Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division
Rocky Flats Site
The Rocky Flats Site formerly manufactured components for nuclear weapons
for the nation's defense until 1992. It was added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
(EPA) National Priorities List in 1989 and cleanup of chemical and
radiological contamination was completed near the end of 2005.
Currently, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) manages the Central Operable
Unit where the former manufacturing buildings were located.
Jurisdiction over nearly 4,000 acres of the former Buffer Zone has been
turned over to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service to be managed as the
Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (the Department)
has conducted a
variety of activities related to the Rocky Flats
Site. Informal oversight started in the 1970’s and was
reinforced in 1989 in the Agreement in Principle between DOE and Colorado,
in an Interagency Agreement in 1991 among DOE, EPA and the Department, and again
in 1996 in the Rocky Flats Cleanup Agreement among DOE, EPA and the
Department. During the cleanup project, the Department provided
technical expertise in a broad range of disciplines including waste management,
air quality, water quality, environmental epidemiology, radiation, laboratory
services and emergency response.
The Department currently serves as the lead regulatory agency under the
Legacy
Management Agreement signed in 2007.
Natural Resources Restoration
Colorado Department of Law Press Release
April 28, 2009
Rocky Flats Natural Resource Trustee Council
Resolution Regarding Disbursement
of Restoration Funds April 28, 2009
Final Proposals
Proposal Summary Table
Native Plant Program - Boulder
County, City of Boulder, Wildlands Restoration Volunteers
Restoration Enhancement - Jefferson County
Nature Association
Open Space Acquisition - Town of
Superior
Mineral Rights Acquisition - Trust for Public
Land
Open Space Acquisition - City of
Westminster
Westminster Memo to Trustees
Appendix A - List of wildlife species in
the Superior vicinity
Archive Documents
Request for Proposals
Request for Proposals for Natural
Resources Restoration at Rocky Flats Presentation
Additional Information
Contact
Information
Monitoring
Data
Record Center
Health Studies
Department Activities
US Department of Energy Rocky Flats web site
Superfund Sites in Colorado
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