Moab, Utah, UMTRA, Project — Final Environmental Impact Statement

To fulfill the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirement of considering the full range of reasonable alternatives and associated environmental effects of significant federal actions, DOE initiated the NEPA process with development of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Moab UMTRA Project Site and vicinity properties. The EIS assesses potential environmental impacts of actions in remediating uranium mill tailings, ground water, and contaminated soils at the Moab UMTRA Project Site and vicinity properties and presents a detailed evaluation of proposed on-site and off-site alternatives for permanent disposal of the contaminated materials.

In the Remediation of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah, Final Environmental Impact Statement document, DOE identifies as its preferred alternatives off-site disposal of the tailings pile and other contaminated materials to the proposed Crescent Junction, Utah, site for permanent disposal using predominantly rail transportation, and active ground water remediation of the Moab millsite.

DOE will specify its final decision on which alternatives to implement in a Record of Decision, which will be issued no sooner than 30 days after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issues a Notice of Availability of the final EIS in the Federal Register. The Record of Decision will be posted on this and other DOE websites.

Summary

Volume I – Chapters 1–11
Table of Contents
Chapter 1   Introduction
Chapter 2   Proposed Alternative Actions
Chapter 3   Affected Environment
Chapter 4   Environmental Consequences
Chapters 5–11
                    5   Cumulative Impacts
                    6   Unavoidable Impacts
                    7   Regulatory Requirements
                    8   List of Preparers and Disclosure Statements
                    9   Receiving Copies
                    10   Glossary
                    11   Index

Volume II – Appendices A–H
Table of Contents
Appendix A, A1, A2, and A3
                    A   Overview
                    A1   Biological Assessment
                    A2   Risk Assessment
                    A3   Biological Opinion
Appendix B, C, and D
                    B   Disposal Cell Cover
                    C   Slurry Pipeline Route Maps
                    D   Human Health
Appendix E, F, G, and H
                    E   Disposal of Tailings in Salt Caverns
                    F   Floodplain and Wetlands Assessment
                    G   White Mesa Mill Operations
                    H   Transportation Impact Analysis

Volume III – Chapters 1–3 Comment Responses Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Review of Draft EIS—Process and Results Chapter 3 Comments
Volume IV – Chapters 4 –5 Comment Responses Table of Contents Chapter 4 Responses Chapter 5 References

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