ECA Update: Advance Agenda Now Available for 2016 National Cleanup Workshop

Published: Fri, 07/29/16

ECA Update:
July 29, 2016
Advance Agenda Now Available for 2016 National Cleanup Workshop
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An advance agenda is now available for the 2016 National Cleanup Workshop, scheduled to be held on Sept. 14-15, 2016, at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, Va.

The workshop is set to involve participation by a wide variety of lawmakers; federal and state officials; and industry executives involved in the DOE cleanup program, including:
  • Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID), Chairman, House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee
  • Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), Chair, House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus (invited)
  • Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Co-Chair, House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus (invited)
  • Monica Regalbuto, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, DOE
  • Mark Whitney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, DOE-EM
  • Stacy Charboneau, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Field Operations, DOE-EM
  • Frank Marcinowski, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory and Policy Affairs, DOE-EM
  • Candice Trummell, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Corporate Services, DOE-EM
  • Ralph Holland, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Project Management, DOE-EM
  • Jim Hutton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Safety, Security and Quality Assurance, DOE-EM
  • Rod Rimando, Director, Office of Technology Development, DOE-EM
  • Joyce Connery, Chairman, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
  • Matthew Moury, Associate Under Secretary for Environment, Health, Safety and Security, DOE
  • John Kotek, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear, DOE
  • David Foster, Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary, DOE
  • John Hale, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, DOE
  • Ryan Flynn, Secretary, New Mexico Environment Department (invited)
  • Shari Meghreblian, Deputy Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation
  • Shelly Wilson, Federal Facilities Liaison, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
  • Dyan Foss, Global Managing Director Nuclear Sector, CH2M
  • Michael Graham, Principal Vice President, Bechtel
  • Cathy Hickey, President, WECTEC Government Services
  • William Morrison, Executive Vice President, Atkins North America
  • Todd Wright, General Manager and Executive Vice President, AECOM Nuclear & Environment Strategic Business Unit
In addition, managers from EM field offices and cleanup contractors across the complex are also set to participate in this year’s workshop. 

The workshop is being hosted by the Energy Communities Alliance, and cooperating organizations for the event include DOE and the Energy Facility Contractors Group. The workshop will bring together senior DOE executives and site officials, industry executives, and other stakeholders to discuss EM's progress in the cleanup of the environmental legacy of the nation’s Manhattan Project and Cold War nuclear weapons program.

Additional information on the workshop, including how to register and the full advance agenda, can be found here.

More than 350 people attended the inaugural workshop in late September last year. EM made available the event's support materials, including links to 15 videos that captured addresses by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and EM Assistant Secretary Monica Regalbuto, along with roundtable sessions focusing on the cleanup program’s next five years and its major accomplishments. The presentations from the roundtable sessions, photos from the workshop, and a workshop attendee list are all available here.
 
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