Environmental laws and regulation related to D&D

DOE-STD-1166-2003

19. D&D personnel shall demonstrate a familiarity level knowledge of environmental laws

and regulations related to D&D.

Supporting Knowledge and/or Skills

Explain the purpose and application of each of the following to D&D activities.

Clean Air Act

Safe Drinking Water Act

National Pollution Discharge Elimination System

Endangered Species Act

National Historic Preservation Act

Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act)

Natural Resource Damage Assessment

National Contingency Plan

Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

20. D&D personnel shall demonstrate a familiarity level knowledge of the management

and negotiation of regulatory agreements, permits, and compliance actions.

Supporting Knowledge and/or Skills

Discuss the requirements, methods of negotiation, and management of the following:

Federal facility agreements

Consent Order and Settlement Agreement

Record Of Decision

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act permit

Site treatment plan

Notice of Violation (RCRA)

CERCLA decision documents (for example, documents needed to obtain approval

and implement a non-time critical remo val)

National Priority List.

Negotiate or discuss individually or as part of a team regulatory compliance or

permitting topics.

21. D&D personnel shall demonstrate an expert level knowledge of the RCRA corrective

action process and the CERCLA remediation process as they apply to conducting D&D

activities.

Supporting Knowledge and/or Skills

Discuss the use of the non-time critical removal action process as it applies to

conducting decommissioning activities.

Describe the circumstances under which a DOE D&D activity would not be done as a

non-time critical removal action, and the need for clearly defining the project and

regulatory boundaries between operations, deactivation, decommissioning, and

environmental restoration.

Discuss the use of the RCRA corrective action process for conducting D&D activities.