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Responsible Office: RA02/Environmental Management – Center Operations Directorate

SUBJECT: Environmental Resources Document

This document was prepared under the Stennis Space Center (SSC) Facility Operating Services Contract for the NASA/SSC Center Operations and Support Directorate in support of the SSC Environmental

Management System (EMS).

Approval/Concurrence

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Basic 12.9.2005 Wendy Robinson

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Initial release.

A 01.31.2006 Wendy Robinson

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Changed the effective date to January 31, 2006 throughout the document. Changed the review date to January 31, 2011 to reflect 5 years from the effective date throughout the document.

Changed the word “revise” date to “review” date in the header throughout the document.

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B 10.03.2008 Jenette Gordon

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Reviewed and redlined all sections to reflect regulatory changes per media. The section for Natural Resources was rewritten to incorporate the SSC Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan requirements. Additionally, the effective date was changed to May

30, 2008 throughout the document along with the review date to

May 30, 2013 to reflect 5 years from the effective date throughout the document.

C 11.21.12 Wendy Robinson

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Incorporation of Area 9 information, added section 2.4.4 for

Climate Change and section 13.12 for Encroachment, plus required updated information throughout the document.

D 05.30.13 Wendy Robinson

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Added Acronyms and Abbreviations; global change MSDS to SDS;

2.1 included reference to new air permit issued 12/5/12; 3.3.1 included information on B3202 PCB site; 4.5.5 included date COE wetlands General Permit was reissued; formatted Tables 6-1 through 6-5; 7.2.1 and Table 7-1 updated information regarding

Resident Agencies; 7.3 updated waste minimization information;

7.4.2 corrected date of SPLN-1040-0006; updated Table 7-2; 7.4 included information regarding CERCLA 2012 5-year review; 12.3

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Appendix A.

E 12.20.13 Wendy Robinson

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Corrected timeline for baseline sampling at B3202 in 3.3.1. Updated

8.1 to include information about B3410 PCB site.

F 04.30.14 Wendy Robinson

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Updated as follows:

Global: Change Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne to Aerojet;

3.1.2 per 2013 groundwater usage report;

3.1.3 added references to permit MS0040797 for Area 9;

3.5 updated references 4 and 5;

7.1.2 and Table 7-2 referenced 2013 landfill data;

7.4.2 referenced 2013 EPCRA report information;

7.7 updated references 6, 7, 12; 11.2: updated numbers of ASTs, USTs and generators; 13.1 referenced 2013 data and associated impacts; 13.3: updated text; 13.15 updated references 1, 2;

Table 3-1 made consistent with MDEQ well owner information;

Table 3-2 per 2013 potable water usage report;

Table 11-1: added 4 ASTs at Rolls-Royce building 5033;

Table 11-2 reformatted and added NCCIPS generators #8 and #9;

Table 11-5: added pressure vessels for 8100 and 8110;

Tables 13-1 and 13-3 using 2014 personnel strength and SSC’s 2013

Economic Impact reports.

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Updated as follows:

Global: Updated references throughout;

1.2 Updated the use of the test stands;

Table 1-1: removed B1110 and added B9121, B9357, and B4324

(A-3 TS);

1.3.4: removed Cingular/AT&T as a tenant;

1.3.8: indicated EPA ceased lab operations in B1105;

3.1.2: updated potable water well information;

Updated Table 3-1 and Figure 3-2;

3.3.2: referenced updated Groundwater Monitoring System and

System Plan;

Updated Table 4-2;

5.6: updated to include 2015 data from USDA Wildlife Services;

6.4: indicated that the Natural Resource Management Team

(NRMT) is operated by the Corps of Engineers;

6.6: deleted memberships;

7.0: updated hazardous waste generators at SSC;

7.1.2: updated amount of waste in the landfill, stated submission of

Solid Waste Landfill permit renewal application, and said that the pilot composting program through the MDEQ began in 2014;

7.2.1: updated hazardous waste generators at SSC;

Updated data in Table 7-1 and Table 7-2;

7.4.2: updated data per SSC’s 2014 EPCRA report;

7.4.3: updated status of CERCLA remediation sites;

8.1: updated number of PCB transformers on site;

8.4: included for consideration the use or disturbance of PCBs, asbestos, lead, and CFCs;

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Updated data in Table 9-1;

Updated data in Tables 11-1 through 11-4;

Updated data in Table 12-1;

Chapter 13: removed data that pertains to areas not in St. Tammany

Parish or in Hancock, Harrison, or Pearl River Counties;

13.3: updated employment information;

Updated data in Tables 13-2 and 13-3;

13.13.8: updated data pertaining to nitrogen usage

Chapter 14: replaced information regarding Space Shuttle Main

Engines (former 14.2.2) and A-3 Test Stand Altitude Testing

(former 14.2.3) with information about the testing of RS-68 engines

(now 14.2.2);

Deleted Figures 14-1, 14-2, 14-3 and 14-4;

16.11: updated information regarding the evaluation of B1200 for historical purposes;

Appendix A: includes the 2014 Ionizing source inventory report;

