Kaiser-Hill is committed to protecting the environment and ensuring regulatory compliance while completing the closure of Rocky Flats.  This means meeting regulatory commitments and agreements with the site's regulators.

Kaiser-Hill operates in accordance with the following permits and regulatory agreements:

Permits and Agreements

  • Rocky Flats Cleanup Agreement (RFCA)

  • RCRA Part B permit governing storage and management of hazardous waste

  • NPDES permit governing onsite discharge of surface water.  For more information on Rocky Flat's surface water monitoring program, click here

  • Clean Air Title V permit (in application) governing air emissions.  For more information of Rocky Flat's air monitoring program, click here

Compliance Orders on Consent

  • Idle Equipment and Hazardous Waste Tanks - Sets forth the requirements for the management of RCRA regulated materials in mused idle equipment and requirements for management for interim status RCRA regulated tanks that remain operational. All commitments required under this order have been met.
    -- The Consent Order remains open for three pieces of equipment. All other remaining pieces of idle equipment are being managed under RFCA in specific Building Decommissioning Operations Plans (DOPS)
    -- The Consent Order remains open for two tanks. All other tanks have been taken to a RCRA stable configuration or removed.

  • Mixed Residue Tanks - Sets forth the requirements to manage residue tank systems until residual solutions are removed and the tanks are physically empty or closed. All of the commitments required under this order have been met.
    -- The Consent Order remains open for the remainder ancillary equipment located in Building 776/777. The final closure date for removal of this equipment has been approved by the CDPHE as February 2005.

  • Site Treatment Plan - Sets forth the requirements for management of mixed waste - low level and transuranic - that does not meet Land Disposal Restriction (LDR) treatment standards (orphan wastes). Mixed waste is defined by the Federal Facilities Compliance Act as waste containing both a RCRA hazardous waste and radioactive contaminates. The STP aligns implementation activities with overall Site priorities and accelerated closure plans. All of the milestones identified in the STP addressing the management of orphan wastes were met on time or ahead of schedule in 2001.