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Record of Decision for the Mercury Management Environmental Impact Statement

The Defense National Stockpile Center has prepared a Final Mercury Management Environmental Impact Statement (MM EIS) to help determine how to manage its elemental mercury inventory over the long term, because it is no longer needed for our national defense.  The MM EIS, published in March 2004, evaluated three alternatives:  (1) No Action (continue mercury storage at current locations); (2) Consolidation and storage of mercury at one site; and (3) Resumption of mercury sales.

On April 30, Cornel Holder, DNSC administrator, released a Record of Decision announcing that the chosen alternative was “Consolidation and storage of mercury at one site.”

The following documents are available for review:

·  Record of Decision - available format:  pdf (portable document format)

·  Federal Register, April 30, 2004, Record of Decision - available format: pdf (portable document format) - or - from the Federal Register website at http://frwebgate1.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=458686384137+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve

· Mercury Management EIS Executive Summary: pdf (portable document format)

Copies of the ROD may be obtained by contacting the Defense Logistics Agency Public Affairs Office (DNSC-E), Mr. John Reinders, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 3229, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 22060, telephone (703) 767-4430, e-mail John.Reinders@dla.mil.