Administrative: replaced EO 13423 and EO 13514 with EO 13693;

changed Facility Operating Services Contractor (FOSC) and Test

Operations Contractor (TOC) to Stennis Operating Contractor

(SOC); replaced “Safety and Mission Assurance” with “Safety, Health and Environmental”

H J. Boffenmyer

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Updated references and formatting throughout. Chapter 1:

Updated information for the Major Facilities at Stennis Space

Center in Table 1-1; Section 1.3.4, updated information in paragraph 2 regarding Area 9; Section 1.3.8, deleted paragraph regarding the Environmental Protection Agency; Section 1.3.16, deleted paragraph regarding Entech (Power Dynamics), they are no longer on-site. Chapter 2: Updated information for the National

Ambient Air Quality Standards in Table 2.1. Chapter 3: Updated

Sections 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.2, 3.2.2, and 3.3-3.10 with most current information. Chapter 6, 7, 9, 11 and 15: Deleted information within the brackets in the headers. Chapter 7: Section 7.3, deleted paragraph 6 and reworded it into paragraph 4; Section 7.4.2, updated Table 7-2; Section 7.4.2, updated paragraph 4 to reflect

SSC’s 2019 EPCRA Report. Section 7.4.3. Updated status of sites, documents, plans, methods. Chapter 11: Updated table 7-2. Chapter

13: Updated to latest information throughout. Chapter 14: Sections

14.0 and 14.1, small changes made to make paragraph consistent.

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ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES DOCUMENT

FOR THE

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER

HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

July 2020

Prepared by:

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Contact:

John C. Stennis Space Center Environmental Officer, RA02

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Table of Contents Acronyms And Abbreviations

1.0 Description of Center

1.1 Location

1.2 History

1.3 Organizations within the Fee Area

1.3.1 NASA

1.3.2 Naval Meteorological and Oceanography Command

1.3.3 Naval Research Laboratory

1.3.4 Area 9

1.3.5 National Data Buoy Center

1.3.6 Mississippi Laboratories of the Southeast Fisheries Center

1.3.7 United States Geological Survey

1.3.8 Technology Transfer Offices

1.3.9 Mississippi Space Commerce Initiative

1.3.10 Naval Special Warfare Group 4: NAVSCIATTS, SBT-22, and Detachment SSC

1.3.11 Rolls-Royce

1.3.12 NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)

1.3.13 Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM)

