Lance Neil McCold, Environmental Sciences Division Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Lance Neil McCold

Environmental Analysis Group
Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335
Phone: (865)574-5216
Fax: (865)574-2232
mccoldln@ornl.gov

Research Interests

Project management, environmental impact assessment, cumulative impacts analysis, experimental design and analysis, energy analysis.

Background/Education [ Top ]

Work Experience

1979--present
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

1993--present
Program Leader for ORNL's Nuclear Regulatory Commission NEPA Support Program:

Environmental Impact statement for Independent Spent fuel Storage Installation in Tooele County, Utah, NUREG-1714;
Three environmental impact statements for decommissioning facilities used to process byproduct material;
Final environmental impact statement to construct and operate a facility to dispose of byproduct material, NUREG-1476;
Generic environmental impact statement for license renewal of nuclear power plants, NUREG-1437;
Environmental impact statement and environmental assessment of in-situ leach uranium mine proposals;
Environmental assessment for license renewal of a byproduct processing facility.

1987--present
Project leader for environmental impact assessments:

Final generic environmental impact statement for license renewal of nuclear power plants;
Environmental assessment for reracking spent fuel at the High-Flux Isotope Reactor;
Environmental assessment of potential cumulative impacts associated with hydropower development in the Nooksack River Basin;
Safety analysis report (Chapter 2) for the High-Flux Isotope Reactor;

Environmental report for the proposed Advanced Neutron Source;

Environmental assessment of an integrated coal gasification combined cycle repowering project, Springfield, Illinois;
Environmental assessment of Pine Creek hydroelectric project, Rovana, California;
Environmental assessment of an advanced flue gas desulfurization demonstration project, Porter County, Indiana; and
Environmental assessments of recharting Tyndall Military Operations Areas, Florida.

1979--1987
Principal investigator:

Design, management and analysis of field measurements of energy savings resulting from retrofits to single-family dwellings, and development of an energy audit for single-family dwellings which properly accounts for interactions among retrofits;
Analyses of decentralized small-cogeneration systems;
Energy and economic analysis of add-on heat pumps applied to single-family dwelling heating applications, and development of an add-on heat pump analysis technique used by gas and electric utilities; and
Evaluation of the efficacy of new building thermal efficiency codes and standards.

1977--1979
Tennessee Valley Authority, Civil Engineer
Principal investigator:

Scale model efficacy studies on waste heat diffuser at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant,
Mathematical and physical model studies of a technique for control of a large air bubble in an aquifer.

Education

1977, M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
1973, B.S. Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

Professional Activities [ Top ]

Chairman of the Professional Ethics Track at the National Association of Environmental Professionals 26th Annual Conference, Arlington, Virginia, June 24-28, 2001.
Chairman of the National Association of Environmental Professionals 25th Anual Conference, Portland, Maine, June 25-29, 2000.
Chairman of the NEPA Working Group of the National Association of Environmental Professionals, June 1998 to June 1999.
Organizer and past chairman, NEPA Practice Committee, a committee of the National Association of Environmental Professionals' NEPA Working Group organized to develop guidelines and standards of practice for NEPA professionals.
Chairman, Third Annual NEPA Symposium of the National Association of Environmental Professionals in association with the NAEP's 17th Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, May 5-8, 1992.
Chairman, Second Annual NEPA Symposium at the 16th Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals, Baltimore, Maryland, April 28-May 1, 1991.
Session Chairman at the 15th Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals, San Antonio, Texas, June 19-22, 1990.
General Member, National Association of Environmental Professionals
Member, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

Awards and Recognitions [ Top ]

