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... Order on Consent for Los Alamos National Laboratory, usually 2 The Pueblo de San Ildefonso is a federally recognized Native American referred to as the Consent Order, was signed by NMED, DOE, and the tribal government -- one of nineteen pueblos still in existence in New Mexico University of California on March 1, 2005. 4 Los Alamos National Laboratory's Hydrogeologic Studies of the and one of five Tewa-speaking tribes.
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... The to as mass balance, which is introduced in Chapter 3. third set dealt with practicalities of conducting a monitoring program, including whether LANL is using sound scientific practices in assessing the quality of its groundwater monitorUncertainty ing data and if the data are properly qualified so that they can LANL's groundwater protection program is proceed- be interpreted correctly.
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... Recommendation: LANL should demonstrate better use Disposal methods include the discharge of liquid effluents of its current understanding of contaminant transport into canyons and the emplacement of solid wastes, mainly pathways in the design of its groundwater monitoring on mesa tops.7 program. Tables in the monitoring plan that give the In responding to its task statement, the committee found rationale for locating monitoring wells should include that liquid waste discharges, which LANL considers to be at least a general linkage between the proposed locasources of the contamination currently detected in ground tions and the site's hydrology, or a section discussing water, are generally eliminated or controlled.
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... in the compromised wells is indirect -- relying on plausible but unproven chemical interactions around the LANL's groundwater protection program is at about its screens, general literature data, analyses of surrogates, and temporal midpoint, continuing for another eight years until apparent trends in sampling data that may not be statistically 2015. The Consent Order establishes an enforceable process valid.
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