1.3.14 Department of Energy (DOE) Strategic Petroleum Reserve

1.3.15 Government Printing Office (GPO)

1.3.16 Aerojet

1.3.17 National Center for Critical Information Processing and Storage (NCCIPS)

1.3.18 Navy Human Resources Service Center, Southeast

2.0 Air Resources

2.1 Regulatory Framework

2.2 Meteorology

2.3 SSC Air Quality

2.4 SSC Air Pollution Sources

2.4.1 Criteria Pollutants

2.4.2 Toxic Air Pollutants

2.4.3 Ozone-Depleting Substances

2.4.4 Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

2.5 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Actions

2.6 References

3.0 Water Resources

3.1 Water Supplies

3.1.1 Surface Waters

3.1.2 Groundwater

3.1.3 Storm Water

3.2 Water Quality

3.2.1 Programs to Preserve Water Quality

3.2.2 Mississippi Programs to Preserve Water Quality

3.2.3 Wild and Scenic Rivers

3.2.4 Drinking Water

3.2.5 Wastewater

3.3 CERCLA Sites

3.3.1 Groundwater Remediation Sites

3.3.2 SSC Landfill

3.4 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Action

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3.5 References

4.0 Land Resources

4.1 Geology and Topography

4.2 Seismicity and Structure

4.3 Soils

4.3.1 Description

4.4 Land Use

4.4.1 Hancock County

4.4.2 Buffer Zone

4.4.3 Fee Area

4.5 Wetlands and Floodplains

4.5.1 Regulatory Overview

4.5.2 Wetlands

4.5.3 Floodplains

4.5.4 Wetlands at SSC

4.5.5 Mitigation for Wetlands Permit Compliance

4.6 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Actions

4.7 References

5.0 Aquatic and Biotic Resources

5.1 Project Notification Under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act

5.2 Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act

5.3 Flora

5.4 Aquatic Fauna

5.5 Terrestrial Fauna

5.6 Habitat Evaluation

5.7 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Actions

5.8 References

6.0 Endangered and Threatened Species

6.1 Endangered Species Act

6.2 Flora

6.3 Fauna

6.3.1 Wildlife species that have ranges which include SSC

6.4 Animal Control Procedures and Monitoring at SSC

6.5 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Actions

6.6 References

7.0 Solid and Hazardous Waste Generation, Treatment, Storage and Disposal

7.1 Nonhazardous Solid Waste

7.1.1 Generation

7.1.2 Disposal in the Fee Area

7.1.3 Disposal in the Buffer Zone

7.2 Hazardous Waste

7.2.1 Generation

7.2.2 Treatment, Storage and Disposal

7.3 Waste Minimization, Recycling, and Sustainable Acquisition

7.4 CERCLA Hazardous Material Release Reporting

7.4.1 Regulatory Requirements

7.4.2 SSC Release Reporting

7.4.3 CERCLA Investigation Activities

7.5 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Actions

7.6 Memberships

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7.7 References

8.1 Polychlorinated Biphenyl’s (PCB’s)

8.2 Asbestos

8.3 Other TSCA-Regulated Substances

8.4 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Actions

8.5 References

9.0 Insecticides and Herbicides

9.1 Regulatory Overview

9.2 Insecticides and Herbicides at SSC

9.3 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Actions

9.4 References

10.0 Radioactive Materials and Non-ionizing Radiation

10.1 Ionizing Radiation Sources

10.2 Non-ionizing Radiation Sources

10.3 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Actions

10.4 References

11.0 Aboveground and Underground Storage Tanks

11.1 Regulatory Overview

11.1.1 Underground Storage Tank Regulations

11.1.2 Aboveground Storage Tank Regulations

11.2 Inventory of Aboveground and Underground Storage Tanks

11.3 Monitoring of Tank Systems

11.4 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Action

11.5 References

12.0 Historic, Archaeological, and Cultural Resources

12.1 Regulatory Overview

12.2 Prehistory and History of SSC Area

12.3 Previous Cultural Resources Studies

12.4 Properties Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

12.4.1 Rocket Propulsion Test Complex

12.4.2 Gainesville

12.4.3 Logtown

12.4.4 Era Man in Space Structures

12.4.5 Acoustic Buffer Zone

12.4.6 Area 9

12.4.7 Historic Building Survey

12.5 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Actions

12.6 References

13.0 Economic, Population, Transportation and Employment Factors

13.1 Economic Impact

13.2 Population

13.3 Employment

13.4 Income

13.5 Housing

13.6 Law Enforcement

13.7 Fire Protection

13.8 Schools

13.9 Health Services

13.10 Health Care Facilities

13.11 Environmental Justice Strategy

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13.12 Encroachment

13.13 Utilities

13.13.1 Potable Water

13.13.2 Industrial Water

13.13.3 Telecommunications

13.13.4 Electrical

13.13.5 Helium

13.13.6 Hydrogen

13.13.7 High Pressure Air

13.13.8 Nitrogen

13.13.9 Oxygen

13.13.10 Natural Gas

13.13.11 Transportation

13.13.12 Water Transportation

13.14 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Actions

13.15 References

14.0 Noise and Vibration

14.1 Background Noise Levels

14.2 Rocket Engine Testing Noise and Vibration

14.2.1 Saturn Era F-1 Engines

14.2.2 RS-68 Engines

14.3 Vibration

14.4 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Actions

14.5 References

15.0 Natural Resources

15.1 Management Goals and Objectives

15.2 Goals

15.3 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Actions

15.4 References

16.0 Major Environmental Considerations for Proposed Actions

16.1 Air Resources

16.2 Water Resources

16.3 Land Resources

16.4 Aquatic and Biotic Resources

16.5 Threatened and Endangered Species

16.6 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

16.7 Toxic Substances

16.8 Insecticides and Herbicides

16.9 Radioactive Materials and Non-ionizing Radiation

16.10 Aboveground and Underground Storage Tanks

16.11 Historic, Archaeological, and Cultural Resources

16.12 Economic, Population, Transportation, and Employment Factors

16.13 Noise and Vibration

16.14 Natural Resources

Appendix A

List of Figures

Figure 1-1 Vicinity Map of Stennis Space Center

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Figure 1-2 John C. Stennis Space Center Building Map

Figure 3-1 Surface Water Bodies and Monitoring Locations in the Vicinity of SSC

Figure 3-2 Potable Water Sources

Figure 3-3 NPDES Outfall Locations

Figure 4-1 Soil Types in the SSC Fee Area

Figure 4-2 Land Use in the SSC Fee Area

Figure 4-3 SSC Floodplains

Figure 4-4 Wetlands at SSC

Figure 7-1 Solid Waste Landfill at SSC

Figure 11-1 Storage Tank Locations

Figure 12-1 SSC Archaeological Site Map

Figure 12-2 National Historic Landmarks at SSC

List of Tables

Table 1-1 Major Facilities at Stennis Space Center

Table 2-1 National and State Ambient Air Quality Standards

Table 3-1 SSC Well Use Permits

Table 3-2 Potable Water Use (Groundwater)

Table 3-3 pH of Natural Surface Waters at SSC

Table 3-4 Classification of Water Bodies in the SSC Area

Table 3-5 State of Mississippi Water Quality Criteria for Surface Waters

Table 3-6 Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements for Domestic Wastewater Outfall No. 001

Table 3-7 Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements for Domestic Wastewater Outfall No. 002

Table 3-8 Effluent Limitations and Monthly Requirements for Domestic Wastewater Outfalls No. 008 & 010

