Legacy Management Program Update - Energy.gov · UMTRCATitle II site. Although NRC will have final approval authority, a multi-agency group with represen-tatives from EPA, NRC, DOE,

The Fernald Preserve in Harrison, Ohio, hosted a workers reunionevent in the Visitors Center on Saturday, October 15, 2011. Morethan 300 former workers from the Production Era (1950 to 1989)and the Cleanup Era (1989 to 2006) mingled with each other andthe current staff representing the site’s legacy management mission(2006 to present day) during the day-long event.

A presentation was given that recognized the efforts of all theseformer and current site workers. Jane Powell, Fernald Preserve SiteManager, welcomed everyone and expressed her gratitude for their

commitment and success.Gene Branham, long-serving president of theFernald Atomic Trades andLabor Council, spoke aboutthe Production Era and gavenumerous examples of thememorable work that theCold War Warriors didduring those turbulenttimes. Glenn Griffiths,former U.S. Departmentof Energy (DOE) Office ofEnvironmental ManagementFernald Deputy SiteManager, reminded themore than 110 peopleattending the presentationof the challenges faced bycleanup workers and howthe successful cleanupand end state of the sitefar surpassed almosteveryone’s expectations.Graham Mitchell, retiredOhio EnvironmentalProtection Agency, notedthat everyone’s efforts

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Welcome to the October–December 2011 issue of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

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Gwen Hooten, LM General Engineer, listensto memories of a former Fernald productionworker at the October 2011 workers reunion.

Inside this Update:

LM Fernald Workers Reunion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

LM and Other Agencies Testify on Progressin Addressing Past Uranium Mining Impacts . . . 2

Programmatic Environmental ImpactStatement for the Uranium Leasing Program. . . 3

Bidders Conference and Site Tourat Durango, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

LM Records Digitization Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Yucca Mountain Project Records andInformation Systems Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

LM Support Services Request forProposals Released . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

DOE Gives Greenhouse to Din College. . . . . . 7

CERCLA Natural Resource DamageProcesses at the Rocky Flats Site . . . . . . . . . . . 8

EEOICPA Benefits Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Save the Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Environmental Justice Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Human Capital Management Plan . . . . . . . . . . 12

Anticipated LM Sites Through FY 2015 . . . . . . 13

LM Goals and Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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On October 6, 2011, David Geiser, Director of theU.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of LegacyManagement (LM) testified before the SenateEnvironment and Public Works Subcommittee onChildren’s Health and Environmental Responsibility.The subcommittee is chaired by Senator Tom Udall ofNew Mexico. The focus of the hearing was the statusof existing Federal plans and potential future needs toclean up contamination from legacy- or Cold War–erauranium mining and milling operations in New Mexicoand on the Navajo Nation, part of which is in NewMexico. Others who addressed the subcommitteeincluded James Woolford of the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) and Michael Weber of theU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

UMTRCA sites in New Mexicoinclude three in the Grants Mineral Belt (AmbrosiaLake, a Title I site, and Bluewater and L-Bar,Title II sites) and Shiprock, a Title Isite on the Navajo Nation. In addition,LM will eventually assume LTS&Mresponsibility for two UMTRCA Title IIsites in New Mexico, Church Rockand Homestake. The Title II siteswere still active when UMTRCAwas passed, but are currently beingremediated by the licensees under theoversight of NRC. When remediationof the sites is complete, the licensefor them will be transferred to LMfor LTS&M.

Among the major accomplishmentsthat Mr. Geiser reported on wasthe successful remediation of theHighway 160 Site in Arizona. Morethan 400 truckloads of mill-relatedwaste from the Highway 160 Sitewere characterized, excavated,and hauled to the Grand Junction,

Mr. Geiser discussed LM’s long-term surveillance andmaintenance (LTS&M) activities at four uranium milltailings sites in New Mexico remediated under Title Iof the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act(UMTRCA) of 1978. Title I of UMTRCA addressesuranium milling sites that were inactive in 1978 whenthe law was passed.

