Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
October 19, 2017Sitewide Facilities and Operations routinely use a sand/salt solid mixture for winter road maintenance throughout the Idaho National Laboratory road system. The sand and salt mixture requires material handling, loading, and personnel support. In order to expand capabilities and improve efficiency and winter road conditions, Sitewide Facilities and Operations needs to procure and install a brine mixing and application system. The proposed action would install a Henderson Brine Xtreme Pro salt brine system. The system includes a mixing station that has a 4.67 cubic yard hopper where road salt is loaded, a water supply (with backflow prevention) connection for mixing, an automatic mixing system for simple brine production, two 5000 gallon above ground brine storage tanks, and a brine filling station.