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The Weldon Spring, Missouri, Sitedisposal cell shown with its prairie in bloom. Tours of the disposal cell and Interpretive Center areavailable for school children and other groups. Environmental Sciences Laboratory personnelconduct projects in applied science that help ensure that Legacy Management remediationprojects incorporate up-to-date technology. A team approach and strategic partnerships areemployed to successfully accomplish mission goals. Land use and incentives are offered to windand solar power industries. An increase in the number of acres set aside for preservation allowsopen space for wildlife to thrive.

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Office ofLegacy

Management

People are our most important resource. The integrityof our people and our products are paramount. Werespect, use, and rejoice in our experience, skills,and diversity.

We will work safely to protect our human and materialresources or cease work until safe work practicescan be re-implemented. We will promote safe workpractices within the office and at our sites at all times.

Open communication—written, verbal, andelectronic—is vital to our success. We will takethe fullest advantage of our virtual organization'sstrengths. Information flows openly from bottomto top, top to bottom, within and across all levelsof the organization.

People

Business Excellence

Safety

Communication

We understand that we are spending the taxpayers’hard-earned dollars. We are fiscally responsible,quality conscious, performance oriented, and willactively pursue best business practices in all areasof operation.

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Leadership and Teamwork

Customer Service

Environmental Consciousness

We value leadership at all levels of the organization.We work best in teams: our teams are adaptable,creative, communicate well, demonstrate respect,and enjoy their work and each other.

We serve a broad clientele. We openly communicatewith all our customers in a timely manner and activelyseek opportunities to improve our services.

We respect the environment, support environmentaljustice, and comply with environmental laws,regulations, and agreements. We make informeddecisions based on a thorough understandingof science, the law, and consultation with ourcommunities.

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Message to the Reader

I am pleased to present the Office of Legacy Management's . This plan presents theU.S. Department of Energy's vision and commitment to manage legacy responsibilities effectively andefficiently and supports the Department’s issued in 2006. Specifically, this plan supportsGoal 4.2: Managing the Legacy, which states, “Manage the Department's post-closure environmentalresponsibilities and ensure the future protection of human health and the environment.”

The U.S. Department of Energy (the Department, or DOE) has undertaken efforts to reduce the environmentalconsequences of the Cold War and to clean up radioactive and hazardous chemical wastes at Departmentsites. Remediation requires a comprehensive Department-wide approach to monitor and maintain theDepartment's investments at over 100 sites across the country and to ensure that environmental remediesare functioning properly and will continue to do so to protect future generations. To this end, the Departmentcreated a new, stand-alone Office of Legacy Management (Legacy Management) in December 2003. LegacyManagement is charged with several important missions that include managing the Department's post-closureresponsibilities and ensuring the future protection of human health and the environment; managing the recordsof Legacy Management's sites and making them accessible for future data needs; ensuring that the pensionand post-retirement benefit commitments for contractor personnel at closed sites are satisfied; and, wherepossible, facilitating beneficial reuse of closed sites.

This strategic plan explains Legacy Management’s responsibilities and outlines a comprehensivemanagement plan extending out to the year 2020 for all legacy issues. The goals, strategies, and performancemeasures presented here define the indicators of progress toward Legacy Management's vision of aDepartment that meets our legal, regulatory, and contractual commitments to other federal, state, and localgovernment agencies, public interest or community groups, and individuals. To assist the reader we haveincluded an appendix of definitions and references.

We look forward to working with you to realize the goals and objectives of this strategic plan.

Michael W. OwenDirector, Office of Legacy Management

2007 Strategic Plan

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Contents

Message to the Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Part I. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Part II. Legacy Management's Mission, Vision, and Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Part III. Legacy Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Part IV. Objectives and Strategies for Legacy Management Goals

Goal 1. Protect Human Health and the EnvironmentThrough Effective and Efficient Long-Term Surveillanceand Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Goal 2. Preserve, Protect, and MakeAccessible Legacy Records and Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Goal 3. Support an Effective and Efficient Work ForceStructured to Accomplish Departmental Missions, and AssureContractor Worker Pension and Medical Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Goal 4. Manage Legacy Land and Assets,Emphasizing Protective Real and PersonalProperty Reuse and Disposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Goal 5. Improve Program EffectivenessThrough Sound Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Legacy Management Goals and Performance Measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Legacy Management Sites Through FY 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Legacy Management Future Sites Through FY 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Appendix