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LM and Other Agencies Testify on Progress in Addressing PastUranium Mining Impacts in New Mexico and on the Navajo Nation

Colorado, Disposal/Processing Site. More informationon this collaboration between the Navajo Nation, theDOE Office of Environmental Management, and LM toclean up this site was reported in LM’s July–September2011 .

A major new collaboration that was discussed at thehearing is a proposal by EPA that nearly 900,000 cubicyards of mine waste from the Northeast Church Rock(NECR) Mine be disposed of at the Church RockUMTRCA Title II site. Although NRC will have finalapproval authority, a multi-agency group with represen-tatives from EPA, NRC, DOE, the New Mexico Environ-ment Department, and the Navajo Nation, as well asGeneral Electric (the licensee of the mill site) has sincebeen developed to begin working on design options.

Although EPA estimates that disposal of the minewaste at the UMTRCA site will not begin until 2016,LM’s support for LTS&M of mine waste should reducethe cost to remediate the NECR mine, the largestabandoned uranium mine and the one which EPA hasranked highest in terms of threats to human health onthe Navajo Nation. Senator Udall sited the willingnessof the agencies to collaborate on the mine waste issue

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The Bluewater UMTRCA Title II disposal site is in the Grants Mineral Belt of New Mexico.The main cell at Bluewater is the largest UMTRCA cell managed by LM, covering over400 acres (162 hectares). Mt. Taylor, a prominent peak in western New Mexico,is in the background.

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of LegacyManagement is responsible for administering the DOEUranium Leasing Program (ULP) and its 31 uraniumlease tracts located in the Uravan Mineral Belt ofsouthwestern Colorado. The ULP began in 1948 whenCongress authorized the U.S. Atomic Energy Commis-sion (AEC), a predecessor agency of DOE, to withdrawlands from the public domain for the sole purpose ofexploring for, developing, and mining uranium orebodies. Through a series of public land orders, AECtook control of approximately 500,000 acres of landin Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. TheU.S. Geological Survey assisted AEC in implementinga massive exploration program to identify lands thatcontained the most favorable geologic formationsfor uranium. Subsequently, AEC retained only lands(approximately 25,000 acres) that met the mostfavorable criteria. Those lands were the basis for theAEC’s initial mineral leasing program from 1948 through1962. A second leasing period was initiated in the early1970s and continued through 1994. A third leasingperiod was initiated in 1996 and continued throughApril 2008 and the fourth leasing period was initiatedin April 2008.

On July 31, 2008, a Civil Action Summons was filedagainst DOE in the U.S. District Court (Court) for theDistrict of Colorado on behalf of four environmentalorganizations— Colorado Environmental Coalition,Information Network for Responsible Mining, Centerfor Native Ecosystems, and Center for BiologicalDiversity. The complaint alleged that DOE’s ULP actionsviolated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),including the 2007 Programmatic EnvironmentalAssessment (PEA) process, and through its actions,DOE is responsible for the resurgence of activity withinthe domestic uranium industry. The complaint was lateramended to include violations of the EndangeredSpecies Act in connection with the DOE ULP.

Consistent with NEPA and the Council on Environ-mental Quality’s (CEQ’s) implementing regulations,an Environmental Impact Statement is prepared whenan agency’s proposed actions may have significantimpacts on the environment. A PEIS evaluates theenvironmental impacts of broad agency actions, suchas those that may be associated with the ULP. FutureNEPA documents may be prepared (tiered) fromthe PEIS process for individual site-specific actions,as appropriate.

On June 21, 2011, a “Notice of Intent (NOI) to preparean Environmental Impact Statement for the UraniumLeasing Program” was published in the .A Supplement to the NOI announcing plans to preparea PEIS for the DOE ULP was issued in the

on July 21, 2011. This Supplement announcedpublic scoping meeting dates, times, and locations andextended the scoping period to September 9, 2011.Four public meetings on the proposed scope of thePEIS were held during this scoping period.

There are currently nine agencies who will participate inthe PEIS as Cooperating Agencies. These include theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Departmentof the Interior Bureau of Land Management; ColoradoDepartment of Transportation; Colorado Division ofReclamation, Mining and Safety; Mesa County Boardof Commissioners; Montrose County Board of Commis-sioners; San Juan County Commission; Southern UteIndian Tribe; and the Navajo Nation. Additional agenciesare still in the process of deciding whether they will bea Cooperating Agency or only require updates as thePEIS progresses.

