Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement

The U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration Sandia Field Office is preparing a new site-wide environmental impact statement for continuing operations at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico. The new SWEIS will replace the existing 1999 Sandia/New Mexico SWEIS (DOE/EIS-0281). Its purpose is to analyze the potential environmental impacts associated with continuing current Sandia/New Mexico operations and foreseeable new and/or modified operations and facilities for approximately the next 15 years.

Public participation, including the submittal of comments, is important to the development of the SWEIS. Opportunities for public involvement are available throughout the process, and this section will be updated with information on how you can participate.

Resources

• Notice of Intent
• Scoping guidelines and tips
• Scoping meeting materials:
  • Posters
  • Frequently asked questions
• Fact sheets:
  • Site Overview
  • Project Overview
    • Spanish translation
    • Vietnamese translation
  • Preliminary Alternatives
  • The Environmental Review Process
    • Spanish translation
    • Vietnamese translation
  • How to Find Information and Comment on the Scope
  • Analyses of Potential Environmental Impacts
• Notice of Availability (once published)
• Draft and Final Sandia/New Mexico SWEIS documents (once published)
• Record of Decision (once published)

The Draft and Final Sandia/New Mexico SWEIS documents will be available for review online in the NNSA NEPA Reading Room.

By U.S. mail to: Attn: SNL/NM SWEIS Comments National Nuclear Security Administration, Sandia Field Office PO Box 5400 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185

By email to: SNL-SWEIS@nnsa.doe.gov

Please mark envelopes and emails as: SNL/NM SWEIS Comments.

DOE/NNSA will consider comments submitted through the last day of the scoping period. Late comments will be considered as practicable based on resources and schedule. Both oral and written comments will be considered and given equal weight by DOE/NNSA regardless of how submitted.

Before including your address, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, please be advised that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information (excluding telephone numbers)—may be made publicly available. If you wish for DOE/NNSA to withhold your name and/or other personally identifiable information, please state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. You may also submit comments anonymously.

Questions?

If you have further questions or would like to register to speak at a scoping meeting, submit a scoping comment, or be added to the mailing list, please send your request to SNL-SWEIS@nnsa.doe.gov.