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The purpose of this page is to bring special attention to various EM documents or activities. Items will remain on this page for a limited period of time. It is suggested that you bookmark your favorites for future reference.   2008 DOE Nuclear Suppliers Outreach Meeting to be held July 31, 2008   5/29/08 - DOE Selects Washington River Protection Solutions, LLC for Tank Operations Contract at Hanford Site    3/08 - Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA)/Technology Maturation Plan (TMP) Process Guide   3/18/08 - DOE Announces Strategic Engineering and Technology Roadmap for Cleanup of Cold War Era Nuclear Waste    3/08 - Engineering and Technology Roadmap   DOE Annual Small Business Conference to be held June 24-26, 2008    2/08 - Presentation on the Environmental Management Program from Assistant Secretary James Rispoli    2/14/08 - Presentation by Assistant Secretary Rispoli at the Cleanup Caucus    FY 2009 - Environmental Management Budget Request to Congress    1/21/2008 - Department of Energy Increases Payments-in-Lieu-of-Taxes to Neighboring Counties of Savannah River Site    1/10/2008 - DOE Selects Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC to Manage and Operate its Savannah River Site    12/18/2007 - Statement from DOE Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management James Rispoli on the NAPA’s Management Review of DOE’s Office of Environmental Management    12/18/2007 - NAPA’s Management Review of DOE’s Office of Environmental Management    12/18/2007 - NAPA’s Management Review of DOE’s Office of Environmental Management - Appendices    11/15/2007 - Uranium Enrichment Decontamination & Decommissioning Fund Report    11/07 - Senior Executives in DOE Office of Environmental Management Win Presidential Award    10/07 - Environmental Management Engineering and Technology - Innovative Technologies    Fernald Closure Site Named PMI 2007 Project of the Year    10/07 - EM Receives the Primavera Excellence Award    10/09/07 - Savannah River/Hanford/Idaho Technical Exchange    9/07 - EM Recipient of the Service to America Medals (SAMMIE) Award, 2007 Science and Environment Medal    9/05/07 - Consolidation of Surplus Plutonium at Savannah River Site   8/14/07 - Energy Department Certifies Seismic and Ground Motion Criteria for Hanford's Waste Treatment Plant    7/23/07 - Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Disposal of Greater-Than-Class C Low-Level Radioactive Waste.    7/12/07 - DOE's Former Rocky Flats Weapons Production Site to Become National Wildlife Refuge    EM Five-Year Plan (Fiscal Year 2008 - Fiscal Year 2012)    Idaho Cleanup Project Successfully Starts Tank Farm Grouting    Notice of Availability of Final Section 3116 Determination Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center Tank Farm Facility   6/27/07 - EM Receives Small Business Achievement Awards    5/01/07 - DOE Environmental Management Receives Highest Transportation Industry Safety Award    5/01/07 - 8th Annual Small Business Conference to be held June 26-28, 2007    4/07 - Draft Environmental Management Engineering and Technology Roadmap    04/09/2007 - Draft Environmental Management Engineering and Technology Roadmap    3/07 - Environmental Management Technology Development Successes Overview    03/14/2007 - DOE Awards Contract for Transuranic Waste Transportation Services    03/09/2007 - DOE Seeking Input on Alternative Uses of Nickel Inventory    03/08/2007 - DOE Issues Draft Request for Proposals for SRS Liquid Waste Contract    03/2007 - Environmental Management Technology Development Successes Overview    02/05/2007 - FY 2008 Budget Request to Congress   1/19/07 - Secretary Bodman Celebrates Clean Up Completion of Three Former Weapons Research and Production Sites in Ohio    01/19/2007 - Secretary Bodman Celebrates Clean Up Completion of Three Former Weapons Research and Production Sites in Ohio    01/19/2007 - Ohio Closure Projects Ceremony    12/12/2006 - Idaho Cleanup Project Successfully Starts Tank Farm Grouting    11/15/2006 - Intern Career Recruitment Schedule   10/23/2006 - DOE's Rocky Flats Cleanup Site Named 2006 Project of the Year By Project Management Institute    10/16/2006 - State of New Mexico Issues Permit For Remote-Handled Waste at WIPP    09/2006 - Rocky Flats Closure Legacy Lessons Learned Report, September 2006   Office of Environmental Management Five Year Plan - FY2007 through FY2011  This document describes the Office of Environmental Management's planned strategies, funding and accomplishments over the next five years.   Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States Department of Energy and the Washington State Department of Ecology for Development of the Hanford Site Tank Closure and Waste Management EIS ("TC&WM EIS")  The purpose of this MOU is to define the responsibilities of each agency in preparation of the EIS. For the purposes of this MOU, DOE and Ecology (the Parties) agree that the most effective relationship shall be one in which DOE serves as the "Lead Agency" and Ecology serves as the "Cooperating Agency" as defined in the CEQ regulations (40 C.F.R. Part 1508). Settlement Agreement re: Washington v. Bodman  The overarching goal of this Settlement Agreement is to resolve the litigation and improve the relationship between DOE and Ecology to be more cooperative and collaborative. This Agreement is intended to resolve Ecology's groundwater analysis concerns in the HSW EIS and to provide an approach to analyze waste management actions at the Hanford Site.   Report of the Review of the Hanford Solid Waste Environmental Impact Statement regarding Data Quality, Control and Management Issues  This report summarizes the results of a review done of the data quality discrepancies in the Solid Waste EIS.   Notice of Availability of Final Section 3116 Determination for Salt Waste Disposal at the Savannah River Site The Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of the Final Section 3116 determination for the disposal of separated, solidified, low-activity salt waste at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina. The determination was prepared pursuant to Section 3116 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005. Section 3116 authorizes the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), to determine that certain waste from reprocessing is not high-level waste (HLW) and that it may instead be disposed of as low-level waste (LLW) if it meets the provisions set forth in Section 3116.   Notice of Availability of Draft Section 3116 Determination for Savannah River Site Tanks 18 and 19. This Notice announces the availability of a draft determination for the permanent, in-situ disposal of residual tank wastes (including tank structure and equipment) in liquid radioactive waste tanks 18 and 19 at the F-Tank Farm (FTF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina. This determination addresses only the permanent disposal of the residual materials contaminating Tank 18 and Tank 19, as well as the structure of the tanks themselves and ancillary equipment. DOE prepared the draft determination pursuant to Section 3116 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005. Section 3116 authorizes the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), to determine that certain waste from reprocessing is not high-level waste (HLW) and that it may instead be disposed of as low-level waste (LLW) if it meets the provisions set forth in Section 3116. Although not required by the Act, DOE made the draft waste determination available for public review and comment. That comment period is now closed and DOE is developing a summary of the responses to public comments and completing the final waste determination.   Notice of Availability of Draft Section 3116 Determination Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center Tank Farm Facility The Federal Register Notice announced the availability of a draft Section 3116 determination for the disposal of grouted residual waste in the tank systems at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) Tank Farm Facility (TFF). The determination was prepared pursuant to Section 3116 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005. Section 3116 authorizes the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), to determine that certain waste from reprocessing is not high-level waste and that it may instead be disposed of as low-level waste if it meets the provisions set forth in Section 3116. Although not required by the Act, DOE made the draft waste determination available for public review and comment. That comment period is now closed and DOE is developing a summary of the responses to public comments and completing the final waste determination.