Effluent Monitoring, Waste Management, and
Chemical Inventory Information
Monitoring effluents and managing waste and chemical inventories at Hanford Site facilities are essential to
determine the effects these materials may have on the public, workers at the Site, and the surrounding
environment. Hanford Site contractors have programs to monitor liquid and airborne effluents and manage
solid waste and chemical inventories. Facility effluent monitoring programs are designed to measure
effluents at their point of release into the environment, whenever possible. The effectiveness of effluent
treatment and control and waste management practices are evaluated through near-facility monitoring. Types,
quantities, and locations of chemicals are also tracked. This section summarizes the data collected in 1994 by
these programs. More detailed program, sampling, and waste management information is contained in the
volumes, Westinghouse Hanford Company Operational Environmental Monitoring Annual Report, Calendar
Year 1994 (Schmidt et al. 1995), Westinghouse Hanford Company Operational Groundwater Status Report
(Johnson 1994), 1994 Hanford Tier Two Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory (DOE 1995a), the
Hanford Site Annual Dangerous Waste Report for Calendar Year 1994 (DOE 1995c) and Summary of
Radioactive Solid Waste Received in the 200 Areas During Calendar Year 1994 (Anderson and Hagel 1995).
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