[CPEO-MEF] CHROMIUM, ENERGY DEPT.: "Los Alamos County [NM] Utilities Manager, Board Concerned About Disposition Of LANL Hexavalent Chromium Plume"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Los Alamos County Utilities Manager, Board Concerned About Disposition Of LANL Hexavalent Chromium Plume

BY MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Reporter (NM)
April 6, 2023

Although there has not yet been public discussion by Los Alamos County Council of what’s going on with the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Hexavalent Chromium Plume Project, the Los Alamos County Board of Public Utilities (BPU) and Utilities Manager Philo Shelton have been digging into the issue.

Shelton reported to the BPU last month on the Department of Energy Environmental Management Los Alamos (EM-LA) hybrid quarterly public forum, March 1, which featured the chromium plume as the main topic. He noted that there had been a lively online exchange between EM-LA and New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) staff.

Shelton reminded BPU members of a presentation the board heard from NMED staff in January 2022 where professional differences between the state and DOE about the behavior of the plume were aired. The key difference of opinion involves the reinjection of the treated groundwater into the ground and whether or not that could be pushing the plume further down towards the aquifer as NMED believes could be happening, or whether that water is actually creating a hydraulic barrier that is containing the plume.

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For the entire article, see
https://losalamosreporter.com/2023/04/06/los-alamos-county-utilities-manager-board-concerned-about-disposition-of-lanl-hexavalent-chromium-plume/

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Lenny Siegel
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