ECA Survey 

Should DOE Prioritize “Legacy” TRU Waste or Treat all TRU Waste Equally for Disposal at WIPP Under the New Permit with the State of NM?

ECA is conducting a survey to get your input that will help ECA and other organizations identify and provide input into the prioritization of the source of the TRU waste that is being disposed at WIPP from DOE generator sites.  WIPP (DOE EM), as a requirement under DOE’s state permit, is developing a new “Waste Isolation Pilot (“WIPP”) Legacy TRU Waste Disposal Plan” (the “Plan”).   ECA members around WIPP have asked ECA member communities and others around the country that are interested in TRU waste and WIPP issues, for their input through this survey on the Plan.  

The questions will focus on “Legacy TRU waste” which ECA generally defines as TRU waste associated with Cold War and World War II periods. Others define it differently and if you do, please note it in the survey comments at the end of the questionnaire. ECA recognizes that some sites generate both Legacy TRU waste and non-legacy TRU waste.

Communities around the country have recognized the importance of WIPP to cleaning up the DOE sites in their communities. Because this plan could affect the prioritization of TRU waste shipments and the accessibility of WIPP to these communities (DOE calls these sites “generator sites”), ECA is asking for feedback from the citizens, local, state and Tribal governments and others on the issues.

ECA will post the results of the survey on our web page after the survey results are recorded.  

Please try to complete the survey at your earliest convenience.  This Survey will close on August 15.

The link below to Survey Monkey includes a brief background, and we expect the survey will take the 5-7 minutes to complete. 

To take the survey, please click here.

For more on the survey please contact Andres Ridge at ajr@energyca.org 

September 16-18, 2024| Crystal Gateway Marriott | Arlington, VA

​Join us for the 10th Annual National Cleanup Workshop! 

Hear from senior DOE leaders, local government officials, and industry leaders about DOE's cleanup priorities, the future of the workforce, and more.

Featured Speakers: 

• The Honorable Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary of U.S. Department of Energy
• Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman, House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
• Candice Robertson, Senior Advisor, DOE-EM
• Jeff Avery, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, DOE-EM
• Greg Sosson, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Field Operations, DOE-EM
• Kristen Ellis, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory and Policy Affairs, DOE-EM
• Dae Chung, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Corporate Services, DOE-EM
• James McConnell, Associate Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration
• Brent Gerry, Mayor, City of West Richland, WA; Chair, ECA and
• Rebecca Casper, Mayor, City of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Vice-Chair, ECA.

Hosted by ECA with the cooperation of the Energy Facility Contractors Group and DOE-EM, the workshop brings together more than 800 senior DOE executives, officials from DOE sites, industry leaders, local elected officials, contractors and community stakeholders to discuss EM’s progress to address the environmental legacy of the Manhattan Project and Cold War-era U.S. nuclear weapons program.