November 2015 Newsletter - Los Alamos Field Office Legacy Cleanup

Safety

• Safety and health record for October is clean
• Safe storage plan for nitrate salts has been completed and implemented.

Contracts/Acquisition​

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• Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Bridge Contract commenced October 1
• Lifecycle Baseline is under review at EM-HQ
• NRDA Assessment Contract awarded on September 24

Transition

• New manager, Doug Hintze, started on September 20
• Additional staff recruitments underway

Key Events

• NNMCAB Special Meeting on the Consent Order on November 12
• Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Meeting on November 13
• NNMCAB Meeting on November 18
• Individual Permit Public Meeting on December 9

D&D Progress

• Demolition of building 286 at Technical Area 21 is complete
• Waste disposition of TA-21-286  is expected to be complete by the end of December
• The D&D of the Sewage Treatment Facility continued

TRU Waste Progress

• Surveillance & storage of remediated nitrate salt drums performed safely and compliantly
• Preparations for the remediation of nitrate salts continues

Soil/Groundwater Progress

• The Draft Environmental Assessment for the Chromium Project  was posted for public comment on September 30. The public comment period will end November 13
• Enhanced Control Certification Packages for final nine Individual Permit sites submitted to EPA.  IP Compliance was achieved ahead of schedule