Cleanup
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
As required by NEPA, every proposal for a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment requires a detailed statement on the environmental impact of the proposed action and alternatives to the proposed action. The detailed statement about environmental impacts is to accompany proposals for any Federal actions through the agency review process. NEPA also established in the Executive Office of the President a Council on Environmental Quality, which has issued regulations on the preparation of environmental impact statements and on public participation in the preparation of the statements.
Actions of the Federal government are reviewed for environmental impacts. The Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) Environmental Assessment completed as part of he NEPA review for the radiological cleanup of ETEC and the DOE's statement about impacts from the preferred cleanup alternative was issued in March 2003. The DOE determined that actions necessary to meet the criteria for unrestricted use will result in no significant impact because these actions will be fully protective of future users and will not significantly affect the quality of human health or the environment. To learn more about the application of NEPA by DOE please visit their website.