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Preface

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Order5400.1,
"General Environmental Protection Program,"
establishes the requirement for environmental pro-
tection programs at DOE sites and facilities. These
programs ensure that DOE operations comply with
applicable federal, state, and local environmental
laws and regulations, executive orders, and depart-
ment policies.
This Hanford Site environmental report is
prepared annually pursuant to DOE Orders 5400.1
and 231.1, "Environment, Safety, and Health
Reporting," and DOE M 231.1-1, Environment,
Safety and Health Reporting Manual, to summarize
environmental data that characterize Hanford Site
environmental management performance and
demonstrate compliance status. The report also
highlights significant environmental programs
and efforts. More detailed environmental compli-
ance, monitoring, surveillance, and study reports
may be of value; therefore, to the extent practical,
these additional reports have been referenced in
the text.
Although this report was written to meet DOE
reporting requirements and guidelines, its primary
intent is to provide useful summary information to
members of the public, public officials, regulators,
Hanford Site contractors, and elected representa-
tives. Appendix A lists acronyms, abbreviations,

conversion information, and nomenclature that
may be useful for understanding the report.
This report is produced for the DOE Richland
Operations Office, Office of Site Services, by the
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Public
Safety and Resource Protection Program. Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory is operated by
Battelle for DOE. Battelle is a not-for-profit, inde-
pendent, contract research institute. Majorportions
of the report were written by staff from the Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory and Fluor Hanford,
Inc. and its affiliate companies. Bechtel Hanford,
Inc.; CH2M     HILL   Hanford   Group; and
MACTEC-ERS also prepared or provided input to
selected sections.
Copies of this report have been provided to
many libraries in communities around the Hanford
Site and to several university libraries in Wash-
ington and Oregon. Copies can also be found at
DOE's Hanford Reading Room located at the
Consolidated Information Center on the campus of
Washington State University at Tri-Cities. Copies
of the report can be obtained from Mr. R. W. (Bill)
Hanf, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352
(bil.hanf@pnL.gov) while supplies last or can be
purchased from the National Technical Infor-
mation Center, Springfield, Virginia 22161.

This report is issued in two hard-copy formats and two electronic formats. The hard-copy documents include this
large technical report and a smaller, less detailed summary report consisting of approximately 40 pages. The electronic
versions of both hard-copy documents are available on the Internet at                 or
. The large report is also available on computer CD. NOTE:
The Internet address published in previous reports in this series is no longer valid. For technical reasons, the file
server supporting the old Internet address was removed from service in 2000 and was not replaced. Past reports are
now available at the Internet address provided above.
Inquiries regarding this report may be directed to Mr. D. C. (Dana) Ward, DOE Richland Operations
Office, Office of Site Services, P.O. Box 550, MS A2-15, Richland, Washington 99352
(Dana _C Ward@apimcO].rl.gov) or to Mr. R. L. (Roger) Dirkes, Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, MS K6-75, Richland,
Washington 99352 (rl.dirkes@pnl.gov).

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