A meeting was held with the U.S. Fish and WildlifeService on November 9, 2011, and DOE initiated theinformal consultation process under the EndangeredSpecies Act. A Biological Assessment will beperformed, which may result in the initiation ofa formal consultation process.

Tentatively, DOE is anticipating the Draft PEIS beingcompleted by April 30, 2012, and the Final PEIS beingcompleted by May 24, 2013. For more information,please go to .

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DOE Prepares Programmatic Environmental Impact Statementfor the Uranium Leasing Program

Registration desk at the ULP scoping meeting.

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) organized and held a biddersconference and site tour on November 15, 2011. This effort was in support of the solicitation of the surface landlease for a solar energy generation project at the Durango, Colorado, Disposal Site uranium mill tailing disposalcell. Thirty-one people attended, including LM representatives andtwo representatives from the local electrical utility company.

Dr. Laura Kilpatrick and Deborah Barr from LM’s Asset Management Teamand Jalena Dayvault, LM Durango Site Manager, presented informationpertaining to the disposal site’s regulatory requirements, which outline bothtechnical and lease requirements for this project. To further enhance thepotential bidders experience, information regarding lease award criteria,schedule requirements, and LM’s overall project expectations to ensurecontinued protectiveness at the site were also discussed. After formalpresentations were completed, participants were invited to attend a sitetour. The site tour provided an opportunity for interested parties to visitthe disposal site to better understand site complexities and limitations thatwould assist in construction and installation design and physical factorsaffecting utility connection.

In response to the highly relevant questions presented by the conferenceattendees, LM created a “Frequently Asked Questions for the SolarPhotovoltaic Project at the Durango, Colorado, Disposal Site” link on theproject website .Also, LM will continue to update and post project information that may beuseful in the development of proposals, including disposal site maps andbidders conference material.

Questions can be submitted via e-mail to .

http://www.lm.doe.gov/Durango_Solar_Photovoltaic.pdf

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Bidders Conference and Site TourThe Next Step in Proposed Solar Energy Project at Durango, Colorado

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Bidders conference and site tour at theDurango, Colorado, site.

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office ofLegacy Management (LM) mission is to ensure legacyliabilities of former nuclear weapons production sitesare properly managed following the completion ofenvironmental cleanup activities. Part of this missionincludes the preservation of Federal governmentrecords and information.

LM manages records in compliance with all legal andregulatory requirements as directed by the NationalArchives and Records Administration (NARA) andDOE. Many DOE records have long-term retentionperiods and LM must ensure that records meetpreservation requirements for all record media typesincluding records on paper, film, and other media. Oneof LM’s organizational goals is to preserve, protect, andshare records and information. Current technology ishelping LM to meet this goal through a new digitizationproject. Some LM record holdings are on acetate-based film, which is an unstable medium for long-termpreservation. To ensure these records are readable formany years to come, LM is converting these records toelectronic format.

The LM records digitization project commenced inOctober 2011 with project completion targeted forSeptember 30, 2012. During that time more than400,000 records on film will be digitized. The availabilityof these records in electronic format will not onlyensure long-term preservation of the records, but willreduce costs and expedite retrieval of information tosupport LM records requests. �

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LM Records Digitization Project

LM support contractor personnel use scanning equipment todigitize LM records.

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Yucca Mountain Project Records and Information Systems Transition–


The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management(LM) took responsibility for Yucca Mountain Project (YMP) records,information systems, and the Licensing Support Network (LSN) with theclosure of the DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Managementon October 1, 2010. LM’s commitment to preserve, protect, and sharelegacy records and information continues to be showcased by thetremendous progress made on this unique, complex site transition.

Currently, the LM Business Center (LMBC) houses over 13,200 cubicfeet of physical records—the result of the consolidation of recordholdings from various DOE Federal offices, Federal Record Centers,and commercial storage facilities that supported the YMP. Additionally,the records management team completed the processing of theremaining records—over 300 cubic feet of active YMP records—intothe electronic Record Information System for long-term storage andease of search and retrieval. LM has successfully processed over180 record and information requests associated with the YMP forvarious stakeholders; many were delivered to customers within 24to 48 hours.

