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Making a DifferenceAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Thomas Johnson, Jr.Deputy Director, EM Recovery Act
Office of Environmental ManagementU.S. Department of Energy
Presented to: Morehouse College
Entrepreneurship Conference
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EM Mission
• Largest environmental cleanup effort in the world, originally involving two million acres at 108 sites in 35 states
• Safely performing work– In challenging environments – Involving some of the most
dangerous materials known to man– Solving highly complex technical
problems with first-of-a-kind technologies
• Operating in the world’s most complex regulatory environment
• Supporting other continuing DOE missions and stakeholder partnerships
“Complete the safe cleanup of the environmental legacy brought about from five decades of nuclear weapons development, production, and Government-sponsored nuclear energy research.”
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EM Program Priorities
• Essential activities to maintain a safe, secure, and compliant posture in the EM complex
• Radioactive tank waste stabilization, treatment, and disposal
• Spent nuclear fuel storage, receipt, and disposition
• Special nuclear material consolidation, stabilization, and disposition
• High priority groundwater remediation • Transuranic (TRU) and mixed/low-level
waste disposition• Soil and groundwater remediation• Excess facilities deactivation and
decommissioning (D&D)
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Secretary Chu’s Key Recovery Act Objectives
“We will turn this time of economic crisis into an opportunity to build a clean, secure, and prosperous energy future for America….”
—Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy
• Start projects quickly• Ensure projects have
lasting value• Provide public with
unprecedented transparency
• Make a significant down payment on the Nation’s energy and environmental future
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DOE Recovery Act Funding
Department of Energy Program OfficeRecovery Act
($ Millions)
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy $16,800
Office of Science $2,000
Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability $4,500
Office of Fossil Energy $3,400
Office of Environmental Management $6,000
DOE TOTAL (Excluding Loans) $32,700
Office of the Chief Financial Officer - Technology Loan Guarantee $6,000
Power Marketing Administrations - Borrowing Authority $6,500
DOE TOTAL (Including Loans) $45,200
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EM Received $6 Billion inRecovery Act Funding
• Directed towards existing scope that can most readily be accelerated– Soil and groundwater remediation– Radioactive solid waste disposition– Facility decontamination & decommissioning
• “Shovel-ready” projects– Fully-defined cost, scope, and schedule– Established regulatory framework– Proven technology– Proven performance– Existing contract vehicles
• Focus on EM completion and footprint reduction
• Recovery Act funding will accelerate approximately 48 compliance milestones
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Hanford SiteRichland $1.635 B Office of River Protection $326 M Idaho National
Laboratory$468 M
Argonne National Laboratory
$99 M
Portsmouth Site$118 M
West Valley Demonstration
Project$74 M
Separations Process Research Unit
$52 M
Brookhaven National Laboratory$42 M
Paducah Site$79 M
Oak Ridge $755 M
Savannah River Site$1.615 B
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant$172 M
Moab$108 M
Los Alamos National Laboratory
$212 M
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory$8 M
Nevada Test Site$44 M
Energy Technology Engineering Center
$54 M
$6 Billion: Making a Difference in Communities Across the Country
Mound$20 M
12 States, 17 SitesUranium/Thorium $69 MManagement & Oversight $50 M
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Recovery Act Funding Obligationsat EM Sites
Financial data are based on reporting as of February 16, 2010, and are subject to change.
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Getting The Job Done
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Over 14,400 Jobs Saved or Created
Applicants Headcount Job FairsArgonne (IL) 2,815 103 13
Brookhaven (NY) 41 153 0
ETEC (CA) 1,220 170 0
Hanford-ORP (WA) 22,875 803 25
Hanford-Richland (WA) 17,562 2,918 18
Idaho (ID) 6,399 1,840 9
Los Alamos (NM) 897 233 2
Moab (UT) 3,819 227 0
Mound (OH) 12 45 0
Nevada (NV) 39 394 0
Oak Ridge (TN) 10,543 2,843 8
Paducah (KY) 5,251 234 4
Portsmouth (OH) 3,226 547 3
Savannah River (SC) 17,781 2,917 6
SLAC (CA) 90 122 1
SPRU (NY) 196 157 0
West Valley (NY) 1,128 319 0
WIPP (NM) 448 377 0
TOTALS 94,342 14,402 89
EM Job Applicants, Headcount, and Job Fairs(January 12, 2010)
Headcount - workers that have benefited from ARRA funding including full-time, part-time, and temporary workers
Note that the job numbers reported in FederalReporting.gov only account for prime contractor workers
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Footprint Reduction means that the active DOE EM mission is complete within a particular area in terms of decontamination and decommissioning, waste disposition, ground water remediation, soil removal, etc.
