ENVIRONMETNAL ASSESSMENT FOR SELECTION
AND OPERATION OF THE PROPOSED
FIELD RESEARCH CENTERS

March 7, 2000

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Short-Term Use and Long-Term Productivity

The FRC would be used for approximately ten years to support bioremediation research. The various types of bioremediation research activities that would take place during the lifecycle of the FRC would result in a greater understanding of fundamental biogeochemical processes in a contaminated subsurface environment.

Resources (staff, land area, etc.) expected to be used during the lifecycle of the FRC, would be minimal. The proposed research at the FRC would not preclude any other activities that might take place at the field locations. However, all future research proposals would be analyzed for their potential to impact long-term productivity. This would be done under the NABIR Program’s Tier II NEPA process (as described in Appendix A.)