(Environmental impact statement on the US Antarctic program)

• Main Authors: Reed, R.M., Railsback, S.F., McLean, R.B.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS; INFORMATION NEEDS; LIQUID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTES; ANTARCTICA; TRAVEL; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; DOCUMENT TYPES; MANAGEMENT; POLAR REGIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; Antarctic; The Antarctic; New Zealand; South Pole; McMurdo Station; Amundsen-Scott; Scott Base; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5164693; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5164693; https://doi.org/10.2172/5164693

Three staff members from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) participated in a site visit to US Antarctic Program (USAP) facilities at McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, and remote field and support sites. Interviews were conducted with National Science Foundation, Navy, and ITT/Antarctic Services staff responsible for environmental management functions. The ORNL team visited all facilities at McMurdo Station, three remote field camps, a Navy refueling facility, South Pole Station, and Scott Base (a New Zealand installation). In general, the team found that environmental impacts of the USAP are minor for the Antarctic continent as a whole. Improvements for the handling and disposal of solid wastes and the discharge of wastewaters that have been initiated should help minimize environmental impacts of USAP activities. The information collected during the site visit will be used in a draft supplemental environmental impact statement on the USAP to be published for public review in June 1990.