DOE/EIS-0222-F
	Final Hanford Comprehensive Land-Use Plan Environmental Impact Statements September 1999

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Preamble

Acronyms and Initialisms

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1.0 Introduction

1.1 Historic Background

1.1.1 Early Land Use of the Region

1.1.2 Establishment of the Hanford Site

1.2 The National Environmental Policy Act Process

1.2.1 Scope of the Hanford Comprehensive Land-Use Plan Environmental Impact Statement and Comprehensive Land-Use Plan

1.2.1.1 Public Review of the Revised Draft Hanford Remedial Action Environmental Impact Statement and Comprehensive Land-Use Plan

1.2.2 External Coordination/Involvement in the Preparation of the Revised Draft Hanford Remedial Action Environmental Impact Statement and Comprehensive Land-Use Plan

1.2.3 Identification of Public Land-Use Values

1.2.4 Development of the August 1996 Draft Hanford Remedial Action Environmental Impact Statement and Comprehensive Land-Use Plan

1.2.5 Public Review of the August 1996 Draft Hanford Remedial Action Environmental Impact Statement and Comprehensive Land-Use Plan

1.2.5.1 Major Issues

1.2.6 Public Review of the Revised Draft HRA-EIS and Summary of Major Issues

1.2.7 Summary of Changes Made in Response to Public Comment

1.2.8 Biodiversity in the National Environmental Policy Act Process

1.2.9 Environmental Justice in the National Environmental Policy Act Process

1.3 National Environmental Policy Act and Other Environmental Reviews

1.4 Hanford Site Planning Efforts

1.4.1 Hanford Site Planning Documents

1.4.2 Integrating Planning Efforts by Other Governments and Agencies

1.4.2.1 Tribal Rights

1.4.2.2 Other Federal Agencies

1.4.2.3 Local Governments

1.4.3 Federal Land-Transfer Procedures

2.0 Purpose and Need

3.0 Description of the Proposed Action and Alternatives

3.1 Proposed Action

3.2 Development of the Alternatives

3.2.1 Involvement of the Cooperating Agencies

3.2.2 Development of the Nine Hanford Site Land-Use Designations

3.2.3 Identification of Land-Use Suitability

3.2.4 Developing the Environmental Impact Statement Alternatives

3.2.5 Incorporation of the Future Site Uses Working Group's Geographic Study Areas into the Alternatives

3.2.6 Screening for Reasonable Alternatives

3.3 Description of the Alternatives

3.3.1 No-Action Alternative

3.3.1.1 Planning Goals, Objectives, and Values (Vision)

3.3.1.2 Assumptions Regarding Future Use

3.3.1.3 Application of the Land-Use Designations

3.3.2 The Agency's (DOE's) Preferred Alternative

3.3.2.1 Planning Goals, Objectives, and Values (Vision)

3.3.2.2 Assumptions Regarding Future Use

3.3.2.3 Application of the Land-Use Designations

3.3.3 Alternative One

3.3.3.1 Planning Goals, Objectives, and Values (Vision)

3.3.3.2 Assumptions Regarding Future Use

3.3.3.3 Application of the Land-Use Designations

3.3.4 Alternative Two

3.3.4.1 Planning Goals, Objectives, and Values (Vision)

3.3.4.2 Assumptions Regarding Future Use

3.3.4.3 Application of the Land-Use Designations

3.3.4.4 The Fitzner/Eberhardt Arid Lands Ecology Reserve (ALE Reserve)

3.3.5 Alternative Three

3.3.5.1 Planning Goals, Objectives, and Values (Vision)

3.3.5.2 Assumptions Regarding Future Uses

3.3.5.3 Application of the Land-Use Designations

3.3.6 Alternative Four

3.3.6.1 Planning Goals, Objectives, and Values (Vision)

3.3.6.2 Assumptions Regarding Future Use

3.3.6.3 Application of the Land-Use Designations

3.4 Summary of Potential Environmental Impacts

3.4.1 Comparison of Affected Areas by Alternative

3.4.2 Comparison of Affected Environmental Resources and Other NEPA Values

4.0 Affected Environment

4.1 Land Uses

