Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
March 12, 2018The U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office, Security, Emergency Services & Information Management Division manages the Hanford Fire Department that provides emergency response to hazardous material events, technical rescue incidents, emergency medical situations, fire alarms, and wildfires on the Hanford site; including mutual aid to surrounding city and county fire departments and districts. Work activities and worker population are changing on the Hanford Site resulting in the need to reposition Hanford Fire Department assets to enable timely and regulatory compliant emergency response.