Title:
Faskin Ranch site development records
Description:
As part of the Faskin Ranch site development process, the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority (TLLRWDA) conducted short-term and long-term planning. Records include the license application, exhibits, planning documents, correspondence, quality assurance records and audits, reports, questionnaires, maps and drawings, news clippings, memorandums, manuals, charts, environmental monitoring data, equipment calibration schedules, resumes, meeting notes, proposals, organizational charts, staff directories, contracts, audio and video recordings, photographs, studies, and public hearing testimony, dating 1963-1973, 1979-1999, and undated, bulk 1992-1998.
Description:
Subjects include the license application process, comparisons between potential sites, tasks related to the daily operation of the Sierra Blanca site, location accessibility, geological features of the region, analyses of needs to perform long-term management of low-level radioactive waste, environmental monitoring activities, quality assurance audits, instructions for collecting samples for testing, engineering and construction guidance, relationship of the TLLRWDA with the local community, socio-economic impacts of the project, the La Paz Agreement's effect on the site location, and background information collected for planning purposes.
Description:
External entities reflected in the records include the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (and its predecessor the Texas Water Commission), University of Texas–Bureau of Economic Geology, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Dames & Moore, Radian Corporation, Rogers & Associates Engineering Inc., Morrison-Knudsen Corporation, Paragon Analytics Inc., El Paso Aligned Government Group, Tigua Indians/Ysleta del Sur Pueblo peoples, Sierra Blanca Legal Defense Fund, West Texas Aligned Group, Texas State Representative Warren Chisum (as chair of the House Committee on Environmental Regulation), and other state and local government officials.
Collection:
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority records
Creator:
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority
Date range of creation:
1963 to 1973
Date range of creation:
1979 to 1999
Date range of creation:
undated
Date range of creation:
bulk 1992 to 1998
Citation information:
(Identify the item and cite the subseries), Faskin Ranch site development records, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority records. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
Records are organized into seven subseries: Sierra Blanca files, 1991-1999; Reports, studies, and surveys, 1992-1999; Manuals, 1992-1995; Sampling analyses, 1995-1999; Technical drawings, 1992-1997; Quality assurance records, 1963-1998; and License application, 1980-1998.
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, date of births of state employees (Texas Government Code, Section 552.102(a)); attorney-client privilege (Texas Government Code, Section 552.107); home phone numbers, home addresses, and personal family information of government employees and officials (Texas Government Code, Section 552.117); account information and access device numbers (Texas Government Code, Section 552.136); 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:
77.9 cubic ft. plus 66.81 MB (1336 electronic files)
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/40135.xml
Technical requirements:
Researchers wishing to access videotapes, audiotapes, or the magnetic tape must contact State Archives staff to obtain the necessary equipment.