2000 Energy Division Team Award for "best exemplifying the ideas of teamwork for the Energy Division" for the Skull Valley Project Draft EIS, from R. B. Shelton, June 26, 2001.
ORNL Significant Event Award for successful completion of the Skull Valley Project Draft EIS, from R. B. Shelton and R. G. Gilliland, October 26, 2000.
Invited panelist "The NEPA Practitioner's Viewpoint," National Association of Environmental Professionals 24th Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, June 22, 1999.
NRC Program Office Recognition Certificate for "exceptional program management," presented by R. G. Gilliland and C. E. Pugh, June 27, 2000.
Invited workshop panelist "Communication and consensus: Strategies for Fulfilling the Nation's Environmental Policy," The Nature Place, Florissant, Colorado, March 20-23, 1999.
NRC Program Office Recognition Certificate "for outstanding technical leadership and program management," from R. G. Gilliland, and C. E. Pugh, February 24, 1999.
Invited panelist "Group discussion on Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment" at the 23rd Annual NAEP Conference, San Diego, California, June 21, 1998 (with representatives from EPA, AT&T, Sandia National Laboratories, and Waste Management Inc.).
Invited panelist (with Ray Clark of the Council on Environmental Quality) at the NAEP advanced NEPA training session, June 14, 1995.
Peer Review Panel for the Council on Environmental Quality Handbook on Cumulative Effects Analysis, May-October, 1994.
Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Environmental Professionals in recognition of "Effective Leadership and Dedicated Service as Chair of the NEPA Practice Committee," June 14, 1994.
Letter of Commendation from H. A. Glovier, Research Reactors Division, for preparation of the environmental assessment for reracking spent fuel at the High-Flux Isotope Reactor, July, 19, 1993.
Letter of commendation from Paul B. Kreitz, Manager of CFC-114 Replacement Implementation Program for the Gaseous Diffusion Plants, for preparation of the environmental assessment for replacement of CFC-114 at the Gaseous Diffusion Plants, July 28, 1993.
Extra Kilometre Award for "leadership in the preparation of a superior Environmental Report for the Advanced Neutron Source," by C. D. West, March 23, 1992.
Letter of commendation from Colin D. West, Director of the Advanced Neutron Source Project, for preparation of the "Phase 1 Environmental Report for the Advanced Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory," March 11, 1992.
Letter of appreciation from Colin D. West, Director, Advanced Neutron Source Project, activities on the ANS environmental report that led to Tiger Team recognition: "... planning for the EIS by ORNL for the Advanced Neutron Source reactor project exemplifies a proactive approach to NEPA considerations," November 8, 1990.

Recent Professional Publications [ Top ]

"Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment," a book review, Environmental Practice, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 128-129, June 2001.
"Environmental Impact Assessment under the National Environmental Policy Act and the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty," Environmental Management, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 13-23, July 1999 (with J. T. Ensminger and J. W. Webb).
"Defining the No Action Alternative for NEPA Analyses of Continuing Actions," Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 18, No 1, pp 15-37, 1998 (with J. W. Saulsbury).
"Cumulative Impacts in EIA: To What Extent Are They Considered?" EIA Newsletter 14, EIA Centre, University of Manchester, Summer 1997.
"Replacement of Chlorofourocarbons at the DOE Gaseous Diffusion Plants: an Assessment of Global Impacts," Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 17, No 1, pp 39-51, 1997 (with M.L. Socolof and R.E. Saylor).
"Including Past and Present Impacts in Cumulative Impact Assessments" Environmental Management, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 767-776, 1996 (with James W. Saulsbury).
"Potential Consequences of the Clean Coal Program for Air and Waste Issues" J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc. Vol. 46, pp. 517-529, June 1996 (with T. J. Blasing & R. L. Miller).
Environmental Effects of the U.S. Antarctic Program's Use of Balloons in Antarctica, ORNL/TM-13032, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 1995 (with G. K. Eddlemon, and T. J. Blasing).
"Cumulative Impacts in Environmental Assessments: How Well Are They Considered?" The Environmental Professional Volume 17, No. 1, pp. 2-8, 1995 (with Jeremy Holman).
"Bounding Analyses in NEPA Documents: When Are They Appropriate?" The Environmental Professional Volume 16, No. 4, pp. 285-291, 1994 (with Richard E. Saylor).
"Banking on a Better Environment," a book review, Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 135, Spring 1994.
Potential Effects of Clean Coal Technologies on Acid Precipitation, Greenhouse Gases, and Solid Waste Disposal, ORNL/TM-12633, November 1993, with (T. J. Blasing and R.L. Miller).
"Implementing NEPA's Purposes: A Leadership Role for the NAEP," Report No. 51726, NAEP Newsletter, Volume 16, Number 6, National Association of Environmental Professionals, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1992.
"Reducing Global, Regional, and Cumulative Impacts with the National Environmental Policy Act," The Environmental Professional, Volume 13, No. 2, pp. 107-113, 1991.

July 1, 2002