Table 3-9 Effluent Limitations and Monitoring for Outfall 011

Table 3-10 Effluent Limitations and Monitoring for Area 9 Outfall 002

Table 3-11 Water Monitoring Parameters

Table 4-1 Soil Characteristics

Table 4-2 Wetlands Permits at SSC

Table 6-1 Louisiana "Special Concern" Plants

Table 6-2 Mississippi "Special Concern" Plants

Table 6-3 Louisiana "Special Concern" Animals

Table 6-4 Mississippi "Special Concern" Animals

Table 6-5 Mississippi and Louisiana Threatened and Endangered Species List

Table 7-1 RCRA ID Numbers and Status for NASA and Resident Agencies at SSC

Table 7-2 FY 2007 SSC Non-Hazardous Solid Waste Recycling

Table 9-1 Insecticide/Herbicide Usage at SSC for 2011

Table 11-1 Pressure Vessel Inventory (excluding high pressure air vessels)

Table 12-1 SSC Historic Resources, Management Actions

Table 12-2 Era Man in Space Structures

Table 13-1 SSC Distribution of Personnel

Table 13-2 Population

Table 13-3 SSC Manpower

Table 13-4 Per Capita Income (2006-2010)

Table 13-5 Distribution of Law Enforcement Personnel

Table 13-6 Public Schools

Table 13-7 Health Care Facilities (2012)

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Acronyms And Abbreviations

AST Aboveground Storage Tank

ASRM Advanced Solid Rocket Motor

ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

ACM Asbestos Containing Material

At Atmore silt loam

BRAC Base Realignment and Closure Commission

BNOI Baseline Notice of Intent

BOD Biological Oxygen Demand

CO2 Carbon dioxide

CO Carbon monoxide

CFCs Chlorofluorocarbons

CAA Clean Air Act

CAAA Clean Air Act Amendments

CWA Clean Water Act

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CTF Component Test Facility

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

CSC Computer Sciences Corporation

COE Corps of Engineers

CEQ Council on Environmental Quality

CRYO Cryogenic

CFS Cubic feet per second

DOE Department of Energy

DON Department of Navy

DOT Department of Transportation

DWFP Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks

DET Stennis Detachment Stennis Space Center

EPCRA Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act

EMTF Energetic Materials Testing Facility

EMCS Energy Management Control System

EA Environmental Assessment

ECL Environmental Chemistry Laboratory

EIS Environmental Impact Statement

EICP Environmental Integrated Contingency Plan

EMS Environmental Management System

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

Es Escambia loam

EO Executive Order

FS Feasibility Study

FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

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FONSI Finding of No Significant Impact

GSA General Services Administration

GIS Geographic Information System

GMSP Groundwater Monitoring System Plan

GEP Good Engineering Practice

GPO Government Printing Office

GHG Greenhouse Gas

O3 Ground-level ozone

GOMP Gulf of Mexico Program

Gu Guyton

HES Hardwood Enhancement Site

HIA Harleston

HPGF High Pressure Gas Facility

HPIW High Pressure Industrial Water

HP Health Physics

HPPM Health Physics Program Manager

HCFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbon

HFC Hydrofluorocarbon

INRMP Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan

LSC Laboratory Service Contract

LSC Laboratory Support contractor

LQG Large quantity generator

Pb Lead

LEPC Local Emergency Planning Committee

LH Liquid hydrogen

LOX Liquid oxygen

LTOMP Long-Term Operations and Monitoring Plan

LTM Long-Term Monitoring

LDWF Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

MPTA Main Propulsion Test Article

CH4 Methane

MSAAP Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant

MDEQ Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

MDMR Mississippi Department of Marine Resources

MDOH Mississippi Department of Health

MDWFP Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

MS DHPO Mississippi State Historic Preservation Office

MTF Mississippi Test Facility

MGD Million gallons per day mg/l Milligram per liter ml Milliliter

MM Modified Mercalli

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MNA Monitored Natural Attenuation

MPN Most Probable Number

MW Monitoring Well

NSSC NASA Shared Services Center

NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NAGPRA National American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCCIPS National Center for Critical Information Processing and Storage

NCSHPO National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers

NDBC National Data Buoy Center

NDE Non-Destructive Examination

NESHAP National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act

NFA No Further Action

NHPA National Historic Preservation Act

NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NRC National Response Center

NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NRHP National Register for Historic Places

NSTL National Space Technology Laboratories

NRMT Natural Resource Management Team

NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service

NAVO Naval Oceanographic Office

NOARL Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric Research Laboratory

