine BradshawCorinne CareyGlenn CarrollLillian ChampionGerald DooleyTom FergusonKaren Hadden

Rosamund EvansValerie FairchildSeth FriedmanBernadette GarciaLoren GomezMary Hoggard Ben HughesTerri JerryWinn KalmonJoan Kessler Carey LienTodd LindholmEllen LowenbergAdamm Martinez James McIlrathCaroline Monie

Marla PainterL� PendrysSheryl ReeseJeanette RichRodrigo Rodriguez Genoveve RussellChristina RutlandJean Marie SaparitoMonte SaterPaula ScarpellinoAlice SilversteinJeanne SimonoffSusan SirlSylvia J� StanleySue StephensImogene Stienbach

Joseph SulzbergNancy SulzbergK�L�TaylorPatricia ThunderchiefTeresa TrujilloFern Sawyer WardMargaret WellsVictor Werbin J�Q� WhitcombAnn WilliamsJeff WilliamsJustin YoungName Illegible (4)

Sarah HatchGretel JohnstonBeverly KerrKaye KikerJoan KingBrenda KissaneKathryn Kuppers

Marvin LewisJudith LomasSusannah MasarieSusan MichettiNancy MillsRegina MinnissLewis Patrie

Melodye PryorPeggy PryorPhillip RainesJennifer ShafferJoanne SteeleDot SulockStephen Wingeier

Jared ApodacaJoaquin ApodacaChloe ArchuletaMaria ArchuletaSharman ArieSteven BargerStuart BargerRazello BonallyPauline BorregoDaniel BrodovaKailani CampbellJudy ChaddickTania ChavezVeronica ClareDain DallerJustin DecardenasErik DiazMaria Dougherty

Marlene EnglemanJolene EustaceDanika FernandezJazman FernandezJosette FloresDavid GarciaViola GomezNina GonzalesSharon Gonzalez-AleiAshley HardisonBernadette HerreraJevanna HicaThomas JaggersJoy KincaidHarriet LevineMarylou LopezEmma LorettoGlenna B� Marcus

Odalys MarquezJanet MarshAlexis MartinezKristen MartinezLina MartinezTheresa MartinezLisa MorganBokay R�E� MurrayNorma NavarroSonia A� NorrisGilbert PeñaMichelle PeixinhoLee PowellLoriann QuintanaErwin J� RiveraAlma RiveraLita RiveraRamon Rivera

Victoria RiveraFred RomeroTomas RomeroNydia RuizRachel SalazarMiguel A� SantistevanMary ShoemakerTasia A� SlockishWilliam SlockishAmanda SpeerJulie R� SutherlandDavid TrujilloJoaquin TrujilloL� WatchempinoAnna WhiteMelvin WhitemanRonald F� WilliamsDaniel B� Winans, Jr�Name Illegible (3)

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Petition 2 ………………………………………………………………………………… 3-513Frances AbegtaJoe AbevtaBrian AguilarEvelyn AguilarWinter AguilarGilbert ArmijoKelly ArmijoLinda AskanMargaret E� AtkinsonAnna BailonMel BegayRachel BegayTillie BegayNathana BirdPatsy BoydMarilyn BrennCarol BrewerFrank BrewerFrankie H� BrewerMichael Browning Frank CataPat CataSophie CataJose R� CharriaRegis ChavalliaDanielle ChaverrieEmily R� ChavezJordan ChavezJustin ChavezPatricia ChavezRandy ChavezRobert ChavezJeffrey A� ChristiansenJoyce ChristiansenHeather J� DashenoMarie L� DashenoMary DickersonDebra DuwyeniCaroline ElliotAnya Dosier EnosTerry EnosNathaniel FuentesStephanie FuentesChris GarciaElaine GilbertLita GuruleNorman GuruleCarolyn GutierrezClarence Gutierrez

