Application For License to Authorize Near-Surface Land Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste

	Volume 9
	Appendix 2.6.1: Geology Report
	Geology Report Tables
	Figure 1: WCS Site Location Map
	Figure 2: Site Map of WCS Facility
	Figure 3-1: North to South Geologic Cross Section Showing Relationship of Ogallala Formation to Underlying Strata
	Figure 3-2: West to East Geologic Cross Section Showing Relationship of Ogallala Formation to Underlying Strata
	Figure 3-3: Regional Hydraulic Gradient of the Ogallala Aquifer November 1999-April 2000
	Figure 3-4: Histogram of Hydraulic Conditivity of the Ogallala Aquifer
	Figure 3-5: Distribution of Hydraulic Conductivity in the Ogallala Aquifer
	Figure 3-6: Water Levels in the Ogallala Aquifer in Andrews County, Approximately 1960 to Present
	Figure 3-7: Schematic Showing Recharge to the Dockum Group Before and After Development of the Pecos River
	Figure 3-8: Potentiometric Surface Map of the Dockum Group Aquifer
	Figure 3-9: Potentiometric Head Difference Map Between the Ogallala Aquifer and Underlying Aquifers
	Figure 4-1: Major Structural Provides of West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico
	Figure 4-2: Isopach Map of Post-WOlfcampian Permian Strata in the West Texas and Anadarko Basins
	Figure 4-3: Regional Structure Contour Map of the Precambrian Basement
	Figure 4-4: Major Tectonic Features of the Permian Basin - Late Mississippian to Early Permian
	Figure 4-5: Regional East-West Structural Cross Section, Central Basin Platform
	Figure 4-6: Regional North-South Structural Cross Section, Matador Arch to Val Verde Basin
	Figure 4-7: Regional Structure Contour Map of the Woodford Formation
	Figure 4-8: Regional Structure Contour Map of the Upper Guadalupe (Whitehorse Group)
	Figure 4-9: 1996 Photographs of East Wall at WCS RCRA Disposal Facility
	Figure 4-10: 2004 Photograph of East Wall at WCS RCRA Disposal Facility
	Figure 4-11: East Wall Cross Section
	Figure 4-12: Poles of Subvertical Joint Planes and Kamb Contours, Lower Wall
	Figure 4-13: Poles of Irregular Joint Planes and Kamb Contours, Lower Wall
	Figure 4-14: Poles of Fault Planes and Kamb Contours, Lower Wall
	Figure 4-15: Great Circles for Fault Planes with Slickenside Directions, Lower Wall
	Figure 4-16: Poles of Subvertical Joint Planes and Kamb Contours, Upper Wall
	Figure 4-17: Poles of Irregular Joint Planes and Kamb Contours, Upper Wall
	Figure 4-18: Poles of Fault Planes and Kamb Contours, Upper Wall
	Figure 4-19: Great Circles for Fault PLanes with Slickenside Directions, Upper Wall
	Figure 4-19a: Photographs of Alteration - Diffusion Front at Top of Red Beds
	Figure 4-19b: Gypsum Occurrence
	Figure 4-19c: Gypsum Types Observed
	Figure 4-19d: Surface Topography and Topography of Buried Red Bed Ridge
	Figure 4-20: Seismicity of New Mexico and Bordering Areas (1962-1995; Moment Magnitudes >1.3)
	Figure 4-21: Seismicity of New Mexico and Bordering Areas (1962-1995; Moment Magnitudes >3)
	Figure 4-21a: Locations of June 2, 2001 and Rattlesnake Canyon Earthquakes
	Figure 4-22: Peak Ground Acceleration (%g) with 10% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years
	Figure 4-23: Peak Ground Acceleration (%g) with 2% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years
	Figure 4-24: Lineament Map of the Texas Panhandle and Parts of Oklahoma and New Mexico
	Figure 4-25: 1983 Color Infrared Photograph - WCS Site
	Figure 4-26: 1986 Color Infrared Photograph - WCS Site
	Figure 4-27: Map of Nearest Subsidence Features
	Figure 4-28: Aerial Image Identifying Current and Relict Erosional Features on the WCS Facilities Area
	Figure 4-29: Topgraphic Map of WCS Facilities Area and Erosional/Depositional Features
	Figure 4-30: Surface Depressions within 6.2 Miles (10 km) of WCS Facility Andrews County, Texas
	Figure 4-31a: Aerial Photo January 14, 1996
	Figure 4-31b: Aerial Photo November 2006