Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Closure of High-Level Waste Tanks at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina

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The Department of Energy (DOE) intends to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on the proposed closing of high- level waste tanks at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina. DOE proposes to close the tanks to protect human health and the environment and to promote safety. DOE's preferred alternative is to remove the residual waste from the tanks to the extent technically and economically feasible, and then to fill them with a reducing grout to bind up residual waste and a structural material to prevent collapse of the tanks. DOE proposes to close these tanks and their associated waste handling equipment in accordance with the Industrial Wastewater Closure Plan for F- and H-Area High-Level Waste Tank Systems, prepared by DOE and approved by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC). In closing the tanks, DOE will comply not only with the Closure Plan, which is required by Industrial Wastewater Permits that SCDHEC issued to DOE, but also with the applicable requirements of DOE Orders, including DOE 5820.2A (Radioactive Waste Management). DOE invites comments on the scope of the EIS.