Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMP)

2013 Annual Update

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Order 436.1, Departmental Sustainability, requires DOE sites to maintain an Environmental Management System (EMS). An EMS specifies requirements for conducting general surveillance monitoring to evaluate the effects, if any, from site operations. DOE Order 458,1, Radiation Protection of the Public and Environment, requires DOE sites to maintain surveillance monitoring for determining radiological impacts, if any, to the public and environment from site operations. BNL's extensive environmental monitoring program is one component of the Laboratory's EMS, and the Environmental Monitoring Plan describes this program in detail.

Please refer any questions to Karen Ratel at ratel@bnl.gov

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• EMP Cover
• Table of Contents
• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Laboratory Setting
• Chapter 3 - Emission/Effluent Sources and Pathways
• Chapter 4 - Quality Assurance
• Chapter 5 - Emission Source Monitoring
• Chapter 6 - Air Surveillance Monitoring
• Chapter 7 - Direct Radiation Monitoring
• Chapter 8 - Flora, Fauna, Precipitation, and Soil Monitoring
• Chapter 9 - Liquid Effluents
• Chapter 10 - Surface Water
• Chapter 11 - Potable Water
• Chapter 12 - Groundwater Monitoring
• Chapter 13 - Landfill Gas and Leachate Monitoring
• Appendix A - Acronyms and Technical Terms
• Appendix B - Environmental Monitoring Matrix for CY2013
• Appendix C - Environmental Monitoring Sample Location ID System

Last Modified: December 31, 2012
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