Title:
Fort Hancock site development records
Description:
The Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority (TLLRWDA) hired contractors to collect environmental monitoring data, design a facility, and perform site characterization studies of West Texas, all of which were used to by the agency to select a location near Fort Hancock in 1990. Records include observational and experimental data, analytical reports and test results, drawings, topographic maps, site characterization analyses, correspondence, working files and reports, contracts, field notebooks, specific work instructions, core logs, spreadsheets, activity summaries, aerial photographs, calibration read-outs, resumes, and magnetic media, dating 1917, 1920, 1933-1991, bulk 1983-1989. Most records dating prior to 1983 are topographic base maps analyzed in 1983 during phase II of the site characterization process.
Description:
Subjects reflected include quality assurance activities undertaken to ensure consistent and reliable data, collection of observational and experimental data, data calculations, the effect of a 1991 court injunction preventing TLLWRDA from proceeding on the Fort Hancock site, suitability of an area for a low-level radioactive waste disposal site, pros and cons of various waste management designs, and potential solutions to problem statements. Majority of the records were created by contractors providing engineering and environmental services. The primary contractors reflected are University of Texas — Bureau of Economic Geology, Rogers & Associates Engineering Corporation, and Dames & Moore.
Collection:
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority records
Creator:
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority
Date of creation:
1917
Date of creation:
1920
Date range of creation:
1933 to 1991
Date range of creation:
undated
Date range of creation:
bulk 1983 to 1989
Citation information:
(Identify the item and subseries), Fort Hancock site development records, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
The records are organized into three subseries: Quality assurance records, 1983-1991; Conceptual design records, 1980-1989; and Site characterization maps, 1917-1984.
Copyright information:
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Access restrictions:
Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to, account information and access device numbers (Texas Government Code, Section 552.136); home addresses, home phone numbers, and other personal family information of government employees and officials (Texas Government Code, 552.117); attorney-client privilege (Texas Government Code, Section 552.107); date of births of state employees (Texas Government Code, Section 552.1175); certain email addresses (Texas Government Code, Section 552.137); and third-party information (Texas Government Code, Sections 552.110 and 552.305), an archivist must review these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may be requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act (Texas Government Code, Chapter 552). Refer to the overall restriction statement for instructions on requesting access through the Texas Attorney General.
Size or duration:
15 cubic ft. plus 71.95 MB (1148 electronic files)
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/40135.xml
Technical requirements:
Researchers wishing to access magnetic tapes must contact State Archives staff to obtain the necessary equipment.