LETTER FROM ASSISTANT SECRETARY ALVIN L. ALM

THE BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT REPORT AT A GLANCE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 The 1996 Baseline Environmental Management Report
1.2 Overview of the 1996 Baseline Report

2.0 THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

2.1 Environmental Restoration
2.2 Waste Management
2.3 Nuclear Material and Facility Stabilization
2.4 Science and Technology Development

3.0 WHAT IS THE BASE CASE?

3.1 Challenges in Developing a Life-cycle Environmental Management Base Case Estimate
3.2 Base Case Methodology
3.3 Assumptions in the Base Case
3.4 Support Costs

4.0 RESULTS

4.1 Overall Results
4.2 A Geographical View of the Environmental Management Program
4.3 Base Case Results for Major Functional Elements of the Environmental Management Program
4.4 Volumes of Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel
4.5 Support Costs

5.0 COMPARISON OF RESULTS TO THE 1995 BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT REPORT

5.1 The Benefits of A New Base Case
5.2 1995 versus 1996 Estimate-Reasons for Differences
5.3 Activities with Large Cost Reductions
5.4 Differences by Site

6.0 ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS

6.1 Land Use
6.2 Program and Project Scheduling
6.3 A "Minimal Action" Scenario

7.0 COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVES CASES

7.1 Framework for Comparing Alternatives
7.2 75-year Cost Estimate
7.3 Program End-State
7.4 Implications of Alternative Cases

8.0 CONCLUSION

APPENDICES

A.1 1995 Baseline Environmental Management Report Requirements
A.2 1996 Baseline Environmental Management Report Requirements
B The Environmental Legacy
C Baseline Report Methodology
D Land Use Analysis -- Supporting Information
E.1 Productivity Improvement
E.2 Discounting
F Science and Technology
G Pollution Prevention
H Department of Energy Freedom of Information Act Reading Rooms

GLOSSARY GL-1