Doneria GutierrezDonna GutierrezGloria L� GutierrezIvan GutierrezJennifer GutierrezJoseph GutierrezLawrence GutierrezMabel GutierrezMelony GutierrezNadine GutierrezPatrick GutierrezR� GutierrezTracilee GutierrezA� Jonathan HarvierMina HarvierDiana HalseyCharles HannJ�R� HayesJeffrey HonawaRobert HonawaMary V� HowellAndrea JenkinsRobert E� JenkinsMary T� KettleAurilia LenteKristy LomaynaRobyn LopezMary LovatoAnnette LujanDestiny MaestasPhyllis MartinezRodney MartinezCarla MichelamVincent Michelam, Jr�Michael MogChristine MoguinoDavid MoguinoJennifer MoguinoM� MoguinoMariah MoguinoGregory S� MorseNora Naranjo MorseRoger NamayAlana NaranjoAna NaranjoCarol NaranjoClaudette NaranjoD� NaranjoDustin Naranjo

Frances NaranjoFidel NaranjoGeorgia NaranjoGilbert NaranjoGilbert L� NaranjoHoward NaranjoJake NaranjoJon M� NaranjoKevin NaranjoLila NaranjoLuciano NaranjoMadeline NaranjoMarian NaranjoMaxine NaranjoMildred NaranjoNona NaranjoPriscilla NaranjoQuinten NaranjoRaymond R� NaranjoRoy NaranjoSantiago NaranjoSonny NaranjoStephen NaranjoTerrie NaranjoEric OrtizLuis PeñaEric PurleyDinah RosettaDesiree RoybalGloria SalazarKenneth SanchezLanoye ShazoJulian ShulzConnie ShuplaJulie ShuplalintzAdam SilvaLaurence SilzerAubrey SingerJohn SingerMary C� SingerRuby SingerJoseph C� SisnerMary SisnerosTwyla SisnerosIvan SmijeChastity SwentzellPorter SwentzellRina SwentzellRoxanne Swentzell

Andrea TafoyaBernie TafoyaClara TafoyaEric TafoyaForrest TafoyaGladys TafoyaJoseph TafoyaJoseph L� TafoyaKenneth TafoyaL�J� TafoyaM� TafoyaMarie T� TafoyaMarina TafoyaMatthew TafoyaMichael TafoyaQuincy TafoyaRobert TafoyaRose TafoyaRose L� TafoyaS� TafoyaSamantha TafoyaZachary TafoyaValerie TapiaTane TatoyaDoris TenousF� TopiaBritty TrujilloGary TrujilloLema TrujilloJonathan TsoodleKyle TsoodleJeannette TsosiePaula K� TsosieJackie TsosieBeata Tsosie-PeñaArthur VargasRoseMary VargasJerry VermillonFaye ViarrialChris VigilJoe VigilJulie VigilMinnie VigilDavid L� WillardName Illegible (2)

ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND CONVERSION

CHARTS

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ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND CONVERSION CHARTS

ARIES Advanced Recovery and Integrated Extraction System

BWR boiling water reactor

CCO criticality control overpack

CEQ Council on Environmental Quality

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CH-TRU contact-handled transuranic

CMR Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building

CMRR-NF Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building Replacement Nuclear Facility

CRD Comment Response Document

DNFSB Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

DOE U.S. Department of Energy

DOT U.S. Department of Transportation

DWPF Defense Waste Processing Facility

EIS environmental impact statement

EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

FFTF Fast Flux Test Facility

FR Federal Register

GNF Global Nuclear Fuels

GTCC Greater-Than-Class C

HLW high-level radioactive waste

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

ISFSI Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

LAHDRA Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment

LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory

LCF latent cancer fatality

LEU low-enriched uranium

LTA lead test assembly

LWR light water reactor

MEI maximally exposed individual

MFFF Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility

MOX mixed oxide

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act

NFPA National Fire Protection Association

NESHAP National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration

NOI Notice of Intent


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NRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NRDAR Natural Resources Damage Assessment and Remediation

OMA operator manual actions

OUO Official Use Only

PDC Pit Disassembly and Conversion Project

PDCF Pit Disassembly and Conversion Facility

PEIS programmatic environmental impact statement

PF-4 Plutonium Facility

PII Personally Identifiable Information

PMDA Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the

Government of the Russian Federation Concerning the Management and Disposition

of Plutonium Designated As No Longer Required for Defense Purposes and Related

Cooperation [Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement]