NRL Naval Research Laboratory

NAVSCIATTS Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School

NSW Naval Special Warfare

NEXCOM Navy Exchange Service Command

NSPS New Source Performance Standards

NOx Nitrogen oxides

N2O Nitrous oxide

NFA No Further Action

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act

O3 Ozone

OASPL Overall Sound Pressure Level

OODSs Ozone-Depleting Substances

PM Particulate matter

PPM Parts per million

PFC Perfluorocarbons

Pe Plummer

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PA Preliminary Assessment

PA Programmatic Agreement

PES Preliminary Environmental Survey

PSD Prevention of Significant Deterioration

PRL Proposed Remediation Level

PSBs Polychlorinated Biphenyls

PSIG Pounds/square inch

PWS Public Water Supply

RSC Radiation Safety Coordinator

RSOs Radiation Safety Offices

RSO Range Safety Officer

RI Remedial Investigation

RQ Reportable Quantity

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

SDSs Safety Data Sheets

SQG Small quantity generator

St, Su Smithton fine sandy loam

SOC Stennis Operating Contractor

SWAP Source Water Assessment Program

SLS Space Launch System

SBT-22 Special Boat Team 22

SPCC Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures

SERC State Emergency Response Commission

SIP State Implementation Plan

SSC Stennis Space Center

SO2 Sulfur Dioxide

SF6 Sulfur Hexafluoride

SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act

TDS Total Dissolved Solids

TEA/TEB Triethyl-Aluminum/Triethyl-Boron

THM Trihalomethane

TOC Total Organic Carbon

TRI Toxic Release Inventory

TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act

TSDF Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility

TSS Total Suspended Solids

TEC Trichloroethene

UIC Underground Injection Control

USTs Underground Storage Tanks

USM University of Southern Mississippi

USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture

EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

USGA U.S. Geological Survey

VOC Volatile Organic Compound

VSQG Very Small Quantity Generator

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1.0 Description of Center

1.1 Location

The NASA John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC) is located near the Gulf of Mexico in western

Hancock County, Mississippi, approximately 89 kilometers (55 miles) northeast of New Orleans, Louisiana and approximately 58 kilometers (36 miles) west of Biloxi/Gulfport, Mississippi. The facility is situated 30.38 north latitude and 89.60 west longitude at its center point. In May 1962, the Federal government acquired approximately 56 square kilometers (13,800 acres) that constitute the "Fee Area", or confines within the gates of SSC. Within this area, NASA along with numerous Federal and State agencies has constructed administrative, research, remote sensing, and propulsion testing facilities. The latter activity is restricted to NASA and is the major function of the Center (Figure 1-1). The facility has been designated NASA’s Lead Center for testing of large propulsion systems for current and future generation space vehicles.

Rocket testing operations necessitated development of a "Buffer Zone" for safety and acoustic considerations. A perpetual restrictive easement on 506 square kilometers (125,001 acres) was acquired, which extends six miles in all directions of the Fee Area. The majority of the Buffer

Zone is located in Hancock County, Mississippi, although portions extend into Pearl River

County, Mississippi and St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. The region is bounded on the east and west by the Pearl River and Jordan River watersheds, respectively. At present, the government owns 30.6 square kilometers (6,808 acres) of the Buffer Zone with the remainder being held by individuals or corporations. Provisions of the restrictive easement prohibit maintenance or construction of dwellings and other buildings suitable for human habitation. Predominant land use in the Buffer Zone includes sand and gravel mining, timber production, raising livestock, and recreational pursuits such as hunting and fishing.

Several communities are situated just outside the Buffer Zone including Pearlington, Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Kiln, and Picayune, Mississippi as well as Slidell and Pearl River, Louisiana.

There are 12.1 kilometers (7.5 miles) of canals inside the Fee Area available to transport material within SSC. The SSC canal system links to the East Pearl River through a canal lock system.

The East Pearl River links SSC to the national waterway transportation system. It is 33.8 kilometers (21 miles) from the main canal to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The canal system provides a means of transporting large rocket engines, propellants and other heavy equipment and materials to and from the facility.

1.2 History

SSC was constructed between 1963 and 1966 to perform development and acceptance testing for large liquid propellant rocket systems in support of the U.S. Space Program. The facility was named the Mississippi Test Facility (MTF) and later the National Space Technology

Laboratories (NSTL). In May 1988, President Reagan re-named the facility the SSC in honor of

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Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi. Senator Stennis was instrumental in the establishment of the facility in the early 1960s. The designation is notable in that it elevated SSC to the status of a

"field center," as opposed to its former role under the direction of the George C. Marshall Space

Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama.

Figure1-1 Vicinity Map of Stennis Space Center

From April 1966 until the early 70's, SSC was responsible for the static testing of the first and second stages of the Apollo Saturn V rocket. Three test stands (A-1, A-2, and B-1/B-2) were constructed for that purpose. During the interim period between the Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs, SSC experienced significant growth. Numerous federal and state agencies along with several universities established operations at the Center. Coincident with this expansion was the return of rocket engine testing. The first test of the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) was conducted in May 1975. Existing Test Stands were modified to accommodate testing of

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When the Space Shuttle Program ended in 2010 SSC was well positioned to continue its mission as lead center for the development and testing of rocket propulsion systems, such as the Space

Launch System (SLS), Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle and Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, which will transport materials and crew to the International Space Station and to destinations beyond low-earth orbit.

Modernization and refurbishment of the A-1 and the B-1/B-2 Test Stands are ongoing to accommodate new propulsion system configurations and systems, as well as commercial systems, such as the Aerojet/Rocketdyne RS-68 engine. The A-2 Test Stand has been mothballed. SSC’s capabilities were expanded with the design and construction of the A-3 Test

Stand, to accommodate upper stage testing with a simulated altitude of approximately 100,000 feet. The mission was scrubbed and A-3 has been mothballed indefinitely.

