DOE RELEASES NOTICE FOR ETEC CLEANUP EIS

In a move linked to an ongoing procurement for cleanup of the Energy Technology Engineering Center in California, the Department of Energy last week released an amendment to its notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for cleanup work at the broader Santa Susana Field Laboratory. DOE said it expects to issue a draft EIS in late 2014 and issue a final EIS in the fall of 2015. Last week’s notice updates an initial document from 2008. “DOE is proposing a revised scope for the EIS due to the 2010 Administrative Order on Consent (2010 AOC) that DOE and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) signed for soil cleanup, and due to information now available from site characterization,” the notice states. 

 

The Department released in January a final Request for Task Proposals for ETEC environmental monitoring and D&D work, with bids due Feb. 25. DOE has said it will not move forward with the remaining D&D activities and soil cleanup at the ETEC site until the final EIS completed, which had been expected in 2015. Environmental monitoring work at the site is currently performed by Boeing, which owns the broader Santa Susana Field Laboratory where ETEC is located, under a contract set to expire by Sept. 30, 2014.