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Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Disposal Phase Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has decided to revise its approach for managing approximately 0.97 metric tons (MT) of plutonium- bearing materials (containing about 0.18 MT of surplus plutonium) that are currently located at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS). The Department has decided to repackage and transport these materials for direct disposal as transuranic waste (TRUW) at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico instead of shipping them to the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina for storage pending possible disposition. These materials will be repackaged to meet the WIPP waste acceptance criteria (WAC) for TRUW and safeguards termination requirements. DOE has prepared a supplement analysis for this action pursuant to 10 CFR 1021.314, entitled Supplement Analysis for the Disposal of Certain Rocky Flats Plutonium- Bearing Materials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP SA) (DOE/ EIS-0026-SA-3, November 2002). On the basis of that document, DOE has concluded this action would not result in significant environmental impacts or in impacts significantly different from those analyzed in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Disposal Phase Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS-II) (DOE-EIS-0026-FS2, September 1997).

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