LBNE Environmental Assessment NEPA Informational Meeting May 23, 2013 Rod Walton, LBNE NEPA Manager

Informational Meeting May 23, Federal agencies consider environmental impacts of their actions Use the knowledge from the process to inform decisions about actions Involve stakeholders in determining outcomes National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Informational Meeting May 23, Goals of NEPA  Fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment for succeeding generations;  Assure for all Americans safe, healthful, productive, and aesthetically and culturally pleasing surroundings;  Attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment without degradation, risk to health or safety, or other undesirable and unintended consequences;  Preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects of our national heritage, and maintain, wherever possible, an environment which supports diversity, and variety of individual choice;  Achieve a balance between population and resource use which will permit high standards of living and a wide sharing of life's amenities; and  Enhance the quality of renewable resources and approach the maximum attainable recycling of depletable resources

Informational Meeting May 23, NEPA Compliance Approaches  Categorical Exclusion (CX) – Confident there will be no significant environmental impact.  Environmental Assessment (EA) – Unlikely that there will be a significant environmental impact.  Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) – Significant environmental impact expected

Informational Meeting May 23, Based on DOE’s experience with accelerators and neutrino experiments, we do not anticipate significant impacts, so we plan to prepare an EA. The EA will either –Confirm our belief in no significant impacts, leading to a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), or, –Demonstrate the need for an EIS Draft EA for public comment by early 2014 Approach for LBNE

Informational Meeting May 23, What will the Draft EA Include?  Statement of Purpose and Need for Action  Description of Proposed Action and Alternatives  Description of the Environment at the Site  Estimate of Environmental Impacts

What Impacts Will be Analyzed? Informational Meeting May 23,  Human Health  Biological Resources  Transportation  Accident Analysis  Socioeconomics  Environmental Justice  Noise  Soils and Geology  Utilities  Water Quality  Air Quality  Floodplains and Wetlands  Cultural/Historic Resources  Waste Management  Land Use  Cumulative Impacts

Informational Meeting May 23, Our Commitment to You  We will use the LBNE EA to arrive at project decisions  We are committed to the safety of your community, the Fermilab and Sanford Lab employees and the protection of the environment