Numerous requests for Yucca MountainProject records and information are processedand returned to stakeholders in less than48 hours.

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On November 23, 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy(DOE) Office of Headquarters Procurement Servicesreleased a Request for Proposals (RFP) for LegacyManagement Support Services. The RFP is solicitingoffers for (1) Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance,(2) Information Technology and Records Management;(3) Asset Management; (4) Business; and (5) Program-Wide Support Services to the Office of LegacyManagement.

The competitive acquisition is a 100 percent set-asidefor small businesses under North American IndustryClassification System Code 562910, EnvironmentalRemediation Services, with a size-limit standard of500 employees. A single cost-plus-award-fee contractwith task assignments is contemplated. The periodof performance consists of a 24-month base period(inclusive of a 90-day transition period) and one36-month option period.

Sections A through J of the RFP represent the draftcontract and shall be the basis for the contractualrelationship between DOE and the selected Offeror,in accordance with the Uniform Contract Formatat Federal Acquisition Regulation 15.204-1.The incumbent contractor for this award isS.M. Stoller Corporation under contract numberDE-AM01-07LM00060.

An electronic reading room has been established toinclude supplemental information required for proposalsubmission. The reading room can be found at

.http://www.lm.doe.gov

Proposals must offer to provide complete performancefor all requirements for the entire 24-month baseperiod (inclusive of a 90-day transition period), and one36-month option period. Proposals for less than thetotal requirement may be rejected. Proposals shouldprovide a minimum offer acceptance periodof 180 days after the required date for receipt ofproposals. One single contract award is expected tobe made as a result of this RFP; multiple awards arenot contemplated under this solicitation.

Proposals will be evaluated based on five criteria:technical approach, management approach, staffing,past performance, and cost and fee. In determiningthe best value to the Government, technical capabilityand past performance, when combined, is significantlymore important that the evaluated cost and fee. TheGovernment intends to evaluate proposals and awarda contract without discussions. Therefore, each offershould contain the Offeror’s best terms from a costor price and technical standpoint. However, theGovernment reserves the right to conduct discussionsif later determined by the Contracting Officer tobe necessary. The Government shall not award acontract to an Offeror that does not meet the materialrequirements of the RFP.

Proposals shall be prepared strictly in accordance withthe instructions set forth in the RFP, Part IV, Section L.Proposals shall be evaluated in accordance with thecriteria set forth in Part IV, Section M. Proposals mustbe received by January 25, 2012. �

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Legacy Management Support Services Request for Proposals Released

as an example of the type of collaboration envisionedwhen the first Navajo Nation wasdeveloped in 2007, and when DOE agreed in 2010 toparticipate with NMED in what is commonly referredto as the toaddress regional legacy uranium mining, milling, andgroundwater contamination concerns in west-centralNew Mexico.

Other topics that Mr. Geiser addressed with the sub-committee were DOE’s work on various techniques

Five-Year Plan

Grants Mineral Belt Five-Year Plan

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LM and Other Agencies Testify on Progress in Addressing PastUranium Mining Impacts in New Mexico and on the Navajo Nation

for remediating groundwater at UMTRCA sites inNew Mexico and Arizona, the status of DOE’s UraniumLeasing Program, and the Title X Uranium and ThoriumReimbursement Program. Three Title X sites, where thelicensee is eligible for reimbursement of a portion of thecleanup costs of uranium and thorium mill sites, are inNew Mexico. More information on the Title X programwill be featured in a future LM .Program Update �

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DOE Gives Greenhouse to Din Collegeé

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) spaciousTuba City greenhouse now calls its home Diné College,located in Tsaile, Arizona. DOE donated the green-house to the college in a Navajo ribbon-cuttingceremony on March 26, 2011. The Department hopesto spawn support of environmental science education,research, and community outreach programs.

“I want to extend our gratitude to the DOE for thistremendous contribution to our college and for thefuture growth of our students and community,” saidDiné College Interim President Marie Etsitty.