In the early 1990’s the Component Test Facility was used for the testing of small propulsion system components and has evolved into a major test facility, which is referred to as the E-Test

Complex. This area consists of three active Test Stands (E-1, E-2, and E-3), which were built in the 1990s. A fourth Test Stand (E-4) was built in 2000 for test firing of larger propulsion system components and engines; but it is currently inactive. These Test Stands have various capabilities, including infrastructure for testing rocket motors and components with fuels such as liquid hydrogen, rocket propellant-1, jet propellant-8 and hybrids. Oxidizers used for testing include liquid oxygen, gaseous oxygen, and hydrogen peroxide. Triethyl-aluminum/triethyl-born

(TEA/TEB) is used as a pyrophoric for rocket engine ignition.

1.3 Organizations within the Fee Area

The buildings at SSC are shown in Figure 1-2. In addition to NASA and its support contractors, there are numerous resident agencies at SSC. Since 1976, the Center has facilitated the establishment of outside operations involving federal and state agencies. On July 1, 2011, facilities in the Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant (MSAAP), which is now referred to as Area

9 of the Fee Area, north of the original SSC main complex of test stands, test support facilities and administrative offices, became the responsibility of NASA/SSC. Descriptions of various organizations and facilities within the SSC Fee Area are provided in the subsections following

Table 1-1 (2, 3, 4 and 5).

1.3.1 NASA

In keeping with its designation as NASA’s lead Center for rocket propulsion test activities, SSC has been assigned to develop the capabilities to test the propulsion systems hardware for new space vehicles.

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SSC's primary mission is to test and prove the flight worthiness of space vehicle propulsion system engines. Engines are "hot fired" in various simulated flight profiles, to determine their flight worthiness. The resultant data are analyzed to ensure that engine performance is acceptable and that required thrust will be delivered in the critical period of ascent. In addition, SSC continues to perform developmental tests on new flight hardware and propellants to improve performance and reduce costs. Facilities that support the test stands include test control centers, data acquisition facilities, a cryogenic propellant facility, an electrical power generating plant, a high-pressure gas facility, a component processing facility, a 7-mile manmade navigation canal and locks system, and a high-pressure water facility, which includes a 66 million gallon water storage reservoir.

As part of SSC's Center Operations Directorate, NASA Environmental Management has the responsibility for permitting, compliance, and monitoring NASA activities and many of the resident agency activities that may affect the environment. NASA Environmental

Management consists of an Environmental Officer, four Environmental Specialists, an

Energy Specialist and an Industrial Hygienist who direct the activities of facility, energy and technical support to contractors working to ensure that NASA's environmental goals are met.

Site-wide environmental and industrial hygiene programs were initiated in 1991 in an effort to facilitate environmental compliance by tenant agencies. The programs include environmental and industrial hygiene support services that are provided by NASA to tenant agencies as part of the shared-pool operations. However, NASA does not accept responsibility for tenant or non-NASA contractor compliance.

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John C. Stennis Space Center Building Map

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Table 1-1 Major Facilities at Stennis Space Center

Building No. Building Name Occupant Description

1000 Data Handling Center Naval Oceanographic Office Office space

1002, 1003

Oceanography, Navy Computer

Program Operations Center, Navy

Administrative Support

Naval Oceanographic Office

Naval Research Laboratory

Computer-plotter facilities for data storage, analysis, warfare support, Hydrographic contingent, offices and the Navy Maury Library

1005 Ocean Science Laboratory Naval Research Laboratory Offices, Naval research laboratories

1007-1009 Ocean Research Laboratory Naval Research Laboratory Offices, laboratories

1020 University of Southern Mississippi University of Southern Mississippi Office space, classroom and lab

1021 Mississippi State University

Mississippi State University, National

Coastal Data Development Center, National Marine Fisheries

Offices, laboratory, classroom, conference rooms

1100 Roy S. Estes Building

NASA

National Data Buoy Center

Naval Oceanographic Office Commander, Naval MOC

Office space for 1,430, cafeteria, credit union, post office, retail & concession shops

Mississippi Technology Transfer

Center

Mississippi Enterprise for Technology

Center of Higher Learning

Automation and Robotics

Application Center, Federal

Laboratory Consortium, Southeast

Regional Clearinghouse

1105 Slated for demolition

NASA Shared Services Center

(NSSC)

NASA Offices and conference rooms

1200 Auditorium

NASA/SOC

Office space, food concession

2101 Hydroscience Center United States Geological Survey

Office, lab, storage; electrical, electronic, mechanical equipment;

supplies and materials for design and construction of instruments/equipment

2124 NEX Mini-Mart Concessionaires Convenience mini-mart and gasoline retailer

2201-2205 Slated for demolition NASA/SOC

Industrial space, office space, various craft shops (i.e. weld and machine shops, high bay)

Warehouse NASA/SOC Office space with some shops

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2600 – 2609, and Various Buildings in

Area 9

NAVSCIATTS Complex, Special

Boat Team 22, and -Det SSC

Navy

Technical training and educations facilities; barracks, administration, galley; Navy Special Boat 22 Ops