4.1.1 Existing Land Uses in the Vicinity of the Hanford Site

4.1.2 Existing Hanford Site Land Uses

4.1.2.1 Wahluke Slope

4.1.2.2 Columbia River Corridor

4.1.2.3 Central Plateau

4.1.2.4 All Other Areas

4.1.2.5 The Fitzner/Eberhardt Arid Lands Ecology Reserve (ALE Reserve)

4.1.3 Hanford Site Land Ownership

4.2 Geological Resources

4.2.1 Landscape

4.2.2 Stratigraphy

4.2.2.1 Columbia River Basalt Group

4.2.2.2 Ellensburg Formation

4.2.2.3 Suprabasalt Sediments

4.2.3 Structure

4.2.3.1 Mineral Development

4.2.4 Geologic Hazards

4.2.5 Soils

4.3 Water Resources

4.3.1 Surface Water

4.3.1.1 Flooding

4.3.1.2 Surface Water Quality

4.3.2 Groundwater

4.3.2.1 Groundwater Hydrology

4.3.2.2 Groundwater Recharge

4.3.2.3 Groundwater Quality

4.3.2.4 Vadose Zone

4.3.3 Water Use

4.3.3.1 Water Rights

4.4 Air Resources

4.4.1 Climate and Meteorology

4.4.1.1 Wind

4.4.1.2 Temperature and Humidity

4.4.1.3 Precipitation

4.4.1.4 Severe Weather

4.4.1.5 Atmospheric Stability

4.4.2 Air Quality

4.4.2.1 Regional Air Quality

4.4.2.2 Hanford Site Nonradiological Air Quality

4.5 Biological Resources

4.5.1 Administrative Designations for Natural Resource Protection

4.5.2 Terrestrial Vegetation and Habitats

4.5.2.1 Newly Documented Plant Species

4.5.2.2 Fire

4.5.2.3 Weeds

4.5.3 Wildlife

4.5.3.1 Mammals

4.5.3.2 Birds

4.5.3.3 Reptiles and Amphibians

4.5.3.4 Insects

4.5.4 Terrestrial Wildlife and Habitat

4.5.5 Species of Concern on the Hanford Site

4.5.6 Aquatic Species and Habitat

4.5.7 Wetland Habitat

4.5.8 Biological Resources Management

4.5.9 Biodiversity

4.6 Cultural Resources

4.6.1 Pre-Contact Archaeological Resources

4.6.2 American Indian Cultural Resources

4.6.3 Post-Contact Archaeological and Architectural Resources

4.7 Socioeconomic Environment

4.7.1 Demographics

4.7.1.1 Demographics of Minority Populations

4.7.2 Economics

4.7.2.1 Employment in the Tri-Cities

4.7.2.2 Income Sources

4.7.2.3 Hanford Site Employment

4.7.3 Emergency Services

4.7.4 Health Care

4.7.5 Housing

4.7.6 Human Services

4.7.7 Educational Services

4.7.8 Transportation

4.7.9 Utilities

4.7.10 Site Infrastructure

4.7.10.1 Facilities

4.7.10.2 Road and Rail Systems

4.7.10.3 Utilities

4.8 Visual and Aesthetic Resources

4.9 Noise

4.9.1 Public Health Implications

4.9.2 Hanford Site Sound Levels

4.10 Environmental Monitoring Programs

4.11 Contamination

4.11.1 Hanford Groundwater Contamination

4.11.1.1 Groundwater Ingestion Dose and Risk Estimates

4.11.3 Soil Contamination

4.11.4 Hanford Site Protective Safety Buffer Zones

5.0 Environmental Consequences

5.1 Analysis Approach

5.1.1 Geographic Information System Analysis

5.1.2 Identification of Key Resources, Unique Features, and Species and Habitats of Concern

5.1.3 Description of Impacting Activities

5.1.4 Consideration of the Comprehensive Land-Use Plan Policies and Implementing Procedures

5.1.5 Identification of Impacted Resources

5.1.6 Methods and Assumptions for Estimating Socioeconomic Impacts

5.1.6.1 Industrial

5.1.6.2 Industrial-Exclusive

5.1.6.3 Agricultural

5.1.6.4 Research and Development

5.1.6.5 High-Intensity Recreation

5.1.6.6 Low-Intensity Recreation

5.1.6.7 Conservation (Mining and Grazing) and Conservation (Mining)

5.1.6.8 Preservation

5.1.7 Methodology for Evaluating Environmental Justice Impacts

5.1.7.1 Definitions

5.1.7.2 Demographic Data

5.2 Resource Impacts

5.2.1 Geologic Resources

5.2.1.1 No-Action Alternative

5.2.1.2 Preferred Alternative

5.2.1.3 Alternative One

5.2.1.4 Alternative Two

5.2.1.5 Alternative Three

5.2.1.6 Alternative Four

5.2.1.7 Mitigation Measures

5.2.2 Water Resources

5.2.2.1 No-Action Alternative

