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The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on Fulfilling the Promise of TSCA Reform

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee oversight hearing titled, “TSCA and Public Health: Fulfilling the Promise of the Lautenberg Act:"


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - In an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing, Subcommittee Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) spoke about the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).


Leader Rodgers Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing on the Toxic Substances Control Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).


News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $14.5 million in available funding to leverage existing low-carbon energy to scale-up direct air capture (DAC) technology combined with reliable carbon storage. DAC, a carbon dioxide removal approach, is a process that separates carbon...


Oak Ridge Disposes Low-Dose Uranium-233, Supports Cancer Research

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor Isotek successfully completed processing and disposing the low-dose inventory of uranium (U)-233 stored at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) this month, ending a two-year effort that has eliminated a portion of the site’s legacy nuclear material and provided rare nuclear isotopes for next-generation cancer treatment research.


EM, Agencies From U.S., U.K., and Canada Focus on Stakeholder Engagement

News Release: EM joined other government organizations from the U.S., U.K., and Canada last week for a virtual exchange focused on lessons learned and best practices for stakeholder engagement.


News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - As part of a continuing commitment to public involvement, EM leaders at the Hanford Site are engaging the public to help shape cleanup priorities in the site’s 5-Year Plan.


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - An EM team at Savannah River Site (SRS) has significantly improved the system for picking up, transporting, and processing excess materials and equipment for reuse, reducing the average number of days to complete such tasks from 45 to only a few.


News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded United Cleanup Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) of Germantown, MD, the Oak Ridge Reservation Cleanup Contract (ORRCC) at the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Moab Project Celebrates Milestone: 12 Million Tons of Tailings Disposed

News Release: MOAB, Utah - EM ’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project recently accomplished an EM 2021 priority by successfully relocating another million tons of uranium mill tailings away from the Colorado River, bringing the cumulative total to 12 million tons permanently disposed.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM has authorized the use of a second mega-volume saltstone disposal unit (SDU) at Savannah River Site (SRS) after the project was completed ahead of schedule and under cost.


Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on Legislation to Support Patients, Caregivers, and Providers

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “Caring for America: Legislation to Support Patients, Caregivers, and Providers:"


Hanford Completes Wastewater Basin Work to Support Tank Waste Treatment

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Record-breaking heat and the sheer size of the job could not stop the EM Office of River Protection (ORP) and its tank operations contractor from safely completing a construction project critical to the Hanford Site’s Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW ) Program for treating tank waste.