Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) and their subcontractors perform small-scale, temporary surveying, site characterization, and research…
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
November 19, 2025
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Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS) and their subcontractors perform small-scale, temporary surveying, site characterization, and research activities in aquatic environments, limited to: (a) Acquisition of rights-of-way, easements, and temporary use permits, (b) Installation, operation, and removal of passive scientific measurement devices, including, but not limited to, antennae, tide gauges, flow testing equipment for existing wells, weighted hydrophones, salinity measurement devices, and water quality measurement devices, (c) Natural resource inventories, data and sample collection, environmental monitoring, and basic and applied research, excluding (1) large-scale vibratory coring techniques and (2) seismic activities other than passive techniques, and (d) Surveying and mapping.