5.2.2.2 Preferred Alternative

5.2.2.3 Alternative One

5.2.2.4 Alternative Two

5.2.2.5 Alternative Three

5.2.2.6 Alternative Four

5.2.2.7 Mitigation Measures

5.2.3 Impacts to Biological Resources

5.2.3.1 No-Action Alternative

5.2.3.2 Preferred Alternative

5.2.3.3 Alternative One

5.2.3.4 Alternative Two

5.2.3.5 Alternative Three

5.2.3.6 Alternative Four

5.2.3.7 Mitigation Measures

5.2.4 Cultural Resources

5.2.4.1 No-Action Alternative

5.2.4.2 Preferred Alternative

5.2.4.3 Alternative One

5.2.4.4 Alternative Two

5.2.4.5 Alternative Three

5.2.4.6 Alternative Four

5.2.4.7 Mitigation Measures

5.2.5 Aesthetic Resources

5.2.5.1 No-Action Alternative

5.2.5.2 Preferred Alternative

5.2.5.3 Alternative One

5.2.5.4 Alternative Two

5.2.5.5 Alternative Three

5.2.5.6 Alternative Four

5.2.5.7 Mitigation Measures

5.3 Socioeconomic

5.3.1 Socioeconomic Impacts

5.3.1.1 No-Action Alternative

5.3.1.2 Preferred Alternative

5.3.1.3 Alternative One

5.3.1.4 Alternative Two

5.3.1.5 Alternative Three

5.3.1.6 Alternative Four

5.4 Environmental Justice

5.4.1 Demographic Analysis

5.4.2 American Indian Populations Near the Hanford Site

5.4.3 Human Health Impacts

5.4.4 No-Action Alternative

5.4.5 Preferred Alternative

5.4.6 Alternative One

5.4.7 Alternative Two

5.4.8 Alternative Three

5.4.9 Alternative Four

5.5 Human Health Risk

5.6 Cumulative Impacts

5.6.1 Cumulative Impacts to Land Use

5.6.2 Cumulative Impacts by Trustee Resource

5.6.2.1 Geologic Resources

5.6.2.2 Water Resources

5.6.2.3 Biological Resources

5.6.2.4 Cultural Resources

5.6.2.5 Aesthetic Resources

5.6.3 Cumulative Socioeconomic Impacts

5.6.4 Cumulative Human Health Risk

5.7 Other NEPA Considerations

5.7.1 Unavoidable Adverse Impacts

5.7.2 Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources

5.7.3 Conflicts with Land-Use Plans of Other Federal, Regional, State, Local, and Tribal Agencies

5.7.4 Relationship Between Near-Term Use and Long-Term Productivity of the Environment

6.0 Implementation of the Comprehensive Land-Use Plan

6.1 Definitions and Descriptions of Land-Use Map Designations

6.2 Definitions for Terms Relating to Plan Implementation

6.3 Hanford CLUP Policies

6.3.1 Overall Policy

6.3.2 Protection of Environmental Resources

6.3.3 Protection of Cultural Resources

6.3.4 Siting New Development

6.3.5 Utility and Transportation Corridors

6.3.6 Economic Development

6.4 Organizational Structure and Procedure for Review and Approval of Use Requests

6.4.1 Relationship Between the Site Planning Advisory Board and Real Estate Officer

6.5 Use Requests for Non-Federal Projects

6.6 Plan Implementation Requirements

6.6.1 DOE Equivalent to a Municipal or County Planning Approach

6.6.2 CLUP Implementation Procedures and Implementation Controls

6.6.3 Mission-Related Program and Contractor Integration

6.6.4 Establishment of Site Planning Advisory Board

6.6.5 Amendments to the Comprehensive Land-Use Plan

7.0 Consultations, Laws, and Requirements

7.1 Federal Laws

7.1.1 Treaties of the United States with American Indian Tribes of the Hanford Region

7.1.2 International Treaties of the United States

7.1.2.1 Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918

7.1.2.2 Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985

7.1.3 Federal Natural Resource Management, Pollution Control, and Cultural Resource Laws

7.1.3.1 National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

7.1.3.2 Clean Air Act of 1970

7.1.3.3 Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974

7.1.3.4 Clean Water Act of 1977

7.1.3.5 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976

7.1.3.6 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

