In November 2000, the Environmental Surveillance, Education
and Research Program assumed operation of the INL Offsite
Environmental Surveillance Program. In November 2005,
DOE-ID re-awarded the contract to the Stoller team. The ESER Program
operates consistently within the requirements of DOE Order
450.1 to satisfy the following program objectives:
To
verify compliance with applicable environmental laws and
regulations and with commitments made in
official DOE documents.
To
characterize and define trends in physical, chemical and
biological condition of
environmental media in the INL vicinity.
To
assess the potential radiation dose to members of the
public from INL effluents.
Services
provided by the ESER Program include:
INL
offsite surveillance, including sample collection and
analysis of air, water, soil, milk, wheat, lettuce, potatoes, and tissue samples (domestic and
wildlife) for radionuclides.
Wildlife
habitat and vegetation surveys, studies and research on
and near INL.
Sitewide
research concerning endangered species, pollutants in the
environment and revegetation.
Ecological, radioecological and innovative research within
the INL's boundaries.
Environmental
education concerning ecological issues around the INL.
Conservation Management
Planning to assist the Department of Energy, Idaho
Operations Office federal staff in understanding the INL
ecosystem in order to enhance federal decision-making and
to more properly direct future work performed by the INL
contractors.
S. M.
Stoller Corp.: Founded in 1959, Stoller is a
full service environmental consulting company with
projects in 26 states and internationally in Japan and
Puerto Rico. With 400 full time employees, Stoller has
grown to be one of the largest and most stable small
businesses in the industry. Stoller’s role on the ESER
contract is to provide the overall management for the
program and to provide site-specific expertise in
environmental surveillance, land management,
communications and research.
Idaho State
University (ISU) provides high quality analysis of
radionuclides (gross alpha, gross beta, gamma and tritium)
for the ESER surveillance program. ISU also has nationally
renowned research experts in herpetology and large
mammals.
University of Idaho offers environmental and
engineering research staff and is well known for applied
research in the areas of fire ecology, rangeland
management, and environmental assessment. Its faculty has
expertise with critical Idaho Site species such as the
Sage Grouse and Pygmy Rabbit.
Wildlife
Conservation Society (WCS) is a non-profit,
internationally recognized organization that focuses on
the management of ecosystems to provide sustainable
interaction between wildlife and humans. WCS provides
expertise in preparing the Conservation Management Plan (CMP),
a tool which will allow DOE to effectively and efficiently
site new facilities at the Idaho Site.
Teledyne
Brown Engineering, Inc. has provided complete
radiological laboratory services since 1965 and has
expertise in the analysis of a wide variety of
environmental matrices. TBE currently provides analytical
support for radiological environmental monitoring programs
at 22 commercial nuclear power plants. TBE is accredited
under several analytical programs, including DOE’s
Consolidated Audit Program (DOECAP) and the National
Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP).
TBE performs radiochemical analyses for strontium-90,
americium-241, and plutonium-238, 239/240 for the ESER
surveillance program..
ESER Team Partners
The Stoller ESER Program has
partnered with the
Rocky Mountain and
Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESUs) to
increase university involvement, research on the National
Environmental Research Park, and provide a multitude of
collaborative opportunities for research and technology.
CESU’s are a
network of cooperating research, education, and federal
natural resource management units established to
provide research, technical
assistance, and education to resource and environmental
managers. MORE
ESER Program
S. M. Stoller Corp.
120 Technology Drive
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
208-525-9358