Strategic Plan Definitions 21

Key Legacy Management References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Executive Summary

Activities of the U.S. Department of Energy (theDepartment, or DOE) and predecessor agencies,particularly during the Cold War, have left a legacyof environmental impact at over 100 sites. Workersassociated with these historical and current activitiesnumber in the hundreds of thousands. Addressingthis environmental and human legacy has been,and will continue to be, a major Departmentalundertaking.

On December 15, 2003, the Depart-ment took a significant step towardmanaging activities at sites where theDepartment's missions have beencompleted and the sites closed so asto ensure the future protection of humanhealth and the environment by creatingthe Office of Legacy Management(Legacy Management) to carry outthis mission. Legacy Managementhas control and custody for legacyland, structures, and facilities and isresponsible for maintaining them atlevels suitable for their long-term use.

Legacy Management's primary goalsare to:

Protect human health and theenvironment through effective and efficientlong-term surveillance and maintenance.

Preserve, protect, and make accessible legacyrecords and information.

Support an effective and efficient work forcestructured to accomplish Departmental missionsand assure contractor worker pension andmedical benefits.

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Manage legacy land and assets, emphasizingprotective real and personal property reuseand disposition.

Improve program effectiveness throughsound management.

The strategic plan identifies what LegacyManagement will do to carry out its responsibilitieswhile responding to increasing issues and demands.

This strategy includes processes forimplementing effective and efficientbusiness practices, incorporating futureadvances in science and technology,and ensuring close coordination withstakeholders, Congress, and state,tribal, and local governments.

This plan does not address long-termsurveillance and maintenance, pensionand benefit continuity, records andinformation management, site reuseat sites where cleanup has only beenpartially completed, or sites withcontinuing missions. Such sites wouldnot transfer to Legacy Management.

Legacy Managementhas control and

custody for legacyland, structures,and facilities andis responsible for

maintaining themat levels suitable fortheir long-term use.

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Part I. Background

The end of the Cold War and its associated nucleararms race brought about a new mission for theDepartment, one dedicated to managing theenvironmental and human legacies that remainas a direct result of nuclear weapons productionand stockpiling.

For over 50 years, the Department and itspredecessor agencies acquired, consumed, andproduced a wide variety of nuclear and nonnuclearmaterials to manufacture weapons and conductother Departmental missions. To accommodate thismission, more than 20,000 facilities throughout thecountry were built, a large contractor work force wasestablished, and communities were transformed.

The breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, togetherwith President George H.W. Bush's announcementof the first unilateral nuclear weapons reductionagreement on September 27, 1991, signaledthe end of the Cold War and dramatically reducedthe need for further nuclear weapons production.This brought fundamental change as theDepartment shifted from weapons productionto other missions such as environmental cleanup,weapons dismantlement, and science andtechnology research.

Over the last 13 years, the Department has madesignificant progress in environmental remediation,work force restructuring, and community assistance.Millions of cubic meters of waste have been stabilizedor disposed of, and former weapons facilities arebeing transformed for other uses. The dedicatedformer contractor work force members, instrumentalin accomplishing the Department's nuclear weaponsproduction and environmental remediation missions,are receiving earned benefits that are expectedto continue. Resources have been allocated to

aid communities affected by the Department'schanging mission, and thousands of acres have beendesignated for conservation/preservation uses.

As more weapons facilities close across the country,and remediation is substantially completed, there isan even greater need to manage the Department'slegacy liabilities. Thus, the Department realigned itsresources and created a sustainable, stand-aloneOffice of Legacy Management (Legacy Management)in December 2003. This organization allows for theoptimum management of legacy responsibilities.

