TABLE OF CONTENTS
2.1 Description of the Oak Ridge Reservation
2.2 The CERCLA Process
2.3 Formation of the End Use Working Group
3.1 Scope of the End Use Working Group
3.2 Membership and Structure
3.3 Education and Decision Processes
3.4 Criteria Used in Making End Use Recommendations
3.5 The EUWG’s Relationship with DOE, Regulators, and
Other Stakeholder Groups
4.1 Community Guidelines
4.2 Recommendations for the End Use of Bethel Valley
4.3 Recommendation to Site a Waste Disposal Facility on the
Oak Ridge Reservation
4.4 Recommendations for the End Use of Bear Creek Valley
4.5 Recommendation for the End Use of
Disposal Areas in Melton Valley
4.6 Recommendations for the End Use of the Upper East Fork
Poplar Creek Watershed
4.7 Recommendations for the End Use of the Former
K-25 Site at the East Tennessee Technology Park
4.8 Recommendations for Sites Outside Existing
Administrative Watersheds
4.9 Stewardship
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Appendix A Roster of EUWG Participants
Appendix B Examples of EUWG Education Materials
Appendix C Schedule of EUWG Meetings and Topics
Appendix D Additional Issues Submitted by EUWG Participants
Appendix E Endorsements of EUWG Recommendations
Appendix F Additional Comments Received by the EUWG
LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS
End Use Working Group Community Guidelines
End Use Recommendations for Bethel Valley
End Use Map of Bethel Valley
End Use Recommendations for an On-Site Waste Disposal Facility
Map Showing Proposed Location of an On-Site Disposal Facility
Minority Opinion for an On-Site Disposal Facility
End Use Recommendations for Bear Creek Valley
End Use Map of Bear Creek Valley
End Use Recommendations for Melton Valley
End Use Map of Melton Valley
End Use Recommendations for the Upper East Fork Poplar Creek Watershed
End Use Map of the Upper East Fork Poplar Creek Watershed
End Use Recommendations for the Former K-25 Site
End Use Map of the Former K-25 Site
Minority Opinion for the Former K-25 Site
End Use Recommendations for Sites
Outside Existing Administrative Watersheds
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
Figure 2.1 Map of the Oak Ridge Reservation
Table 3.1 End Use Criteria
Figure 4.1 Aerial View of Bethel Valley Looking East
Figure 4.2 Aerial View of Bear Creek Valley Looking East
Figure 4.3 Aerial View of Melton Valley Looking East
Figure 4.4 Aerial View of the Y-12 Plant Looking West
Figure 4.5 Aerial View of the Former K-25 Site Looking West
LIST OF ACRONYMS
ARAR Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund)
DOE/ORO Department of Energy/Oak Ridge Offices
DNAPL Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ETTP East Tennessee Technology Park
EUWG End Use Working Group
FS Feasibility Study
GIS Geographic Information System
LOC Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee
ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORREMSSAB Oak Ridge Reservation Environmental Management Site Specific Advisory Board
PCBs Polychlorinated Biphenyls
RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RI Remedial Investigation
ROD Record of Decision
TCE Trichloroethylene
TDEC DOE-O Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Department of Energy Oversight
TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act
TRU Transuranic
VOC Volatile Organic Compound
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