7.1.3.7 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986

7.1.3.8 Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976

7.1.3.9 Pollution Prevention Act of 1990

7.1.3.10 National Historic Preservation Act of 1966

7.1.3.11 Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979

7.1.3.12 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990

7.1.3.13 American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978

7.1.3.14 Endangered Species Act of 1973

7.1.3.15 Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1972

7.1.3.16 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968

7.1.3.17 Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982

7.1.3.18 Atomic Energy Act of 1954

7.1.3.19 Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970

7.1.3.20 Comprehensive Conservation Study of the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River, Public Law 100-605

7.1.3.21 Mining Law of 1872, as amended

7.1.3.22 Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974

7.1.3.23 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980

7.1.3.24 Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934

7.1.3.25 National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, Public Law 105-57)

7.1.3.26 Noise Control Act of 1972

7.1.3.27 American Antiquities Preservation Act of 1906

7.1.3.28 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act of 1972

7.1.3.29 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976

7.1.3.30 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972

7.1.3.31 Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act of 1965

7.1.3.32 Materials Act of 1947

7.1.3.33 Federal Urban Land-Use Act of 1949

7.1.3.34 National Defense Authorization Act, Public Law 104-201

7.2 State Laws

7.2.1 State Environmental Policy Act of 1971

7.2.2 Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1976

7.2.3 Model Toxics Control Act of 1989

7.2.4 Water Pollution Control Act of 1945

7.2.5 Growth Management Act of 1989

7.2.6 Air Quality Regulations

7.2.7 The Shoreline Management Act of 1971

7.3 Executive Orders

7.3.1 Executive Order 11593, Protection and Enhancement of the Cultural Environment

7.3.2 Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management

7.3.3 Executive Order 11990, Protection of Wetlands

7.3.4 Executive Order 12088, Federal Compliance with Pollution Control Standards

7.3.5 Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs

7.3.6 Executive Order 12411, Government Work Space Management Reforms

7.3.7 Executive Order 12512, Federal Real Property Management

7.3.8 Executive Order 12580, Superfund Implementation

7.3.9 Executive Order 12856, Federal Compliance with Right-to-Know Laws and Pollution Prevention Requirements

7.3.10 Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review

7.3.11 Executive Order 12875, Enhancing the Intergovernmental Partnership

7.3.12 Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations

7.3.13 Executive Order 13007, Indian Sacred Sites

7.3.14 Executive Order 13045, Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks

7.3.15 Executive Order, Invasive Species

7.4 Presidential and Executive Branch Policies

7.5 U.S. Department of Energy Regulations, Orders, and Other Agreements and Requirements

7.6 Consultations

7.6.1 Consultation with Other Federal Agencies

7.6.2 Consultation with Affected Tribal Governments

7.6.3 Consultation with State and Local Governments

8.0 List of Preparers

8.1 Environmental Impact Statement Preparers

U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office

Jason Associates Corporation

Portage Environmental, Inc.

Bechtel Hanford, Inc.

DynCorp Tri-Cities Services, Inc.

