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3. Environmental Program Information

Environmental
Restoration
Division

Performance
Measures
Summary

The Environmental Restoration Division (ERD) was established to evaluate and
remediate contaminated soil and ground water resulting from past hazardous
materials handling and disposal and from leaks and spills that have occurred at
the Livermore site and Site 300, both prior to and during LLNL operations. At
both the Livermore site and Site 300, ERD investigates field sites to characterize
the existence, extent, and impact of contamination. ERD evaluates and
develops various remediation technologies, makes recommendations, and
implements actions for site restoration. ERD is responsible for managing
remedial activities, such as soil removal and ground water extraction, and for
assisting in closing inactive facilities in a manner designed to prevent
environmental contamination.
In dealing with CERCLA compliance issues, ERD plans, directs, and conducts
assessments to determine both the impact of such releases on the environment
and the restoration activities needed to reduce contaminant concentrations to
protect human health and the environment. ERD is responsible for interacting
with the community on these issues. Several public meetings are held each year
as required in the ERD CERCLA Community Relations Plans. To comply with
CERCLA ground water remedial actions at the Livermore site, ERD has designed
and constructed six ground water treatment facilities and associated pipeline
networks and wells (Chapter 2). At Site 300, ERD has designed and imple-
mented two soil vapor/ground water extraction and treatment systems and one
ground water extraction and treatment system. ERD has also capped two
inactive mixed-waste landfills. ERD is actively designing, testing, and applying
innovative remediation and assessment technologies to contaminant problems at
the Livermore site and Site 300. ERD also provides the sampling and data
management support for ground water surveillance and compliance monitoring
activities.
Since 1992, the contract for the University of California to manage and operate
LLNL for DOE has contained Performance Objectives, Criteria, and Measures.
Eight of these Performance Measures evaluated LLNL's environmental
protection activities in 1995. The status of these measures is described in this
report at the location referenced in Table 3-1 below.
In their evaluation of LLNL's fiscal year 1995 self-assessment, DOE and UC
reported that LLNL met or exceeded all of the environmental performance
measures for the reporting period. Data for calendar year 1995 will be included
in the annual self-assessment and evaluation conducted August through
October 1996.

LLNL Environmental Report for 1995

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