U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Legacy Management

UpdateTracy D. Atkins, PE, AICP, PMP

Program ManagerState and Tribal Government Work Group (STGWG)

November 19, 2019

Agenda Anticipated Site Transfers for 2014-2024 Relationship with States

• Agreement States• Cooperative Agreements• Site Visits

Relationship with USACE STEM Outreach Efforts LTS Lessons Learned

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Site Transfers for 2019-2024

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Site Transfers for 2019-2024 (continued)

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Anticipated Site Transitions Examples

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Estimated transition in 2022

Panna Maria, Texas, Disposal Site Ray Point, Texas, Disposal Site

Estimated transition in 2022

At Uranium Mill Tailing Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) sites, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) works with the site licensee,

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to transition sites into the program

Anticipated Site Transitions Examples (continued)

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Bear Creek, Wyoming, Disposal Site

Estimated transition 2023

DOE works with the site licensee, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, and NRC

Split Rock, Wyoming, Disposal Site

Estimated transition 2022

State Relationships and Cooperative Agreements DOE Office of Legacy Management (LM) engages with state regulators on a

routine basis to ensure lines of communication are maintained at sites LM includes affected states in the annual site inspections

• In 2019, the state regulators for Idaho, Wyoming, Washington, New Mexico, Mississippi, Texas, and Colorado attended site visits with LM

• LM also conducts routine meetings with Colorado, Texas, and Wyoming helping the states and LM work as a team

LM provides Cooperative Agreements to State/Tribal Governments• Contributes to meaningful collaboration on site

activities with Tribal governments, including Arapahoe-Shoshone, Hopi, Northern Apache, and Navajo Nation

• Improves project-related communication and engagement with state agencies, such as in Colorado, Utah, Oregon, and New Mexico

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LM and State Official Visits

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LM meets with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality in Cheyenne, Wyoming

LM hosts a field meeting with site licensees and the Texas Commission on Environmental

Quality in Conquista, Texas

LM and State Official Visits (continued)

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LM hosts a field visit at the Rifle, Colorado, Processing and Disposal Sites with the

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the city of Rifle

LM and State Official Visits (continued)

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LM conducts long-term surveillance and maintenance (LTS&M) at the Sherwood, WA, Disposal Site (UMTRCA Title II), in coordination with the state of Washington and the Spokane Tribe of Indians

LM and State Official Visits (continued)

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Review of former Technical Building ICs prior to entering (left to

right: Eric Cluxton, Mound Development Corporation;

Shannon Dettmer, Ohio Department of Health;

Brian Nickel, Ohio EPA; and Sue Smiley, LM)

Brian Zimmerman observes during

annual ICs Walkdown in former Technical Building at

Mound site

Sue Smiley and Brian Zimmerman during pre-brief

of the annual Institutional Controls (ICs) Walkdown at

the Mound, Ohio, Site (April 18, 2019)

LM and State Official Visits (continued)

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Stakeholders and regulators participate in a vegetation field monitoring demonstration at the

Fernald Preserve, Site, Ohio

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) participates in the site-

inspection process at the Fernald site

LM and State Official Visits (continued)

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Ohio EPA organizes a wetland-monitoring program with a local high school

DOE, Ohio EPA, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sign a Natural Resource Trustee Resolution

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers The Economy Act — 31 USC 1535 (48 CFR § 17.502-2)

— authorizes agencies to enter into agreements to obtain supplies or services from another agency

• A June 26, 2018, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between LM and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) provides the authority for USACE to accept work and receive funds from LM

• Under MOA, DOE contracts with USACE to interact with the licensee to gather the requisite information that will enable USACE to review the title documents, render a title opinion, and prepare a warranty deed for transfer of the land to DOE

On March 19, 2019, LM signed an Enterprise Program Management Plan with USACE for execution of individual Interagency Agreement(s) under a National USACE/LM MOA

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Current and Anticipated LM Managed Sites

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STEM with LM American Indian Science and Engineering Society Conference

• Milwaukee, Wisconsin• STEM Activity Day• Career Fair — STEM Rising

Nuclear Science Week (International STEM Program)• Mesa County and city of Grand Junction proclamations• Grand Junction area high schools STEM expositions• Atomic Legacy Cabin — Teacher Open House

Atomic Legacy Cabin• Native American/Colorado Plateau Uranium History presentation by Bill Frazier,

Grand Junction site lead Defense Related Uranium Mines (DRUM) STEM outreach program

• Tope Elementary presentation by Jay Glascock, DRUM lead

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STEM with LM (continued)

2019 Youth Summer TRAIL Program• L-Bar and Bluewater, NM, Disposal Sites

The Environmental Justice Outreach Program Boot Camp

• Aiken, SC Mentorship for Environmental Scholars Program

• 4-Day Orientation LM intern participation — Laguna

Regional Science Bowl Competition• Greater Cincinnati, OH

Fernald Preserve, OH, Site visits

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STEM with LM (continued)

Math and Science Night• Thunder Mountain Elementary, Grand Junction, CO

STEM-sation Day• Ganado, AZ

Eight area schools 500+ students

Solids, Liquids, and Gases activity • Weldon Springs, MI

STEM/STEAM presentations• Pinon High School, Pinon, AZ• Dos Rios Elementary, Grand Junction, CO

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STEM with LM (continued)

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LTS Lessons Learned Project

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LTS Lessons Learned Project (continued)

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