ESRs
Environmental Surveillance Reports
These annual reports summarize environmental data that comply with applicable federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations, Executive Orders, and DOE policies. Additional data, beyond the minimum required, are gathered and reported as part of the Laboratory's efforts to ensure public safety and to monitor environmental quality at and near the Laboratory.
Emissions
Annual Air Emissions Inventory
LANL is subject to emissions-reporting requirements for regulated air contaminants under Title 20 of the New Mexico Administrative Code, Chapter 2, Part 73 (20.2.73 NMAC), Notice of Intent and Emissions Inventory Requirements.
LANL air quality specialists prepare an annual emissions inventory for the NMED which includes source information and emissions estimates for emission units included in the Title V Operating Permit, emission units that are not trivial or insignificant, and emission units with construction permits.
20.2.73 NMAC requires LANL to submit an annual Emissions Inventory report based on the Laboratory's potential to emit 100 tons per year of suspended particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides (NOx) carbon monoxide, (CO), sulfur oxides (SOx), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
Pollutants
EPA Criteria Pollutants
EPA uses six common pollutants (also referred to as "criteria pollutants") as indicators of air quality, and has established for each of them a maximum concentration above which adverse effects on human health may occur. These threshold concentrations are called National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).
The six criteria pollutants include: carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), lead (Pb), particulate matter (PM10), and ozone (O3).
†Due to operational security, this document is only available internally or via a LANL Public Reading Room Kiosk.
EPCRA
Emergency Planning and the Community Right to Know Act - Section 313
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), also known as the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III, was enacted in November 1986. This law provides an infrastructure at the state and local levels to plan for chemical emergencies. Facilities that store, use, or release certain chemicals, may be subject to various reporting requirements. Reported information is then made publicly available so that interested parties may become informed about potentially dangerous chemicals in their community.
LANL began voluntary reporting in 1987 under EPCRA Section 313. Federal Facilities were not required to report until August 3, 1993, when Executive Order (EO) 12856 was issued. This EO required all federal facilities to report their toxic chemical use and resulting releases beginning in 1995 for the previous year. Under this order, LANL, owned by the DOE, was required to report all listed toxic chemicals used in quantities exceeding threshold values.
On April 21, 2000, President Clinton signed EO 13148. This EO expands the requirements of Federal Facilities complying with the provisions of EPCRA to include reductions of toxic chemical releases and off-site transfers ty 10% annually of by 40% overall by 12/31/2006.
Regulations
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986 requires that all federal facilities evaluate the need to submit an annual Toxic Chemical Release Inventory report as prescribed by this Act. This annual report is due every July for the preceeding calendar year. Owners and operators who manufacture, process or otherwise use certain toxic chemicals above listed threshold quantities are required to report their toxic chemical releases to all environmental media (air, water, soils, etc.).
HAPs
Hazardous Air Pollutants
Regulated Chemicals
†Due to operational security, this document is only available internally or via a LANL Public Reading Room Kiosk.
Rad-NESHAP
Radionuclide Air Emissions (NESHAPs)
Laboratory-wide certified reports regarding radioactive effluents released into the air by the Laboratory during each calendar year. These reports to EPA are required as part of our compliance with the Clean Air Act.
†Due to operational security, File 3 is only available internally or via a LANL Public Reading Room Kiosk.
Environmental Surveillance Reports
These annual reports summarize environmental data that comply with applicable federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations, Executive Orders, and DOE policies. Additional data, beyond the minimum required, are gathered and reported as part of the Laboratory's efforts to ensure public safety and to monitor environmental quality at and near the Laboratory.
Environment 
