Table B-11
 

Location: Technical Area (TA) -54

Period of use: Unknown to 1985 ⁽¹⁾

Size: 2.65 acres

Number and type of disposal units:

Pits (1): unknown size
Surface impoundments (3)^1,2: unknown size
Shafts (34) ⁽²⁾: unknown size

Specific wastes and quantities:

Disposal capacity of 71,540 ft³ Used to dispose of chemical waste.  Now used for storage and treatment of RCRA hazardous waste and mixed wastes under interim status.

Potential environmental impacts:

Pajarito Canyon and Canada del Buey New Mexico Environment Department's (NMED) Hazardous and Radioactive Material Bureau (HRMB) ranks this MDA as an area with a high probability of contaminant mobilization and a moderate to high potential of release to the groundwater.

Map:

Sources:

1.  According to Hazardous and Radioactive Materials Bureau, New Mexico Environment Department, Hydrogeologic Evaluation of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), p. C-5, July 1996.  (Back to Text)

2.  According to U.S. Department of Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office, Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for Continued Operation of the LANL, p. 2-108, January 1999.  (Back to Text)