- Long-Term Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability Strategy ›
- Clean the Past ›
- Control the Present ›
- Introduction
- Something in the Air? ›
- Protections: Sediment ›
- Protections: Sediment Control = Contaminant Retention
- Tour: Sediment Retention
- Protection #2: Trap and Remove Sediment
- Stormwater Controls
- Stop Contaminant Movement & the Individual Permit
- View of Stormwater Monitoring Sites
- Stormwater Control Structures
- How are the aftereffects of wildfire managed?
- Las Conchas Wildfire
- Stormwater Controls after Wildfire
- Los Alamos Canyon Weir
- 10,000 Willows
- Pueblo Canyon Grade Control Structure
- Early Notification Gages
- Protections: Sampling ›
- Protection #3: Sample and Survey
- Tour: Environmental Monitoring
- Groundwater Monitoring
- How does LANL determine where to put a monitoring well?
- Protection of the Groundwater Resource
- The Location Investigation Process
- The Location Determination Process
- Monitoring Well Placement
- Contaminant Sources
- Groundwater Monitoring Network
- View of Groundwater Monitoring Sites
- Well Placement Decision Process
- Create a Sustainable Future ›
- Multimedia ›
History of Regulatory Oversight at LANL
Excavating temporary landfill
1943-1950: Manhattan Project Era
- Few environmental regulations
- Best available protection technologies employed, though rudimentary
1950s-1970s: Cold War Era
- Laboratory moved from townsite to current location
- Advent of national environmental protection laws
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
1980s-1990s: Non-proliferation/Stockpile Reduction
- LANL performs radiation contamination cleanups
- 1989: DOE becomes responsible under RCRA
- Environmental Restoration Project established by DOE
March 1, 2005
- NMED, the DOE, and LANL enter into a Compliance Order on Consent specifying the schedule for investigation and cleanup of sites
Today
- LANL complies with state and federal regulations