8.2 Cooperating Agencies

Bureau of Land Management

Bureau of Reclamation

City of Richland

Benton County

Franklin County

Grant County

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

8.3 Consulting Tribal Governments

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Nez Perce Department of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management

9.0 References and Bibliography

Appendix

A. Treaties

B . Response Letters From Cooperating Agencies

C. Floodplain/Wetlands Assessment

D. Quarry Sites, Haul Roads, Railroads, and Cap Description

E. Supplementary Information for Cumulative Impacts Analysis

F. Revised Draft HRA-EIS Comment Response Summary

Glossary

Index

Figures

1-1. Location of the Hanford Site

1-2. Hanford Site Local Names and Landmarks

1-3. American Indian Ceded Land and Retained Reservations

1-4. Pre-Hanford Benton County Lands - 1943

1-5. Benton County Proposed Critical Areas Map

1-6. City of Richland Urban Growth Area

1-7. Wahluke 2000 Plan Map

3-1. Geographic Study Areas on the Hanford Site

3-2. No-Action Alternative

3-3. DOE's Preferred Alternative

3-4. Alternative One

3-5. Alternative Two

3-6. Alternative Three

3-7. Alternative Four

4-1. Hanford Site and the Vicinity

4-2. Proposed BLM Land Swap

4-3. Hanford Site Land Ownership

4-4. Topography of the Hanford Site (WHC 1991a)

4-5. A Generalized Stratigraphic Column of the Major Geologic Units of the Hanford Site

4-6. Geologic Cross-Section of the Hanford Site (PNNL 1996c)

4-7. Map of the Hanford Site Region Showing Known Faults

4-8. Geologic Hazards Related to Economic Land Uses

4-9. Soil Map of the Hanford Site (adapted from PNNL 1996a)

4-10. Surface Water on the Hanford Site

4-11. Probable Maximum Flood of the Columbia River and Cold Creek, and the Actual 1948 Flood of the Columbia River

4-12. Estimated Recharge from Infiltration of Precipitation and Irrigation on the Hanford Site

4-13a. Hanford Site and Outlying Areas Water Table Map -- June 1998 (PNNL 1998)

4-13b. Potentiometric Map of Upper Basalt-Confined Aquifer System -- June 1998 (PNNL 1998)

4-14. Water Table Change Map for 1944 - 1979

4-15. Water Table Change Map for 1997 - 1998

4-16. WDFW Priority Habitats on the Hanford Site

4-17. WDFW Priority Species: State Listed and Candidates

4-18. WDFW Priority Species: Vulnerable Aggregations and Species of Recreation, Commercial, and/or Tribal Importance

4-19. Historic Distribution and Extent of Land Cover Classes within a Portion of the Columbia Basin Ecoregion

4-20. Current Distribution and Extent of Land Cover Classes within a Portion of the Columbia Basin Ecoregion

4-21. Designated Administrative Areas for the Hanford Site

4-22. Distribution of Vegetation Types and Cover Classes on the Hanford Site

4-23. Plant Communities of Concern on the Hanford Site

4-24. Bald Eagle Primary Night Roosts and Nest Sites

4-25. Key Fall Chinook Salmon Spawning Areas

4-26. Wetlands on the Hanford Site

4-27. Composite Map of Level II, Level III, and Level IV Biological Resources

4-28. Areas of Washington and Oregon Where Socioeconomic Resources Might Be Affected (DOE 1995b)

4-29. Transportation Network on the Hanford Site

4-30. Transportation Routes in the Vicinity of the Hanford Site

4-31. Export Water System for the Hanford Site

4-32. Electrical System for the Hanford Site

4-33. Viewshed from Gable Mountain

4-34. Hanford Surface Waste Sites

4-35. Distribution of Radionuclides in Groundwater within the Hanford Site

4-36. Distribution of Hazardous Chemicals of Concern in Groundwater within the Hanford Site

4-37. Potential Dose Estimates from Ingestion of Groundwater, Fiscal Year 1998

4-38. Potential Cancer Risk Estimates from Ingestion of Groundwater, Fiscal Year 1998

4-39. Potential Hazard Quotient Estimates from Ingestion of Groundwater, Fiscal Year 1998

4-40. Protective Safety Buffer Zones.