POC pipe overpack container

PWR pressurized water reactor

RLUOB Radiological Laboratory/Utility/Office Building

RLWTF Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility

ROD Record of Decision

SEIS supplemental environmental impact statement

SNM special nuclear material

SRS Savannah River Site

TA technical area

TRU transuranic waste

TVA Tennessee Valley Authority

UCNI Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information

WIPP Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Conversion Charts

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CONVERSIONS METRIC TO ENGLISH

ENGLISH TO METRIC

Multiply

by

To get

Multiply

by

To get

Area

Square meters

Square kilometers

Square kilometers Hectares

10.764

247.1

0.3861 2.471

Square feet

Acres

Square miles Acres

Square feet

Acres

Square miles Acres

0.092903

0.0040469

2.59 0.40469

Square meters

Square kilometers

Square kilometers Hectares

Concentration

Kilograms/square meter

Milligrams/liter Micrograms/liter

Micrograms/cubic meter

0.16667

1 a 1 a

1 a

Tons/acre

Parts/million Parts/billion

Parts/trillion

Tons/acre

Parts/million Parts/billion

Parts/trillion

0.5999

1 a 1 a

1 a

Kilograms/square meter

Milligrams/liter Micrograms/liter

Micrograms/cubic meter Density

Grams/cubic centimeter Grams/cubic meter

62.428 0.0000624

Pounds/cubic feet Pounds/cubic feet

Pounds/cubic feet Pounds/cubic feet

0.016018 16,025.6

Grams/cubic centimeter Grams/cubic meter

Length

Centimeters

Meters Kilometers

0.3937

3.2808 0.62137

Inches

Feet Miles

Inches

Feet Miles

2.54

0.3048 1.6093

Centimeters

Meters Kilometers

Temperature

Absolute Degrees Celsius + 17.78

Relative

Degrees Celsius

1.8

1.8

Degrees Fahrenheit

Degrees Fahrenheit

Degrees Fahrenheit - 32

Degrees Fahrenheit

0.55556

0.55556

Degrees Celsius

Degrees Celsius Velocity/Rate

Cubic meters/second

Grams/second

Meters/second

2118.9

7.9366

2.237

Cubic feet/minute

Pounds/hour

Miles/hour

Cubic feet/minute

Pounds/hour

Miles/hour

0.00047195

0.126

0.44704

Cubic meters/second

Grams/second

Meters/second Volume

Liters

Liters

Liters

Cubic meters

Cubic meters

Cubic meters Cubic meters

0.26418

0.035316

0.001308

264.17

35.314

1.3079 0.0008107

Gallons

Cubic feet

Cubic yards

Gallons

Cubic feet

Cubic yards Acre-feet

Gallons

Cubic feet

Cubic yards

Gallons

Cubic feet

Cubic yards Acre-feet

3.78533

28.316

764.54

0.0037854

0.028317

0.76456 1233.49

Liters

Liters

Liters

Cubic meters

Cubic meters

Cubic meters Cubic meters

Weight/Mass

Grams

Kilograms Kilograms

Metric tons

0.035274

2.2046 0.0011023

1.1023

Ounces

Pounds Tons (short)

Tons (short)

Ounces

Pounds Tons (short)

Tons (short)

28.35

0.45359 907.18

0.90718

Grams

Kilograms Kilograms

Metric tons

ENGLISH TO ENGLISH Acre-feet

Acres Square miles

325,850.7

43,560 640

Gallons

Square feet Acres

Gallons

Square feet Acres

0.000003046

0.000022957 0.0015625

Acre-feet

Acres Square miles

a This conversion is only valid for concentrations of contaminants (or other materials) in water.

METRIC PREFIXES Prefix

Symbol

Multiplication factor

exa- peta-

tera-

giga- mega-

kilo-

deca- deci-

centi-

milli- micro-

nano-

pico-

E P

T

G M

k

D d

c

m μ

n

p

1,000,000,000,000,000,000

1,000,000,000,000,000

1,000,000,000,000

1,000,000,000 1,000,000

1,000

10 0.1

0.01

0.001 0.000 001

0.000 000 001

0.000 000 000 001

= 1018 = 1015

= 1012

= 109 = 106

= 103

= 101 = 10-1

= 10-2

= 10-3 = 10-6

= 10-9

= 10-12