NDAA Report to Congress

1
NDAA Report to Congress

• FY 2000 National Defense Authorization Act
  requires DOE report on existing and anticipated
  long-term stewardship obligations
• Covers sites, and portions of sites, where LTS
  will be needed by 2006

2
Key Elements of Report

• Number of sites and portions of sites where LTS
  is needed
• Estimates of LTS costs per site
• Site-specific information on cleanup and LTS
  activities

3
Elements of Task Force Comments

• Reiterate key state LTS concerns in context of
  report information
• Respond to general information in report and how
  report was developed
• Respond to site-specific information

4
Key State LTS Concerns

• Importance of LTS
• Role of states
• Need to evaluate LTS fairly
• Need to look to aggressive remediation

5
Respond to Report Information

• Number of sites and portions of sites in LTS
  universe
• 129 sites, including 96 DOE sites, 21 FUSRAP
  sites and 11 UMTRCA Title II sites.
• Does not include
• sites where DOE expects to cleanup to
  unrestricted uses
• NWPA Section 151(b) sites.

6
Respond to Report Information, Cont.

• Estimates of LTS costs
• Estimates very preliminary
• Only include sites or portions of sites where LTS
  will begin by end of 2006.
• Inconsistent sets of LTS activities and
  assumptions across sites
• Examples

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Respond to Report Information, Cont.

• Good start at developing LTS information and
  estimates.
• As a next step, DOE should develop a framework
  for consistently evaluating and identifying LTS
  activities and for estimating LTS costs.
• A vehicle for this framework is the LTS Plan
  guidance under development to support the 2004
  LTS plans.
• States and Tribes must have a strong role in
  developing this guidance and in the 2004 LTS
  plans.

8
Site-Specific Information

• Important for states to go on record if they
  disagree with the assumptions about cleanup and
  LTS in volume II.
• Key issues
• End state and cleanup activities
• Start date for LTS and LTS activities

9
Next Steps

• Develop Task Force comment letter to DOE.
• Continue coordination of review of site-specific
  information.
• Begin to work with DOE to develop strategy for
  states to participate in development of LTS Plan
  Guidance. Next draft available April 17.