3202, 3203, 3205 Oceanographic, System Test and

Development National Data Buoy Center

Data buoy operations; industrial area, data terminal area, electronics repair, technical data repository, electronic communications

Maintenance, Repair and

Fabrication Shops

NASA/SOC

Industrial space, office space, various craft shops (i.e. weld and machine shops, high bay)

4995 Data Acquisition Facility NASA

Analog and digital recording systems and office space; data recording facility for static engine testing

5100 Lockheed Martin Building Lockheed Martin

Manufacture and assembly of spacecraft components and materials; research & development programs such as space-based laser

Fire Department Medical Clinic

Security

Engineering

ISS Action (Security)

NASA/SOC

Emergency response for fire, explosion, medical and spill/release of hazardous chemicals, medical clinic, engineering services, and security operations

Custodial Services

Environmental Laboratory

NASA/SOC

NASA/LS Contractor

Environmental laboratory, Custodial Services administrative area

8101 Radiographic Lab NASA/SOC

Nondestructive radiography and tests for flaws and weaknesses in components and hardware

Measurements Standards &

Calibration Laboratory NASA/LS Contractor

Electronic equipment repair, calibration, fabrication, pressure lab, liquid flow calibration lab.

8120 Atmospheric Calibration Equipment NASA

Calibration under simulated atmospheric conditions, wind tunnel, solar radiation lab, vibration lab, environmental lab.

9101 Building 9101

Government Printing Office Aerojet

Office, warehouse, machine shop, fabrication and service areas

Navy Human Resources Service

Center Navy

Offices, conference rooms, cafeteria (contractor operated)

9121 Computer Center NASA/SOC Computer Data Center

Computer service support operations were moved to B9121 from B1110

9134 Naval Oceanography Warehouse Naval Oceanographic Office Warehouse, Systems Readiness

9307 Oceans Project Department Naval Oceanographic Office Offices

9322 Naval Oceanography Warehouse Naval Oceanographic Office Warehouse, Systems Readiness

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National Center for Critical

Information Processing and Storage

(NCCIPS)

NASA

Data services facility serving multiple Federal Agencies, providing the infrastructure necessary for secure processing of critical Federal information.

9355 DOE Strategic Petroleum Reserve DOE SPR Continuity of Operations Warehousing, supplies, industrial area, and administrative areas

9357 Point of Presence (POP) NASA/NASA contractor Communications

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OPERATIONS

Building No. Building Name Occupant Description

3305 High Pressure Gas Facility NASA/SOC High pressure gases for the test complexes

4001, 4002, 4003

E-2 Test Complex -- 2 cells

NASA, Relativity Space Inc.

(RSI)

High temperature tests on materials for hypersonic aircraft; cryogenics composites and vessels

4050 E-1Test Complex – 3 cells NASA

Twenty thousand square meter (five acre) site with test control center, component preparation building, ultra-high pressure gas generation and storage; support systems for data acquisition and propellant venting, flare studies, barge facility, earthen berms for blast protection – used to test hybrid rocket motor with liquid hydrogen and hydrocarbon fuels, high flow rate ultra-high pressure gases and high pressure cryogenic fluids; engine exhaust plume analysis and test design/ evaluation

4070 E-3 Test Stand NASA

Small hybrid / liquid motor tests with experimental propellants, such as hydrogen peroxide

4080 E-4 Test Complex Relativity Space Inc. (RSI) Small rocket engine and component testing

4120, 4122, 4110

“A” Test Complex

A-1 and A-2 Test Stands and test control center

NASA/SOC/Aerojet

Two single position test stands, test control center, observation bunkers and support systems for high-pressure gas (air, helium, nitrogen), water, electrical, and propellants (liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen). A2 has been mothballed.

4200, 4210

“B” Test Complex and test control center

One Test Stand, Two Positions

(B-1, B-2)

NASA/SOC/Aerojet

One dual position test stand, test control center, machine shop. High-pressure gas includes air, helium, and nitrogen. Docking and transfer for liquid propellant barges.

4123 A-3 Test Stand NASA

The A-3 Test Stand was built to accommodate upper stage testing with a simulated altitude of approximately 100,000 feet. The mission was scrubbed and A-3 has been mothballed indefinitely.

High Pressure Industrial Water

Facility

NASA/SOC

Power and deluge water for the A and B test complexes

5008 H-1 Test Complex Rolls Royce Commercial gas turbine jet engine testing

8306 Engineering Operations NASA Offices and conference room

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1.3.2 Naval Meteorological and Oceanography Command

The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command's mission is to collect, interpret and apply data and information for safety at sea, strategic and tactical warfare, and weapons system design, development and deployment. The command provides meteorological, oceanographic, and mapping, charting and geodesy services to increase the effectiveness of the Navy in both peacetime and in war.

