 
The IMP provides a framework for RFETS environmental monitoring, and it outlines the types of data to be gathered and their eventual uses to support closure mission activities. Environmental monitoring programs continue to evolve in response to new regulatory requirements and accelerated site closure activities. The IMP is also designed to minimize duplication of sampling and analysis efforts, saving both the Site and the Stakeholders valuable funds that could be better spent on closure activities. This Fiscal Year (FY) FY2004 IMP identifies the routine monitoring programs for surface water, groundwater, air, and ecology being conducted at RFETS under the Integrated Monitoring Program to satisfy RFCA and other regulatory requirements and interests. The FY2004 IMP Background Document, provides detailed discussions of the decision-making process that has resulted in numerous monitoring efforts at RFETS. This FY2004 IMP lists the monitoring programs to which DOE and the other regulatory agencies are committed. The FY2004 IMP Background Document provides additional information about the DQO decision process and the regulatory framework that drives many of the monitoring decisions at RFETS. The FY2004 IMP Background Document is not subject to enforcement under RFCA, but may be subject to enforcement in accordance with the initiating legal requirements. Monitoring is performed in four primary areas: surface water, groundwater, air, and ecological systems. Specific RFETS activities may involve soil monitoring, although RFETS-wide soil monitoring was discontinued in 1994 after many years of characterizing transuranic-contaminant distributions across RFETS. Interactions among these media have been recognized and discussed in some detail. The data collected can be used to support investigations into these interactions to the extent that the interactive effects are themselves measurable. 2004 Integrated Monitoring Plan
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