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Sandia National Laboratories. April 21, 2010 Long-term Stewardship (LTS) Caroline Byrd Program Coordinator.
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Sandia National Laboratories April 21, 2010 Long-term Stewardship (LTS) Caroline Byrd Program Coordinator Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company,for the United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000.
Long-term Stewardship Program LTS Program Mission: • To protect human health /environment • From hazards associated with residual contamination • At former Environmental Restoration Project sites
LTS Environmental Monitoring The LTS Program conducts groundwater monitoring required by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and Department of Energy (DOE). -
LTS Monitoring Activities -Sampling and data analysis at more than 50 groundwater wells -NMED personnel also sample
LTS Well Network Maintenance Well maintenance, development, and replacement
LTS FY 2010 Monitoring Status • Quarterly groundwater sampling –first quarter complete • CAMU monitoring –on schedule • Monitoring well network maintenance – NMED approved installation of 4 groundwater monitoring wells at the Chemical Waste Landfill. Field work begins April 2010.
Tip of the Day – 1-Stop Shopping for Sandia GW Data • Sandia’s Groundwater Protection Program’s Annual Groundwater Report includes all ER and LTS well data. • please visit our website http://ltes.sandia.gov/
Public Information Repository • DOE has always placed hardcopy regulatory deliverable documents in public reading rooms • Providing electronic documents for University of New Mexico’s Zimmerman Library website. • Will allow remote access to documents • Will ensure documents are intact, in good order • Documents included in the initial upload (May) • Documents supporting the March 2006 Class 3 Permit Modification Request • Mixed Waste Landfill Documents from 1995 to 2010
Youth Conference on the Environment was held April 2010 Community checklist updated LTES Newsletter sent to community mailing list in March 2010 Keep posted on upcoming activities - please visit our website at http://ltes.sandia.gov/ LTES and LTS Outreach Activities