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Approx. 450 sq. mi. Reduction
EM footprint will be reduced from 900 sq. mi. to approximately 450 sq. mi. (approx. 40 to 50 percent) by Sept. 2011, and to about 90 sq. mi. (approx. 80 to 90 percent) of the initial footprint) by Sept. 2015.
Footprint Reduction
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Project Management Oversight & Accountability
• Maintain regular communications with regulators, Tribal Nations and stakeholders
• Fully implement DOE Order 413.3A
• Phased release of funding based on performance– Integrates project, contract and funds management
• Ensure projects stay on schedule and within cost
• Conduct regular reviews to track and monitor performance
• On-site Headquarters representatives will closely observe project performance
• External oversight reviews by the IG and GAO
Safety is the #1 priority for all EM Recovery Act projects.
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Recovery Act Work Requires All Types of Skills
DOE Headquarters Site Field Offices• Project Managers• Contracting Specialists• Project Engineers• Chemical Engineers• Safety and Quality Assurance Specialists• Budget• Administrative Assistants• Strategic Planners
• Project Managers• Cost Estimators• Schedulers• Construction Engineers• Heavy Equipment Operators• Radiological Technologists• Nuclear Safety Engineers• Quality Assurance and
Quality Control Engineers• Truck Drivers• Health Physics Technicians• Earth Drillers• Environmental Engineers• Nuclear Waste Processing Operators• Geologists
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Making Progress in Empowering Small Business
• EM prime contracting small business goal for FY 2009 is was 4.8%
• Each EM site is expected to meet or exceed EM’s corporate small business goal and maximize small business prime and subcontracting opportunities
• EM Recovery Act program targeted more than 4.8%, or $288 million of the $6 billion in ARRA funds, for small business primes
• Exceeded small business target goal—more than $396 million obligated as of Sept 30, 2009 for all small business categories
EM Recovery Act Program has achieved 136% of its small business goals for FY 2009!
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Small Business Opportunities
• Increase Small Business Participation through– Exploring new ways to facilitate small business participation
– Developing mechanism to assist small business through State
and Regional Finance Development Organizations
For small business information and opportunities contact Ms. Brenda Degraffenreid at:
[email protected] or (202) 586-4620
For stakeholder and regulator information contact Ms. Melissa Nielson at [email protected] or
David Borak at [email protected]
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Communicate. Communicate. Communicate.
• Hot Link Jobs Button
• EM Recovery Act newsletter
• Weekly News Flash
• EM Recovery Act website
• Stakeholder conference calls
• Public meetings
• OMB/Congress
• GAO/IG
EM Headquarters and Field sites are striving to provide “unprecedented transparency” as to where the ARRA
money is going and what is being accomplished.
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Summary
EM Recovery Act Program is making progress in achieving the President’s goals of job creation and environmental cleanup through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
• More than 99% of Recovery Act funds have been allocated to sites
• $5.77 billion obligated to contracts for EM Recovery projects
• 14,400 jobs created and preserved in 12 States
• Over $1.3 billion spent on Recovery work
• Achieved 136% of EM small business prime contracting goal
• Monthly monitoring of project execution and performance
• Active engagement with stakeholders and regulators
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Learn More About theEM Recovery Act Program
EM Recovery Act Program Officehttp://www.em.doe.gov/emrecovery
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202-586-2083
DOE Recovery Act Clearinghousehttp://RecoveryClearinghouse.energy.gov
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-888-DOE-RCVY