The U.S. Department of Energy is holding a 60-day public comment period on a proposed Class 2 permit modification to the Hanford Dangerous Waste Permit, Liquid Effluent Retention Facility (LERF) and 200 Area Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) chapter. This proposed permit modification is required to install a supplemental organic-waste treatment system at ETF.

ETF is located near the center of the Hanford Site and will process liquid waste from the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant in support of the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste approach to treating tank waste. The new organic-waste treatment system will supplement other treatment systems at ETF to ensure discharges of treated liquids from the facility meet requirements for disposal at the State Approved Land Disposal Site at Hanford.

The comment period will run from June 23 through Aug. 22. A virtual public meeting will be held July 22, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. PT. To participate, please follow the instructions below:

Visual (presentation only):
   Click the GoToWebinar link: https://bit.ly/2RFLQZm;
   ID #: 759-306-107

    Audio:
   1. Dial (509) 372-3087 (local) or (800) 664-0771 (long distance)
   2. Enter Conference ID: 1333#

Please submit any comments by Aug. 22, electronically (preferred) or by mail to:
   Washington State Department of Ecology
   3100 Port of Benton Boulevard
   Richland, Washington 99354

Information about the proposed modification and supporting documentation will be available online during the public comment period on the Hanford events calendar, the Hanford Administrative Record, and at the Hanford Public Information Repositories. Please see the attached summary fact sheet.

Questions? Please contact Jennifer Colborn, Hanford Mission Integration Solutions, at Jennifer_M_colborn@rl.gov, or Daina McFadden, Washington State Department of Ecology, at Hanford@ecy.wa.gov.

To request disability accommodation, please contact Jennifer Colborn, jennifer_m_colborn@rl.gov or (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