1.3.3 Naval Research Laboratory

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), formerly the Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric

Research Laboratory (NOARL), was established at SSC in October 1989 to function as the principal Naval laboratory performing oceanographic and atmospheric environmental research. NRL occupies research, computation, laboratory, administrative, and warehouse facilities at SSC. NRL also administers several large antennas to receive oceanographic and meteorological satellite data, a Magnetic Observatory, a Pattern Analysis Laboratory, a Map

Data Formatting Facility, a water wave channel, and numerous laboratories for acoustic and optical oceanographic instrumentation, analysis and testing.

1.3.4 Area 9

Located in the northern portion of SSC, the Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant (MSAAP) was once used to manufacture sophisticated munitions. The plant consisted of three manufacturing complexes including the Projectile Metal Parts area, the Cargo Metal Parts area, and the Load Assemble and Pack area. This facility was deactivated by the U. S.

Congress and in 1992 was reopened as an industrial complex to commercial enterprise. It became a thriving industrial park catering to both high-tech and industrial tenants, as well as various U.S. Navy activities. On July 1, 2011, control and responsibilities for the facilities that comprised the MSAAP were returned to NASA SSC, and is now identified as Area 9.

Major facilities located in Area 9 are occupied by DOE Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the

Government Printing Office, Aerojet, NCCIPS, SOC Maintenance and Operations, United

States Navy (Meteorological and Oceanography Command, Human Resources Service

Center, SBT-22, and NAVSCIATTS). In addition to the major facilities, the following occupants are also located in Area 9: BOE-TEL Company and Da Kitchen.

1.3.5 National Data Buoy Center

The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), part of the National Weather Service, is an agency within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and is supported by personnel and ships of the U.S. Coast Guard. NDBC operates automated observation

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Environmental measurements are made by a network of moored buoys and land stations deployed in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico and the

Bering Sea. Each buoy is designed to perform in the specific conditions it will encounter, whether located within a few miles of the coast or in the deep waters of the ocean. Many of these buoys are returned to SSC for refurbishment.

1.3.6 Mississippi Laboratories of the Southeast Fisheries Center

Partially headquartered at SSC, the Mississippi Laboratories of the Southeast Fisheries

Center provides information for assessment, management and conservation of living marine resources in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and South Atlantic Ocean. The Mississippi

Laboratories are a component of NOAA and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

Efforts are directed at identifying and resolving problems associated with the commercial fishing industry. Recently, Mississippi Laboratories has developed instrumentation for monitoring fish behavior as well as methods for using satellite imagery for tracking endangered species and mapping environmental conditions.

1.3.7 United States Geological Survey

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is the principal Federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing and archiving hydrologic data for managing the nation's water resources. USGS facilities at SSC include the Hydrologic Instrumentation facility, the Office of Surface Water and the Earth Science Information Center. The Hydrologic Instrumentation

Facility has the responsibility for the design, testing, calibration, repair and distribution of all

USGS hydrologic instruments. The Office of Surface Water provides technical coordination for surface water problems. Presently this office is involved in the development of computer software to be used for modeling surface water dispersion scenarios. The Earth Science

Information Center provides the public with information on all types of cartographic products such as topographic maps, aerial photographs, satellite images and digital map products of the United States. Information is also available on geologic maps and reports, water supply data and Earth science publications of the USGS.

1.3.8 Technology Transfer Offices

The Mississippi Enterprise for Technology and the Louisiana Technology Transfer Office use both State and NASA resources to develop economic and technical advantages for private businesses, State agencies, and educational concerns. These offices identify and support the dissemination of technology developed at SSC as well as other Federal

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1.3.9 Mississippi Space Commerce Initiative

The Mississippi Space Commerce Initiative has established a close working relationship between NASA, universities, and private concerns to facilitate development of commercial applications for remotely sensed data. Such applications are used to improve land use and resource management; for example, computer models were developed to assess crop vitality.

1.3.10 Naval Special Warfare Group 4: NAVSCIATTS, SBT-22, and Detachment SSC

Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Group 4 oversees three subordinate units at SSC, including the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS), Detachment SSC (DET Stennis), and Special Boat Team 22 (SBT-22). The Naval Small

Craft Instruction and Technical Training School is responsible for small craft maintenance, and riverine and coastal training for foreign friendly and allied military students. Originally located in the Panama Canal Zone, NAVSCIATTS relocated to SSC in 1999 to take advantage of some of the finest riverine and coastal training areas in the world, located at and around SSC.

Detachment Stennis Space Center’s mission is to enhance the operational proficiency of riverine task units, through training in NSW Maritime Operations and Basic Ground Skills.

In addition, DET Stennis manages, coordinates, and safely operates the Small Arms Range

Complex and the Western Maneuver Area, which allows for live-fire training.

Special Boat Team Unit 22 is the only command in the Department of Defense specifically designated to conduct special operations in riverine environments. Detachments are capable of performing all mission-essential tasks to conduct unit-level naval special warfare operations and support other special operations forces.

1.3.11 Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce North America occupies the H-1 Test Stand site for research into gas turbine jet engine performance, fan behavior, thrust reverser operation, and noise. Their SSC facilities provide Rolls-Royce North America with the capabilities and facilities to test their manufactured engines within the United States.

1.3.12 NASA Shared Services Center…