Los Alamos National Laboratory Floodplain Assessment for the TA-72 Outdoor Live Fire Range Fuels Mitigation Project

Los Alamos National Laboratory Floodplain Assessment for the Technical Area 72 Outdoor Live Fire Range Fuels Mitigation Project

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a semi-autonomous agency within the United States Department of Energy (DOE), is proposing a fire fuels mitigation project in lower Sandia Canyon at the Technical Area (TA) 72 Outdoor Live Fire Range and surrounding areas at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The proposed project is intended to provide wildfire defensible space around existing structures, mitigate wildfire risk in the surrounding area, and improve range safety. The project activities within the Sandia Canyon 100-year floodplain include (1) vegetation maintenance mowing and thinning of the defensible space around the existing building, (2) vegetation maintenance under the existing above ground power line right-of-way, (3) vegetation maintenance along the existing East Jemez Road shoulder firebreak, and (4) vegetation thinning to the west and east of the TA-72 Outdoor Live Fire Range.

Public Comment Opportunities

DOE/NNSA has published this floodplain assessment for a 15-day public review and comment period, ending September 11, 2024. Please provide comments on this Floodplain Assessment to Karen Armijo at:

Email: karen.armijo@nnsa.doe.gov

Or

Mail:  

U.S. Department of Energy, Los Alamos Field Office

ATTN: Karen Armijo

3747 West Jemez Road

Los Alamos, NM 87544

After the close of the public comment period and prior to issuing a floodplain statement of findings, NNSA will reevaluate the practicability of alternatives to the proposed floodplain action and mitigating measures and take into account all substantive comments received during the public comment period. NNSA will endeavor to allow 15 days of public review prior to implementing the proposed action.