Officials with EM headquarters and field sites across the DOE complex met with an array of state and federal stakeholders recently for the sixth Cleanup Dialogue meeting.
Office of Environmental Management
October 31, 2023
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PASCO, Wash. – Officials with EM headquarters and field sites across the DOE complex met with an array of state and federal stakeholders recently for the sixth Cleanup Dialogue meeting.
Their discussions centered on environmental justice, EM land transfers for reuse, opportunities for alternative energy at the cleanup sites, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), an emerging contaminant migrating into the environment from chemicals used in all types of materials.
A member of the Nez Perce Tribe gave a keynote address, and meeting participants toured the Hanford Site — home to the world’s first plutonium production reactor — and DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) Federal Facilities Forum took part in the meeting. Officials from the forum’s member states of Tennessee, Washington, New Mexico, South Carolina, Nevada, Ohio and Utah participated, along with EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management and Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office.
Through a partnership with EM, ECOS facilitates ongoing working relationships with senior-level federal leaders involved in the cleanup of the nuclear weapons complex.
-Contributor: Demitrous Blount
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