The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) are holding a 60-day public comment period on a proposed modification to the Hanford Dangerous Waste Permit. This proposed Class 2 permit modification would allow DOE to connect a backup waste transfer line from the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Effluent Management Facility to an existing transfer line between the 242-A Evaporator and the Liquid Effluent Retention Facility. This would allow transfer of effluent waste from the Effluent Management Facility to the Liquid Effluent Retention Facility.

The comment period is from July 18 to Sept. 16, 2019.

A public meeting will be held Aug. 27 at 5:30 p.m. at the Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate Drive. Richland, Washington 99352. If you are unable to attend in person, you can participate via webinar, ID# 979-927-587.

Electronic access to the proposed permit modification and supporting documentation is available at the Hanford Administrative Record Public Information Repository located at 2440 Stevens Drive, Richland, Washington, the Hanford Public Information Repositories, the Hanford.gov events calendar, and the DOE Administrative Records website. Please see the attached summary fact sheet.

Please submit any comments by Sept. 16 electronically (preferred) or by mail to:

Washington State Department of Ecology
3100 Port of Benton Boulevard
Richland, Washington 99354

Questions? Please contact Paula Call, DOE, at paula.call@orp.doe.gov or Daina McFadden, Ecology, at Hanford@ecy.wa.gov.

To request disability accommodation, please contact Jennifer Colborn, jennifer_m_colborn@rl.gov,
509-376-5840 at least 10 working days prior to the event. DOE makes every effort to honor disability accommodation requests.

Fact Sheet

Public Meeting Presentation