Legacy Management is responsible for ensuring thatDepartmental post-closure, long-term responsibilitiesresulting from the nuclear weapons productionand the Cold War legacies are met. Successfulcompletion of the Office of EnvironmentalManagement's (Environmental Management) cleanupresponsibilities at “closed” sites (sites with no furthermission) requires a refocusing of that program'sefforts and a new Departmental approach forsecuring and maintaining the continued protectionof human health and the environment. Although the

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Demolition of laboratory at Grand Junction, Colorado, site

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Environmental Management remediation activitieswill continue at sites still undergoing remediation,Legacy Management has the mission to carry outthese functions and activities that are necessary tomeet the Department's post-closure responsibilities.

The transition of long-term surveillance andmaintenance responsibility from EnvironmentalManagement to Legacy Management allows bothoffices to focus on their primary missions; that is,Environmental Management performs cleanup andLegacy Management conducts the legacy functionsfor closed sites. Concentrating all legacy functionsin one office dedicated to legacy managementheightens the visibility and the accountability forsuccessful performance of these importantDepartmental functions to the citizens, communities,regulators, agencies, and organizations involvedwith the respective sites.

This plan does not address sites where cleanup hasonly been partially completed or sites with continuingmissions. Such sites are managed by the programsresponsible for the continuing missions, and thosesites would not transfer to Legacy Management.

In addition to programmatic functions at closed sites,Legacy Management has the regulatory and legalresponsibilities associated with the sites that transferfrom Departmental programs and external entitiesengaged in the mining and other industrial activitiesfor research, production, and testing of nuclearenergy and weapons (e.g., Formerly Utilized SitesRemedial Action Program II [FUSRAP II] sites thattransfer to Legacy Management from the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers after cleanup). This strategicplan addresses the responsibilities that LegacyManagement has and outlines a comprehensivemanagement plan to ensure that all environmentaland human legacy issues are safely andappropriately addressed.

The planning horizon for this strategic plan is theyear 2020. Although Legacy Management activitieswill continue for many decades beyond that date,the long-range plan becomes somewhat speculative.Legacy Management's approach is consistentwith a “rolling stewardship” model; that is, looking15–20 years into the future to determine what actionsneed to be implemented at the present time.

The strategic plan will be revised every 3–4 years.The impetus for revision could include majortechnological discoveries that change the waythe Department can conduct long-term surveillanceand maintenance, the issuance of a new DOEStrategic Plan, or significant changes in theDepartment’s management.

Legacy Management is responsiblefor ensuring that Departmental

post-closure, long-term responsibilitiesresulting from the nuclear weapons

production and theCold War legacies are met.

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Mission

To manage the Department's post-closure responsibilities and ensure the future protection of human health andthe environment. Legacy Management has control and custody for legacy land, structures, and facilities and isresponsible for maintaining them at levels consistent with Departmental long-term plans.

Part II. Legacy Management's Mission, Vision, and Goals

Vision

Departmental legacy responsibilities are managed ina manner that best serves the Department'scontractor work force, communities, and theenvironment.

Human health and the environment are protected,and the effects of residual contamination aremaintained at protective levels through consistentand effective long-term surveillance andmaintenance.

Relevant records and information are preservedand made publicly accessible.

Public trust is achieved through cooperativepartnerships with stakeholders and state, tribal,and local governments.

The Department's former contractor work force iscompensated as required through effectivemanagement.

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Land is returned to the most practical andbeneficial use consistent with the Department'smission requirements.

Impacts of Departmental and contractor workforce restructuring are mitigated, and theDepartment continues to work in partnership withthe contractor work force, labor unions, andcommunities to adapt to changes in theDepartment's missions.

Legacy Management operates as a highperforming organization, and personnel andbusiness functions are effectively managed toaccomplish programmatic goals in the mostefficient manner possible.

Land use and incentives are offered towind and solar power industries.

Land use and incentives are offered towind and solar power industries.

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Improve program effectiveness through sound management. This goalrecognizes that Legacy Management's goals cannot be attained efficiently unless thefederal and contractor work force is motivated to meet requirements and work towardcontinuous performance improvement.

Manage legacy land and assets, emphasizing protective real and personalproperty reuse and disposition. This goal recognizes a Departmental need for localcollaborative management of legacy assets, including coordinating land use planning, personalproperty disposition to community reuse organizations, and protecting heritage resources (natural,cultural, and historical).

