Environmental Impact Statement Support for a Proposed Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL)

本提案描述了阿贡国家实验室将向国家科学基金会(NSF)提供的环境影响声明(EIS)支持。重点是在南达科他州铅的前Homestake金矿拟议的深部地下科学和工程实验室(Dusel)的建设和运营(包括预期的实验)。如果NASA最终决定建造Dusel，这个前矿场的深层地下物理研究设施将在理解基础物理方面取得进展，包括核天体物理、太阳中微子和暗物质的起源和性质。Argonne的环境科学部门(EVS)将为NSF提供Dusel EIS的技术支持。Argonne拥有30多年为多个联邦机构和项目进行NPA分析的经验。电动汽车的组织结构旨在促进和简化《国家环境政策法》所需的评估，并有一个反映这些分析关键要素的多学科矩阵。这种广泛的专业知识和经验的结合使Argonne特别适合为NSF提供支持，以帮助其遵守国家环境政策法对这一拟议设施的要求。

This proposal describes Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) support to be provided by Argonne National Laboratory to the National Science Foundation (NSF). The focus is on construction and operation (including anticipated experiments) of a proposed Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) at the former Homestake Gold Mine in Lead, South Dakota. If a final agency decision to construct a DUSEL is made, a deep underground physics research facility at this former mine site would pursue advances in understanding fundamental physics, including nuclear astrophysics, solar neutrinos, and the origin and nature of dark matter.The Environmental Science Division (EVS) of Argonne will provide technical support to the NSF for a DUSEL EIS.Argonne has more than 30 years of experience conducting NEPA analyses for multiple federal agencies and programs. The organizational structure of EVS is designed to facilitate and streamline the evaluations needed for NEPA, with a multidisciplinary matrix that mirrors key elements of these analyses. This combination of extensive expertise and experience make Argonne especially suited to provide support to assist the NSF in complying with NEPA for this proposed facility.