Mission

Public Notice: Los Alamos National Laboratory Hazardous Waste Facility Permit, EPA ID No. NM0890010515

Activity: The State of New Mexico is authorized to operate a hazardous waste management program in lieu of the federal program for most provisions of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The Federal Facilities Compliance Act (FCCA) is codified in RCRA §6001. Under the authority of the New Mexico Hazardous Waste Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 74-4-1 to -14 (1953, as amended through 2018), and the New Mexico Hazardous Waste Management Regulations (20.4.1 NMAC), the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) may issue a Federal Facility Compliance Order (FFCO) to federal facilities located within New Mexico’s borders.

On October 4, 1995, NMED issued an FFCO to the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and Regents of the University of California (UC) (collectively, the Respondents). Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) replaced UC as a co-operator in 2006. In 2019, Los Alamos Newport Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos LLC, (N3B) and Triad National Security LLC (Triad) replaced LANS as the co-operators. The FFCO requires compliance with the Site Treatment Plan (STP) Compliance Plan Volume (CPV) for the treatment and disposal of mixed waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The Respondents must comply with the New Mexico Hazardous Waste Act, Sections 74-4-1 to -14 and Section 3012(b) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. §6939(c), as amended by the FFCA of 1992, Public Law 102-386, 106 Stat. 1505 (1992).  In accordance with Section X, “Revisions” of the FFCO, all proposed or required revisions shall be made available to the public for review at appropriate locations. 

Revisions to the FFCO include but are not limited to, changes in the covered mixed waste inventories and compliance dates reported in the STP Fiscal Year (FY) Update reports received by NMED since the FFCO was issued on October 4, 1995.

NMED may: approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove; the proposed STP Update for fiscal year 2023, Revision 34.0.

Pending public input, NMED intends to approve the requested STP Update and Revision 34.0. 

Availability:
The proposed permit modification is available for public review on weekdays between 8:00 am and
5:00 pm at:
NMED - Hazardous Waste Bureau
2905 Rodeo Park Drive East, Building 1
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505-6313
or at the LANL STP website: https://www.env.nm.gov/hazardous-waste/lanl-ffco-stp/

For questions or comments please contact:
Siona Briley
NMED-Hazardous Waste Bureau,
2905 Rodeo Park Drive East, Building 1, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505-6313
Telephone (505) 476-6000 or by e-mail at: siona.briley@env.nm.gov

The Permittee’s compliance history is available from the NMED contact person (Siona Briley) or at the web address listed above.

The public comment period for this intent to approve the STP Update and proposed Revision 34.0
will run from May 16, 2024, through June 15, 2024.

Any person who wishes to comment on this action should submit written or e-mail comments with the commenter's name and address to the NMED Public Comment Portal nmed.commentinput.com… or to the physical or email addresses listed above.

Only written comments received on or before June 15, 2024, will be considered.
Contact:  Siona Briley siona.briley@env.nm.gov )

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