The greenhouse was built to grow native shrubsfor revegetation and phytoremediation research.

The research evaluated methods for establishingnative shrubs on highly compacted rocky soils thathad been disturbed during the milling and subsequentremediation activities. Dr. Ed Glenn of the Universityof Arizona said of the research, “Conventional seedingmethods were compared to a more expensiveapproach that required irrigation of native shrubtransplants started in the greenhouse. Survival andgrowth of the native shrub transplants was far superiorto conventional methods, potentially reducing long-termrevegetation costs.” This study became the foundationfor DOE’s phytoremediation research at the MonumentValley uranium mill tailings site.

In addition to revegetation, the greenhouse servedother purposes. Throughout the 1990s, students usedthe greenhouse for student science projects but overthe years it deteriorated in the hot Arizona sun.

Rich Bush of DOE, Dr. Jody Waugh, of S.M. StollerCorporation, and Marnie Carroll, who is ExecutiveDirector of the Diné Environmental Institute (DEI) atthe college, considered various options for the futureof the greenhouse. Ultimately, the best option was forDOE to donate the greenhouse so the college couldrepair it. Now, the greenhouse will aid undergraduatestudents in science projects and continue to grownative plants for revegetation on Navajo lands.

Dr. Waugh is very pleased with the decision. He said,“This greenhouse represents more than the gift of aphysical structure—it’s a symbol. It’s symbolic of agrowing math and science education presence both in

A ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday, March 26, 2011, marked agift of a greenhouse from DOE to Diné College. Pictured left toright are: Marnie Caroll, Executive Director of DEI at Diné College;Max D. Goldtooth, Sr, Tuba City Chapter President, Louise Scott,Member, Diné College Board of Regents (Western Agency);Fannie L. Atcitty, President, Board of Regents (NorthernAgency); Marie R. Etsitty, Interim President of Diné College;Dr. Ed Glenn, University of Arizona; Dr. Jody Waugh, S.M. StollerCorporation; Deborah Sullivan, DOE; and Laurence Gishey,Vice-President, Board of Regents (Fort Defiance Agency).(Photos by Ed McCombs)


Deborah Sullivan, DOE Office of Legacy Management, presentsa certificate to Marnie Caroll, Executive Director of DEI at DinéCollege, commemorating transfer of ownership of the Tuba Citygreenhouse from DOE to the College.

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their protected open-space program. Another projectpurchased the minerals underlying a portion of theproperty to the northwest of the site, while gaininga donation of the remaining minerals underlyingParcel D-1.

Recently, the Trustee Council approved the use of theremaining money to buy out and extinguish miningleases and permits on all the western mining parcelsexcept C, which was not encumbered by a minerallease. In addition, this funding was used to leveragecontributions of more than $10 million from local cityand county governments to purchase the mineral rightsunderlying Parcels B and D-2 on the site. The dealalso included purchasing the lands and minerals ofthe adjacent Section 16 State Land Board propertyand extinguishing the associated mining lease.

As was envisioned in the Minerals Act, the Rocky FlatsNatural Resource Trustee Council has now protected allcritical upland prairie habitat on the Rocky Flats site forfuture incorporation into the Rocky Flats National WildlifeRefuge and supplemented these almost 5,000 acreswith the additional 640 acres of Section 16. �

Discharges of hazardous constituents to the soil andwater at the Rocky Flats, Colorado, Site during nearly50 years of nuclear weapons component productionresulted in residual contamination left in the soil andwater. The Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation and Responsibility Act (CERCLA) wasenacted to enforce cleanup and reporting requirementson contaminated property, and places liability fordamages to natural resources due to discharges ofhazardous constituents with the discharger of thedamaging waste. The U.S. Department of Energy(DOE) is responsible for those damages at the RockyFlats site. Normally, a typically long and contentiousassessment of the scope and cost of the naturalresource damages (NRD) is conducted beforefunding is sought and provided for projects to offsetthose damages.

