Jeff Avery, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Environmental Management, meets with the National Association of Attorney Generals (NAAG) during their spring meeting held May 3, 2023. NAAG is a membership organization of the Attorneys Generals of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Commonwealths, and the U.S. territories.
Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state environmental agencies held the annual National Cleanup Dialogue in Idaho Falls, Idaho in August 2024.
The Office of Environmental Management supports, by means of grants and cooperative agreements, a number of institutionalized activities and relationships with various national intergovernmental organizations. These organizations include the Energy Communities Alliance (ECA), the Environmental Council of States (ECOS), the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), the National Governors Association (NGA), and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)’s Nuclear Legislative Working Group, and State and Tribal Governments Working Group (STGWG).
Since 2003, all of the intergovernmental groups have met together annually in a single forum to enhance collaboration and cooperation. This combined Intergovernmental Meeting allows senior EM officials to meet and discuss important issues with all the affected state, local and tribal government officials. Additionally, in order to follow up from action items developed at the meeting, the groups convened a Combined Intergovernmental Working Group (CIWG). The CIWG consists of two members of each of the intergovernmental groups along with representatives from the department. The CIWG hosts regular conference calls to circulate new ideas and information among the groups, as well as to plan the combined Intergovernmental meetings.
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