Common use of Site Description Clause in Contracts

Site Description. The DOE's Savannah River Site (SRS) is located within the western most part of south-central South Carolina near Aiken, South Carolina. The SRS incorporates approximately three hundred (300) square miles within Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell Counties, South Carolina. Approximately twenty (20) miles of the Savannah River forms the west boundary of the SRS. All surface water on the SRS flows into the Savannah River which forms the southern border between the States of South Carolina and Georgia. Along the banks of the Savannah River is a fifteen (15) square mile wetland known as the Savannah River Swamp. The area within and around SRS is heavily wooded and ranges from dry hilltops to swampland. The SRS employs over twenty thousand (20,000) persons and the average population density in the area surrounding SRS ranges up to five hundred and sixty (560) people per square mile, with the largest concentration occurring approximately twenty-five (25) miles north of SRS in Augusta, Georgia which has an approximate population of two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000). The drinking water supply serving SRS is obtained from the Savannah River and underlying groundwater. Nearby, the approximately thirty- two hundred (3200) residents of Jackson, South Carolina obtain drinking water from groundwater xxxxx located within three (3) miles of SRS. The average annual precipitation at SRS is forty-seven (47) inches with surface run-off flowing into creeks and xxxxx areas which serve as tributaries to the Savannah River. The primary mission of SRS is to produce defense materials including tritium and plutonium-239. The SRS includes nuclear reactors, a fuel and target fabrication plant, two chemical separations plants, the Defense Waste Processing Facility, the Savannah River Laboratory and other support operations. As a result of operations, SRS generates a variety of radioactive, non-radioactive, and mixed (radioactive and hazardous) wastes. The SRS waste management practices (past and present) include the use of seepage basins for liquids, pits and piles for solids, tanks for high-level radioactive mixed wastes, and landfills for low-level radioactive wastes. The DOE is investigating releases on the SRS under its Environmental Restoration Program and under its RCRA permit. The DOE is also closing some areas on the SRS and conducting post-closure monitoring under its RCRA permit.

Site Description. The DOE's Savannah River Site (SRS) is located within the western most part of south-central South Carolina near Aiken, South Carolina. The SRS incorporates approximately three hundred (300) square miles within Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell Counties, South Carolina. Approximately twenty (20) miles of the Savannah River forms the west boundary of the SRS. All surface water on the SRS flows into the Savannah River which forms the southern border between the States of South Carolina and Georgia. Along the banks of the Savannah River is a fifteen (15) square mile wetland known as the Savannah River Swamp. The area within and around SRS is heavily wooded and ranges from dry hilltops to swampland. The SRS employs over twenty thousand (20,000) persons and the average population density in the area surrounding SRS ranges up to five hundred and sixty (560) people per square mile, with the largest concentration occurring approximately twenty-five (25) miles north of SRS in Augusta, Georgia which has an approximate population of two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000). The drinking water supply serving SRS is obtained from the Savannah River and underlying groundwater. Nearby, the approximately thirty- two hundred (3200) residents of JacksonXxxxxxx, South Carolina obtain drinking water from groundwater xxxxx located within three (3) miles of SRS. The average annual precipitation at SRS is forty-seven (47) inches with surface run-off flowing into creeks and xxxxx areas which serve as tributaries to the Savannah River. The primary mission of SRS is to produce defense materials including tritium and plutonium-239. The SRS includes nuclear reactors, a fuel and target fabrication plant, two chemical separations plants, the Defense Waste Processing Facility, the Savannah River Laboratory and other support operations. As a result of operations, SRS generates a variety of radioactive, non-radioactive, and mixed (radioactive and hazardous) wastes. The SRS waste management practices (past and present) include the use of seepage basins for liquids, pits and piles for solids, tanks for high-level radioactive mixed wastes, and landfills for low-level radioactive wastes. The DOE is investigating releases on the SRS under its Environmental Restoration Program and under its RCRA permit. The DOE is also closing some areas on the SRS and conducting post-closure monitoring under its RCRA permit.