Support an effective and efficient work force structured toaccomplish Departmental missions and assure contractor workerpension and medical benefits. This goal recognizes the Department'scommitment to its contracted work force and the consistent management of pensionand health benefits. As sites continue to close, the Department faces the challenges ofmanaging pension plan and health benefits liability.

Protect human health and the environment through effective andefficient long-term surveillance and maintenance. This goal highlightsthe Department's responsibility to ensure long-term protection of people, theenvironment, and the integrity of engineered remedies and monitoring systems.

Preserve, protect, and make accessible legacy records and information.This goal recognizes Legacy Management's commitment to successfully manage records,information, and archives of legacy sites under its authority.

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Part III. Legacy Management

Principles

These principles have been developed to guide theimplementation of this strategic plan. The principlesare as follows:

The Department is committedto the protection of human health and theenvironment in all of its actions. Legacymanagement requirements should beconsidered by all Departmental elements.

It is the responsibility of sites and Head-quarters offices to ensure that legacymanagement is considered in each decisionthat affects DOE cleanup and long-termsurveillance and maintenance. Thisresponsibility extends from the identificationof remediation alternatives, remedialdesign, construction, operation, andwaste management activities through allrelevant decisions made over the lifetimeof site hazards.

Residual hazards shouldbe managed within the larger context of federalland management, which includes trusteeshipfor ecologically and culturally important areas.The Department will manage these hazardsin accordance with applicable regulatoryrequirements.

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Legacy management is a Department-wideresponsibility.

Legacy management is a component of allaspects of Departmental decision-making.

The Department is a trustee of natural andcultural resources.

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Legacy management responsibilities, especiallylong-term surveillance and maintenance, shouldbe incorporated into relevant Departmentalpolicies, practices, and systems.

An intergenerational approach is needed forlegacy management.

LegacyManagement's long-term surveillance andmaintenance program is most effective whenintegrated into existing Departmental processesand management systems. As these policies,

practices, and systems (such asReal Property Asset Management,Integrated Safety Management, andEnvironmental Management Systems)are reviewed and implemented, abroad range of long-term surveillanceand maintenance activities and needswill be incorporated, as appropriate.This approach will facilitate theestablishment of long-termsurveillance and maintenanceconsiderations as an essentialelement of all facets of Depart-mental missions.

Legacy managementis a long-term commitment of the federalgovernment. Because of the longevity ofsome site hazards, the ramifications and costsof current and future decisions and missionswill affect generations to come. As futuregenerations' land use practices and localcommunity structures change over time, currentassumptions that guide Departmental policymay require reevaluation and modification.

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� The involvement of stakeholders and state, local,and tribal governments in the planning andimplementation of site management is critical tolegacy management. The Department has theresponsibility to seek the input and involvementof affected parties on legacy management issues.Ongoing interaction and exchange increasespublic awareness. In turn, heightened publicand tribal government awareness facilitatesinformed decision-making and increases thelikelihood of successful management oflegacy responsibilities. The Department alsorecognizes its responsibility to ensure thatenvironmental justice principles are incorporatedin decisions affecting the environment.

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Situation

Because of technical or economic limitations, orworker health and safety considerations, manyfacilities and Cold War sites cannot be remediatedto levels that allow for unrestricted use. These sitesare required to meet regulatory standards andagreements that ensure engineered and institutionalcontrols are employed for in-place remedy integrityand for the protection of human health, theenvironment, and heritage resources (natural,cultural, and historical). Legacy Management willensure that the controls on sites that require custodialcare remain effective. Given the long-lived natureof radionuclides, it is reasonable to assume thatlong-term surveillance, monitoring, and maintenancewill be required for hundreds or even thousands ofyears at some Legacy Management sites. Correctiveactions and modifications to engineered cells,long-term treatment of ground water contamination,and institutional controls will be addressed asnecessary. Further remediation due to concernsabout site protectiveness and integrity, as well asfuture technological development or future landuse changes, will be considered when appropriate.By 2020, some in-place remedy componentsand controls will need replacement or othercorrective action.

In fiscal year (FY) 2007, Legacy Management willconduct long-term surveillance and maintenance atmore than 90 sites. These sites include private sectoror DOE FUSRAP sites, Uranium Mill Tailings RadiationControl Act sites, former nuclear weapons test sites

and nuclear reactors, and Departmental sites whereall closure and short-term cleanups have beencompleted. Also, Legacy Management maintainsthe records for custodial and noncustodial legacysites (Goal 2).

