Tri-Party Agreement

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The Tri-Party Agreement is a legally binding cleanup and compliance pact among the U.S. Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of Washington that sets milestones and responsibilities for remediating the Hanford nuclear site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf environmental cleanup agreement
federal facility compliance agreement
legal agreement
appliesToSite Hanford Site
appliesToState Washington
country United States
governs cleanup of contaminated soil and groundwater at Hanford
cleanup of underground storage tanks at Hanford
closure of waste treatment and storage units at Hanford
hasGeographicFocus Columbia River corridor near Hanford Site
hasImplementingAgency U.S. Department of Energy
hasOfficialName Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order
hasParty Environmental Protection Agency
State of Washington
linked to: Washington

U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
United States Department of Energy
Washington State Department of Ecology
hasPurpose to define responsibilities for Hanford Site remediation
to ensure compliance with federal and state environmental laws at Hanford
to establish milestones for cleanup of the Hanford Site
hasRegulator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington State Department of Ecology
hasScope cleanup of past nuclear weapons production contamination at Hanford
decontamination and decommissioning of Hanford facilities
management of high-level radioactive waste at Hanford
management of mixed hazardous and radioactive waste at Hanford
management of transuranic waste at Hanford
hasShortName TPA
includes cleanup milestones
enforceable schedules
public involvement provisions
regulatory requirements
isConsentOrder true
isLegallyBinding true
legalBasis CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Washington State Hazardous Waste Management Act
regulatesActivity environmental cleanup
hazardous waste cleanup
nuclear site remediation
radioactive waste cleanup
waste management
relatedTo environmental remediation at former nuclear weapons sites
nuclear weapons production legacy at Hanford
subjectOf Hanford Site cleanup program

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Hanford Site governingAgreement Tri-Party Agreement
subject linked to: Hanford Site, Washington
U.S. Department of Energy Office of River Protection subjectTo Tri-Party Agreement for Hanford cleanup
linked to: Tri-Party Agreement
TPA standsFor Tri-Party Agreement
TPA refersTo Tri-Party Agreement