Energy & environment · 05/06/2012

DOE to Prepare Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Elemental Mercury Storage

The US Department of Energy (DOE) plans to identify facilities for long-term elemental mercury storage, as mandated by the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008. The DOE will prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to analyze alternatives for a facility near the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico.