Technical Support for the U.S. Antarctic Program Environmental Review

该提议是美国国家科学基金会和能源部之间的一项机构间协议，旨在支持橡树岭国家实验室（ORNL）极地项目部门的环境报告责任。这些职责包括以下任务，将由ORNL为NSF执行：1)为美国南极计划准备补充计划环境影响声明。这个全面的补充环境影响报告书将更新和更新1980年出版的方案性环境影响报告书。2)必要时进行环境评估或其他适当的环境审查。如果从评估中确定需要一份环境影响报告书，那么这项工作也将由ORNL完成。3)编制美国南极计划污染控制合规计划年度报告，以便按照行政命令12088的规定纳入美国国家科学基金会污染控制合规计划。这些报告将在与NSF协商后起草和修订。最初的300 000美元用于在1989财政年度开始所有三项任务，但由于该财政年度结束前所剩时间有限，因此从所要求的数额减少。

The proposed award is an interagency agreement between the NSF and the Department of Energy for the support of the Division of Polar Program's environmental reporting responsibilities by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Included within those responsibilities are the following tasks which will be performed for the NSF by ORNL: 1) Preparation of Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the U.S. Antarctic Program. This comprehensive supplemental EIS will update and make current the programmatic EIS published in 1980. 2) Preparation of Environmental Assessments or other appropriate environmental reviews when necessary. If it is determined from the assessment that an Environmental Impact Statement is necessary that work will also be done by ORNL. 3) Preparation of annual U.S. Antarctic Program pollution control compliance plan reports for inclusion in NSF pollution control compliance plans as described by Executive Order 12088. These reports will be drafted and revised in consultation with NSF. The initial amount of $300,000 provides funds to begin all three tasks in Fiscal Year 1989, but is reduced from the requested level to account for the limited time remaining before the end of the fiscal year.