Recommended References (short list):

                         General

"The Federal Connection: A History of U.S. Military Involvement
in the Toxic Contamination of Love Canal and the Niagara Frontier
Region, An Interim Report to New York State Assembly Speaker
Stanley Fink", New York State Assembly Task Force on Toxic
Substances, January 29, 1981 [available online at FACTS' website:
Vol. 1, Vol. 2]

"A Background Report for the Formerly Utilized Manhattan Engineer
District/Atomic Energy Commission Sites Program, September 1980",
DOE/EV-0097, UC-70

"Evaluation of Disposal Options for Wastes Generated During
Remediation of Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program
Sites, September 28, 1993" [this report is the "SAIC 1993b"
reference in the Tonawanda Site draft FS]

"Radiation and Human Health", John W. Gofman, MD, PhD, Sierra
Club Books, San Francisco, 1981

"Radiation-Induced Cancer from Low-Dose Exposure: An Independent
Analysis", by John W. Gofman, MD, PhD, edited by Egan O'Connor,
Committee for Nuclear Responsibility, Inc., C.N.R. Book Division,
PO Box 11207, San Francisco, CA 94101, 1990

                  Tonawanda Site-specific

Oak Ridge National Laboratory FUSRAP Survey Reports, May 1978:

"Radiological Survey of the Former Linde Uranium Refinery,
Tonawanda, New York", DOE/EV/0005/5

"Radiological Survey of the Ashland Oil Company (Former Haist
Property), Tonawanda, New York", DOE/EV/005/4

"Radiological Survey of the Seaway Industrial Park, Tonawanda,
New York", DOE/EV/0005/6

draft RI/FS-EIS documents for the Tonawanda Site:

"Remedial Actions at Four FUSRAP Sites in New York: Notice of
Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement", Garry W.
Gibbs, Acting Assistant Secretary, Environmental Safety and
Health, U.S. DOE

"Derivation of Uranium Residual Radioactive Material Guidelines
for the Ashland 1 and 2 Sites", by C. Yu, J.M. Peterson, and Y.
Yuan, Argonne National Laboratory, August 1988

"Remedial Investigation Report for the Tonawanda Site", BNI,
February 1993, DOE/OR/21949-300

"Baseline Risk Assessment for the Tonawanda Site", SAIC, August
1993, DOE/OR/21950-100

"Feasibility Study for the Tonawanda Site", SAIC, November 1993,
DOE/OR/21950-234

"Proposed Plan for the Tonawanda Site", SAIC, November 1993,
DOE/OR/21950-233

"Interim action" documents:

"Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) for Praxair Interim
Actions", January 1996

"Responsiveness Summary: Praxair Interim Actions Engineering
Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA), Final", May 1996,
DOE/OR/21950-1016

"Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) for Building 30 at
Praxair, Final [?]", November 1996, DOE/OR/21950-1019

Other documents:

"Radionuclide Cleanup Guideline Derivation for Ashland 1, Ashland
2, and Seaway, Tonawanda, New York", November 1996, U.S. DOE Oak
Ridge Operations Office

"DOE Authority Review for the Seaway Industrial Park in
Tonawanda, New York"

"Evaluation of the 1943-to-1946 Liquid Effluent Discharge from
the Linde Air Products Company Ceramics Plant, December 1981",
prepared for U.S. DOE by The Aerospace Corporation, Aerospace
Report No. ATR-82 (7963-04)-2

"Walkover Scan of Seaway, Ashland 1, Ashland 2, Tonawanda, NY,
July 28 - August 12, 1986", TMA/Eberline, BNI Subcontract
14501-SC-1

"Comments on the Environmental Impact Statement Documents for the
Tonawanda Site", prepared for the Erie County Department of
Environment and Planning, Martin N. Haas, November 11 and 29,
1993

               Relevant Laws and Regulations

Atomic Energy Act of 1946:
     P.L. 79-585, 60 Stat. 755;
          42 USC 1801 et seq.

Atomic Energy Act of 1954:
     P.L. 83-703, 68 Stat. 919;
          42 USC 2011 et seq.

Clean Air Act (NESHAPs): 42 USC 7412

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended:
     P.L. 96-510, 94 Stat. 2767;
          42 USC 9601-9615, 9631-9633, 9641, 9651, 9657
     P.L. 98-80, 97 Stat, 485;
          42 USC 6911a
     P.L. 100-202, 101 Stat. 1329-198;
          42 USC 9619
     P.L. 102-426, 106 Stat. 2175;
          42 USC 9620

Energy Reorganization Act of 1974:
     P.L. 93-438, 88 Stat. 1233;
          42 USC 5814 et seq.

Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (to RCRA):
     P.L. 98-616, 98 Stat. 3221;
          42 USC 6901, 6902, 6905, 6912, 6915-6917, 6921-6926,
          6927-6931, 6933, 6935-6939a, 6941, 6943-6945, 6948,
          6949a, 6956, 6962, 6972, 6973, 6976, 6979a, 6979b,
          6982, 6984, 6991, 6991a-6991i

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA):
     P.L. 91-190, 83 Stat. 852;
          42 USC 4321, 4331-4335, 4341-4347
     P.L. 94-52, 89 Stat. 258;
          42 USC 4343, 4346a, 4346b, 4347
     P.L. 94-83, 89 Stat. 424;
          42 USC 4332

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA):
     P.L. 94-580, 90 Stat. 2795;
          42 USC 6901-6907, 6911-6916, 6921-6931, 6941-6949,
          6951-6954, 6961-6964, 6971-6979, 6981-6986

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA):
     P.L. 99-499, 100 Stat. 1613;
          10 USC 2701-2707, 2810; 26 USC 59A, 4671, 4672, 9507,
          9508; 42 USC 9616-9626, 9658-9662, 9660a, 9671-9675,
          11001-11005, 11021-11023, 11041-11050

Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act or 1978 (UMTRCA):
     P.L. 95-604, 92 Stat. 3021;
          42 USC 2014, 2021, 2022, 2111, 2113, 2114, 2201, 7901,
          7911-7925, 7941, 7942

UMTRCA Amendments (1979):
     P.L. 96-106, 93 Stat. 799;
          42 USC 2021 note

UMTRCA Amendments (1983):
     P.L. 97-415, 96 Stat. 2078;
          42 USC 2021 note, 7912, 7918

UMTRCA Amendments (1988):
     P.L. 100-616, 102 Stat. 3192;
          42 USC 7901 note, 7916, 7922

UMTRCA Amendments (1992):
     P.L. 102-486, 106 Stat.2951;
          42 USC 7922

NRC Regulations:
     both current and historic 10 CFR 40, 10 CFR 20, 10 CFR 30,
     and 10 CFR 150

EPA Regulations:
     40 CFR 61, 40 CFR 190, 40 CFR 192, 40 CFR 264

N.Y. State Regulations:
     6 NYCRR Part 219, 6 NYCRR Part 360, 6 NYCRR Part 380, State
     Industrial Code Rule 38 (12 NYCRR Part 38)