In keeping with the effort to close the site aheadof schedule, DOE secured an agreement with theU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Stateof Colorado, and Colorado’s U.S. Congressionaldelegation to extinguish any claim to NRD by the State.In exchange for extinguishing potential NRD claims,$10 million would be provided to protect critical uplandprairie habitat on the western portion of the site thatcontained privately owned mineral rights (shown inthe figure at right).

The funding was secured for DOE by Congress underthe National Defense Authorization Act for FiscalYear 2006 in what became know locally as the MineralsAct. DOE, USFWS, and three agencies of the Stateof Colorado then formed the Rocky Flats NaturalResource Trustee Council to manage the use ofthe money.

DOE was quick to utilize the funding by purchasingthree separate parcels of minerals underlying thesurface lands already owned by the U.S. government.These parcels are labeled A-1, A-2, and C on thefigure. The remaining funds were subsequentlytransferred to an interest-earning account controlledby the Colorado Department of Public Health and theEnvironment. The Trustee Council approved severalother projects, including contributing to a localmunicipality a percentage of the purchase price ofa property to the east of the site for inclusion within

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Completion of the CERCLANatural Resource Damage Processat the Rocky Flats Site

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Goal 2

EEOICPA Benefits Extended to 17 UMTRCA Sites

The Energy Employees Occupational IllnessCompensation Program Act (EEOICPA) was enactedby Congress in 2001 to provide compensation andmedical benefits to qualifying employees (includingcontractors, subcontractors, and certain vendors) whoworked at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) facilities.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is theadministering agency responsible for implementinglegislated EEOICPA program policies and proceduresand for identifying the covered DOE facilities and thetimeframes. DOL has recently announced that theremediation performed by DOE at 17 of the inactiveuranium-ore-processing sites under the Uranium MillTailings Radiation Control Act [Public Law 95-604],in accordance with standards promulgated by theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will now becovered under EEOICPA.

The additional former uranium mills now covered are:

Monument Valley, Arizona, Processing Site

Tuba City, Arizona, Disposal Site

Grand Junction, Colorado, Disposal/ProcessingSite (formerly Climax Uranium Mill)

Gunnison, Colorado, Disposal/Processing Site

Maybell, Colorado, Disposal Site

Naturita, Colorado, Disposal/Processing Site

Rifle, Colorado, Disposal/Processing Site(Old and New)

Slick Rock, Colorado, Disposal/Processing Site(East and West)

Lowman, Idaho, Disposal Site

Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico, Disposal Site

Lakeview, Oregon, Disposal/Processing Site

Falls City, Texas, Disposal Site

Mexican Hat, Utah, Disposal Site

Riverton, Wyoming, Processing Site

Spook, Wyoming, Disposal Site(Converse County)

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In addition, three facilities already covered underEEOICPA—Durango, Colorado, Disposal/ProcessingSite; Vitro Manufacturing, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania;and Monticello, Utah, Disposal and ProcessingSites—have increased covered time periods associatedwith the environmental remediation done at thosefacilities. DOL has also included the remediationat the Monticello, Utah, Disposal and ProcessingSites. DOE remedial-action contractors performedenvironmental remediation at these locationsconsisting of consolidating and encapsulating allonsite contaminated materials into engineereddisposal cells in the 1980s and the 1990s.

For additional information about these sites andthe benefits available under EEOICPA, visit theU.S. Department of Labor website at

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2012 National Environmental Justice

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April 11 through 13, 2012Washington, DC

February 26 through March 1, 2012Phoenix, Arizona

April 16 through 20, 2012Dallas, Texas

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Yucca Mountain Project Records and Information Systems Transition–

LM’s Information Technology Team successfully consolidated and moved morethan 20 YMP information systems from their original configuration in Las Vegas,Nevada, to the LMBC in order to preserve the science for future research efforts.LM also maintains the LSN document collection in support of the original licenseapplication for Yucca Mountain. Due to funding considerations, the U.S. NuclearRegulatory Commission (NRC) no longer hosts this collection on their publicwebsite portal. However, in accordance with an administrative court order, LMprovided an electronic copy of DOE’s LSN public document collection to theNRC in August. The LSN contains 13.8 million pages of information.

