Groundwater Protection Group - Five-Year Review
2021
The U.S. Department of Energy is conducting a Five-Year Review for the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) site, as required by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). This review serves to ensure that the implementation and performance of the selected cleanup remedies continue to be effective in protecting human health and the environment. This is the fourth site wide Five-Year Review of all the remediation work performed at the BNL site. This includes remediation of groundwater contamination on and off of BNL property, excavation and disposal of contaminated soils and river sediments, removal of above- and below-ground storage tanks, capping of landfills, decommissioning activities and long-term surveillance and maintenance at the former Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor and High Flux Beam Reactor. Land-use restrictions and institutional controls are in place to ensure that any residual contamination is not dispersed and does not adversely affect human health or the environment. Information on the selected remedies at BNL as well as the status of remediation activities at the site is available on the BNL Groundwater Protection website at http://www.bnl.gov/gpg/
Entire Five-Year Review (PDF)
Addendum to the Five-Year Review (PDF)
Final Public Notice (PDF)
2016
The U.S. Department of Energy has completed the third Five-Year Review
for the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) site, as required by the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA). This review serves to ensure that the implementation and
performance of the selected cleanup remedies continue to be effective in
protecting human health and the environment. This includes remediation
of groundwater contamination on and off of BNL property, excavation and
disposal of contaminated soils and river sediments, removal of above-
and below-ground storage tanks, capping of landfills, decommissioning
activities and long-term surveillance and maintenance at the former
Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor (BGRR) and High Flux Beam Reactor
(HFBR). Land-use
restrictions and institutional controls are in place to ensure that any
residual contamination left in place is not dispersed and does not
adversely affect human health or the environment. The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency concurs with the protectiveness determinations as
reported within this Five-Year Review.
The files are
presented below in two ways: one large file containing all information,
or a series of smaller files.
Entire Five-Year Review (PDF)
Addendum to the Five-Year Review (PDF)
Public Notice (PDF)
Individual Document Files
- Text of Report (PDF)
- Section 3 through 5 Figures (PDF)
- Section 6 and 7 Figures (PDF)
- Attachments (PDF)
- Addendum (PDF)
2010
The files are presented below in two ways: one large file containing all information, or a series of smaller files.
Entire Five-Year Review (PDF)
Addendum to the Five-Year Review (PDF)
Public Notice (PDF)
