NNSA News:
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is proposing a fire fuels mitigation project in lower Sandia Canyon at the Technical Area 72 Outdoor Live Fire Range and surrounding areas at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
This assessment focuses on activities occurring in the Sandia Canyon 100-year floodplain that include:
- Vegetation maintenance that involves mowing and thinning of the defensible space around the existing buildings;
- Vegetation maintenance under the existing above ground power line right-of-way;
- Vegetation maintenance along the existing East Jemez Road shoulder firebreak; and
- Vegetation thinning in undeveloped areas to the west and east of the TA-72 Outdoor Live Fire Range.
DOE/NNSA has published this floodplain assessment for a 15-day public review and comment period, ending Sept. 11, 2024.
The floodplain assessment document and public comment instructions are available at: https://www.energy.gov/nepa/articles/los-alamos-national-laboratory-floodplain-assessment-ta-72-outdoor-live-fire-range