In August, the LM Archives and Information Management (AIM) Teamparticipated in the fall 2011 meeting of the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical ReviewBoard in Salt Lake City, Utah. The AIM team presentation provided the boardwith an update on LM’s records and information stewardship progress, whichwas well received. “Your willingness to support board efforts to oversee thepreservation of the Yucca Mountain Project records and information has beenoutstanding.” �

this community and within the Navajo Nation as awhole.” The link between DEI and DOE has providedthe ability for faculty, students, and scientists to providesolutions for contamination at uranium mill tailings siteson Navajo land. All parties involved are able to benefitfrom this donation.

“Transfer of the greenhouse is not about the DOE,the University of Arizona, or the Diné Collegeadministration. It is about the students. This green-house is symbolic of the current and future generationsof DEI students�our future scientists and communityleaders�who will write the next chapter in theNavajo story about environmental stewardship,” saidDr. Waugh. This effort will help maintain the standardsof environmental excellence that help preserve theNavajo lands and beyond. �


DOE Gives Greenhouse to Din Collegeé

Above: Participants in a traditional Navajo ceremony following the transferand dedication of the Tuba City greenhouse from DOE to Diné College.

Below: Benita Litson, Director of the Diné College Land Grant Office,instructing students in the Tuba City greenhouse on starting and maintaining

native plant seedlings for rangeland restoration. (Photos by Ed McCombs)

Information systems from Nevada were moved toWest Virginia by Information Technology Team members.

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The 2012 National Environmental Justice Conference andTraining Program will take place April 11 through 13, 2011,at Howard University School of Law and the WashingtonMarriott at Metro Center, in Washington, DC. TheObama Administration recommitted to ensuring thatenvironmental justice communities are protected byholding a first-ever, cabinet-level White House Forumon Environmental Justice in December 2010. The forumwas followed by a Memorandum of Understanding onEnvironmental Justice which was signed by 17 Federal

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Environmental Justice Activities

The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council(NEJAC) meeting was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico,on October 25 and 26. NEJAC is an independent bodywhich consists of members from community-basedgroups, businesses and industry, academic andeducational institutions, state and local governments,and tribal governments. In 1993, the U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency established NEJAC in order to obtainindependent advice and recommendations from allstakeholders involved in the environmental justice(EJ) dialogue.

NEJAC provides a valuable forum to conduct opendiscussion on EJ issues with the public, better knownas the public comment period. This year, 47 people,representing many thousands more, made comments inthe open public comment discussion forum or in writing.Many of the individuals were from Native Americanpopulations, which represent a large percentage of theEJ communities in the southwestern region of the UnitedStates. The comments are an important tool for Federalagencies to incorporate the issues most important to EJcommunities into their respective EJ strategies. �

National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico


Newly Named Environmental Justice Conference:

2012 National Environmental Justice Conference and Training Program

agencies, including U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), inAugust 2011. Given the renewed attention, the success ofthis year’s conference is more important than ever. Tocommemorate this renewed focus, the conferenceconveners have renamed the conference, hired a newconference coordinator, and added interactive sessionsand a training program track to allow Federal employeesand others to earn professional-level education credit.DOE employees will not be charged a registration fee andare strongly encouraged to attend. �

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The Fifth Annual National Conference onHealth Disparities was held November 30through December 3, 2011, in Charleston,South Carolina. Its mission was to focuson policies and programs that addressprevention, social determinants, andpersonal responsibility to reduce healthdisparities. This conference continues toaddress the question of how to augmentour nation’s current “sick care” medicalmodel with a comprehensive “well care”approach that sustains and strengthenscommunities by fostering genuine progressin reducing health disparities.

From 2007 through 2010, national conferences in Charleston, South Carolina; St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands; Atlanta,Georgia; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; brought together diverse partners, presenters, and attendees to sharetheir knowledge of health disparities. These programs uncovered a larger story—that social determinants, such aspoverty, low education levels, public safety, environmental quality, and inadequate housing, are major contributingfactors to health disparities. These findings suggest the potential benefits of dedicating more of our nation’shealthcare resources to programs that emphasize education, prevention, and personal responsibility.