5-1. Water Table Elevations Predicted for 2350 Compared to the Inferred 1944 Water Table

5-2. Predicted Tritium Plume from the 200 Areas for 2050

5-3. Predicted Iodine-129 Plume from the 200 Areas for 2049

5-4. Predicted Technetium-99 Plume from the 200 Areas for 2049

5-5. Predicted Uranium Plume from the 200 Areas for 2049

5-6. Predicted Strontium-90 Plume from the 200 Areas for 2049

5-7. Predicted Carbon-14 Plume from the 200 Areas for 2049

5-8. Predicted Chlorine-36 Plume from the 200 Areas for 2049

5-9. Predicted Selenium-79 Plume from the 200 Areas for 2049

6-1. Organizational Structure for CLUP Implementation.

6-2. Review Process for Use Requests

C-1. 100-Year Floodplain of the Columbia and Yakima Rivers

C-2. Extent of the Probable Maximum Flood in the Cold Creek Area

C-3. Wetlands and Deep Water Habitats of the Hanford Site

D-1. Preferred Sources of Cap Materials

Tables

1-1. NEPA Reviews Affecting the Hanford Site

1-2. SEPA Reviews Affecting the Hanford Site

1-3. CERCLA Reviews Affecting the Hanford Site

1-4. Regulations Affecting Land Transfer

3-1. Hanford Site Land-Use Designations

3-2. 1997 Regional Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)

3-3. Comparisons of Affected Areas by Alternative

4-1. Soil Types on the Hanford Site

4-2. Annual (1995) Average Concentrations of Radionuclides in the Columbia River

4-3. Maximum Allowable Increases for Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality

4-4. National and Washington State Ambient Air Quality Standards

4-5. Nonradioactive Constituents Discharged to the Atmosphere, 1995

4-6. Plant Species of Concern Occurring on the Hanford Site

4-7. Wildlife Species of Concern Occurring on the Hanford Site

4-8. Nonagricultural Workers in Benton and Franklin Counties, 1996 to 1997

4-9. Government Retirement Payments in Benton and Franklin Counties in 1995 ($ million)

4-10. Hanford Employee Residences by County

4-11. Police Personnel in the Tri-Cities for 1998

4-12. Fire Protection in the Tri-Cities for 1998

4-13. Total Units and Occupancy Rates, 1996 Estimates

4-14. Detected Concentrations Greater Than Drinking Water Standards: 1995 Groundwater Sampling Rounds

4-15. Protective Safety Buffer Zones

5-1. Calculation of Ratios for Estimating Employment Under the Research and Development Land-Use Designation

5-2. Data Used to Estimate Recreational Impacts

5-3. Potential Adverse Impacts of Land-Use Alternatives on Unique Geologic Features

5-4. Opportunities for Geologic Resource Development Under the Alternatives

5-5. Potential Impacts of Alternatives on the Vadose Zone and Groundwater

5-6. Potential Impacts of the Alternatives on Surface Water

5-7. Potential Impacts of the Alternatives on Sensitive Biological Resources

5-8. Potential Impacts to Biological Resources as Defined by BRMaP

5-9. Distribution of BRMaP Level II, III, and IV Resources Under the Nine Land-Use Designations for the Alternatives

5-10. Potential Impacts of Land-use Alternatives on Cultural Resources

5-11. Potential Impacts of Land-Use Alternatives on Aesthetic Resources

5-12. Potential Economic Impacts of Agricultural Development

5-13. Annual Occupational Fatality Rates for Selected Occupations

5-14. Present or Reasonably Foreseeable Future Actions Compatible with Land-Use Designations under All Alternatives

5-15. Present or Reasonably Foreseeable Future Actions with Nonconforming Land Uses

6-1. Hanford Site Land-Use Designations

6-2. Administration Parallels of RL and Local Jurisdictions

6-3. Example of Local Government Processes and RL Counterparts

6-4. Current Status of CLUP Implementing Controls (RMPs and AMPs).

Distribution List

Acronyms and Initialisms