Environmental assessment for the construction and operation of waste storage facilities at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Paducah, Kentucky

摘要

DOE is proposing to construct and operate 3 waste storage facilities (one 42,000 ft(sup 2) waste storage facility for RCRA waste, one 42,000 ft(sup 2) waste storage facility for toxic waste (TSCA), and one 200,000 ft(sup 2) mixed (hazardous/radioactive) waste storage facility) at Paducah. This environmental assessment compares impacts of this proposed action with those of continuing present practices of using alternative locations. It is found that the construction, operation, and ultimate closure of the proposed waste storage facilities would not significantly affect the quality of the human environment within the meaning of NEPA; therefore an environmental impact statement is not required.