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向国家科学基金会（NSF）提供的环境影响报告（EIS）支持。重点是在南达科他州铅的前Homestake金矿建设和运营（包括预期的实验）拟议的深层地下科学和工程实验室（DUSEL）。如果最终机构决定建造DUSEL，这个前矿场的深层地下物理研究设施将追求对基础物理学的理解，包括核天体物理学，太阳中微子，以及暗物质的起源和性质。环境科学部（EVS）阿贡公司将为NSF的DUSEL EIS提供技术支持。阿贡公司在为多个联邦机构和项目进行《国家环境政策法》分析方面有30多年的经验。评价系统的组织结构旨在便利和简化国家环境政策法所需的评价工作，其多学科矩阵反映了这些分析的关键要素。这种广泛的专业知识和经验相结合，使阿贡特别适合提供支持，以协助NSF在遵守国家环境政策法的这一拟议的设施。

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.