Participants in the conference discussed ways to incorporate these understandings into policies and programsthat target health disparities. These may include education and prevention programs, community outreach efforts,improved access to care, environmental quality and public safety initiatives, and policies that recognize andaddress the impact of social determinants and personal responsibility on human health. �

Fifth Annual National Conferenceon Health Disparities: ReducingHealth Disparities throughSustaining Healthy Communities

Goal 5

Human Capital Management PlanThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department) Office of LegacyManagement has published an integrated

(document number DOE/LM-1465). This Plan shows directlinks between our objectives, strategies, activities, and the human capital issuesthat are most important to President Obama’s Administration, the Department,and our own management and staff. Questions and/or comments should bee-mailed to .

2011–2015 Human CapitalManagement Plan

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Environmental Justice Activities

Participants in the Fifth Annual National Conference on Health Disparitiescollaborated on ideas to reduce health disparities through a “well care” approach.

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LM Fernald Workers Reunion

Former Fernald workers congregate inside theFernald Preserve Visitors Center.

Anticipated LM Sites Through FY 2015

Puerto RicoBONUS

DR+ El Verde

Center for Energyand Environmental Research

Amchitka

AlaskaChariot

Grand Junction

Ambrosia Lake

Buffalo

Bluewater

BurrellCanonsburg

Durango D/P

Edgemont

FallsCity

Grand Junction D/P

Green River

Gunnison D/P

Hallam DR

Lakeview D/PLowman

Madison

Maybell

Mexican Hat

Monticello D/P

Parkersburg

Piqua DR

Rifle D/P

Salt Lake City D/P

Sherwood

Shiprock

Site A/Plot M DR

Slick Rock D/P

Spook

Tuba City

WeldonSpring

L-Bar

Chupadera Mesa

Acid/Pueblo CanyonBayo Canyon

Chicago NorthChicago South

Seymour

Beverly

New BrunswickGraniteCity

Indian OrchardNiagara Falls

Vicinity Properties

Adrian

OxfordHamilton

Toledo

Columbus EastFairfield

New York

Aliquippa

Springdale

Naturita D/P

Pinellas

Monument Valley

Jersey City

Shirley Basin South

DOE HeadquartersOffice ofLegacy Management

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MaxeyFlats

Morgantown

Middlesex North

Albany

Missouri UniversityResearch Reactor

Grand Junction

Riverton

Sequoyah Fuels

Durita

Bear CreekGas Hills North

Wayne

Columbus

Shoal

CentralNevada

Test Area

PannaMaria

Rocky Flats

Salmon

Rio Blanco

RulisonRulison

Maybell West

Highland

Gnome-Coach

Gasbuggy

Tonawanda North Unit 1Tonawanda North Unit 2

Fernald

Gas Hills East

Split Rock

RayPoint

Attleboro

Mound

Ashtabula

Inhalation Toxicology Laboratory

Uravan

Painesville

CombustionEngineering

GeneralElectricVallecitosNuclearCenter

IA ArmyAmmunitionPlant

St. Louis Airport

Oak RidgeWarehouses

Latty AvenueProperties

Berkeley

GeothermalTest Facility

General AtomicsHot Cell Facility

Oxnard

Laboratoryfor Energy-

RelatedHealth

Research

West Valley

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UMTRCA Title I

CERCLA/RCRA

UMTRCA Title II

FUSRAP

D&D++Other

Anticipated Sites in LM Through FY 2015Requiring LTS&M

during the numerous Fernald missions would not be forgottenand their hard work will always be remembered, in part, bythe documented history and lessons learned contained inthe Visitors Center exhibit area and archive of countlessdocuments. U.S. Representative Steve Chabot (R-OH-1)thanked all former and current DOE workers, primesubcontractors, regulators, neighbors, and activist groupson behalf of the U.S. Congress and the American people.

In addition to the presentation, van tours were offeredthroughout the day. Eight trips ferried nearly 100 people toareas of the site normally off-limits to the public. The toursgave Office of Legacy Management (LM) staff the opportunityto again thank former workers for their efforts and to tellthem about LM and the site’s current mission. �

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