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LLM faviroaweata/Gommiity Letter Taaaary 2003 Ai. 11EAL1It part of the ISSM System. Safety and environmental profes- These agencies, as well as the U.S. Department of Energy sionals identify hazards and establish standards of opera- (DO rp y California, which manages tion for the particular work to be performed. The final set theftf0 ra ory for 0 , oversee Laboratory operations of Work Smart Standards was approved in 1999 and and monitor any impacts that LLNL operations may have made part of the University of California contract with the on the public or the environment. U. S. Department of Energy. More than 200 requirements in these standards are directly related to the environment. The DOE requires each DOE facility to publish an annual report to summarize regulatory compliance status and report the results of environmental moni- toring. The Environmental Report 2001 is the LLNL LLNL reports violations of environmental laws to federal response to DOE's requirement. This report is also and state agencies. There were seven incidents reported known as the site annual environmental report, or during 2001. None caused impact to human health or to SAER. The SAER represents the collection of over the environment. 30,000 environmental monitoring samples from the air, water, vegetation, and soil surrounding the Livermore CONTRACT PERFORMANCE MEASURES site and Site 300. Over 240,000 different characteris- tics are assessed from these samples. Some ground- The University of California's contract with the U.S. water samples may be tested to determine the amount Department of Energy includes four performance of as many as 50 different compounds. All the data measures related to environmental protection. These collected, and the related modeling, analysis, and measures are radiation dose to the public, process and conclusions are presented to regulatory agencies and solid waste generation, environmental violations, and available to the public. environmental releases. At the end of 2001, the Department of Energy gave LLNL a score of excellent You will find volumes of the 2001 SAER in the LLNL as an average for these performance measures. Environmental Repositories at the Livermore and Tracy libraries and the LLNL Visitors Center. The documents WHY DO A SITE ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL are also available on the Web at: REPORT? AND HOW DO I GET ONE? http://www-envirinfo.lini.gov/ Each year LLNL is required to produce hundreds of different reports for the agencies in charge of regulating the Laboratory. Among the agencies charged with protecting public health and the environment are the Please call me or email me with questions at any time. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, regional air and water boards, and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control. H. F. Heffner ,,. Manager, Environmental Community Relations www-envi ri nfo.l i n i.gov/ 925-424-4026 heffnerl@llnl.gov 1/�it this website for iafol'Naf1bw dAvt LLIUL eavir0Wft14a/news a#d data, 1k,14dih Neetin 9 9 This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. aano�ace�ents ,aub/1c 110A?e�; gports, aad Department of Energy by University of California Lawrence Mat/�; Of stWks Livermore National Laboratory under Contract W-7405-ENG-48. UCRL-AR-112812-03-1 Recyclable