The Department recognizes that, as its environmentalremediation efforts are accelerated and facilitiesare treated and closed, its long-term surveillanceand maintenance responsibilities will increase,thereby requiring a comprehensive and effectivemanagement approach. Legacy Management willcontinue to improve the Department's long-termsurveillance and maintenance program, ensuring theuse of best management practices in the protectionof human health and the environment.

The following charts list the number of sites inLegacy Management's long term surveillanceand maintenance program, all of which are and willbe non-continuing mission sites. Maps of currentand future Legacy Management sites are onpages 19 and 20.

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Objective 1.A. Effectively managelong-term surveillance and maintenanceof custodial sites.

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Use sound project management, engineering,and scientific principles to conduct long-termsurveillance and maintenance at LegacyManagement sites and ensure protection ofhuman health and the environment.

Perform and manage final activities requiredupon completion of Environmental Management'sresponsibilities.

Safely conduct site inspections and monitoringand maintenance activities (e.g., disposal cell andenvironmental systems, including ground watertreatment, leachate collection systems, andpermeable reactive barriers), and continue toevaluate and improve the effectiveness of long-term surveillance and maintenance strategies.

Ensure that contingency plans are in place andthat adequate funds are available for correctiveactions and control modifications, as needed.

Comply with all applicable environmental, health,and safety requirements and regulations.

Communicate with stakeholders involved inlong-term surveillance and maintenance activitiesand work with federal, state, tribal, and localgovernments and other stakeholders to sharerelevant topics that include, but are not limitedto, lessons learned and technologies.

Manage the Department's environmental liabilityfor surveillance and maintenance consistent withlaws and regulations.

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Continue to implement and improve site transitionplans and approaches to ensure smoothtransition of sites into Legacy Managementfrom Environmental Management and othergovernmental and private entities.

Periodic reviews and monitoring are completedon time with regulator concurrence andacceptance of remedy performance.

Post-closure requirements are met and finalremedies are maintained in accordance withapplicable laws.

Community, state, and tribal governmentagencies acceptance of remedy maintenance.

Continue to plan for, identify, assess, and obtainthe capabilities and resources needed toconduct long-term surveillance and maintenancethrough annual budget requests.

Track and use advances in science, technology,and institutional controls to improve in-placeremedy sustainability, reduce costs, and ensurecontinued protection.

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Strategies

Objective 1.B. Ensure that resources andtools are in place to provide continuousimprovement in the effectiveness of long-term surveillance and maintenance forcurrent and future generations.

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Employ improved practices gained fromongoing use of Legacy Management's certifiedInternational Organization for Standardization(ISO) 14001 Environmental Management Systems(EMS), designed to continuously improve workprocesses and site controls to ensure workersafety, protections, compliance with environmentalrequirements, and cost savings.

Reduction in the cost of effectively operating,monitoring, and maintaining environmentalremedies.

Risk prevention to human health and theenvironment is maintained or improved.

EMS assessments lead to site and programperformance improvements.

Educate and train the Department's federal andcontractor employees on Executive Order 12898and the tenets of environmental justice.

Identify and address programs, policies, andactivities of the Department that may havedisproportionately high and adverse humanhealth or environmental effects on minority andlow-income populations.

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Objective 1.C. Ensure that the Department'sactivities provide for the fair treatmentand meaningful involvement of all peopleregardless of race, color, national origin,or income with respect to the development,implementation, and enforcement ofenvironmental laws, regulations, and policies.

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Make public participation a fundamental conceptof all program operations, planning activities,and decision-making.

Equip and train communities to addressenvironmental justice issues by supportingefforts of established programs that have strongrecords of accomplishments. Assess the capacityin the community to analyze technical andcomplex data. Where that capacity is notresident in the community, the Department mayconduct capacity-building activities, providethe community with technical assistance of theirchoosing, or facilitate some other communityassistance activities.

DOE project managers are sensitive to andaware of environmental issues.

Increased networking among federal, state, andlocal officials, non-governmental organizations(NGOs), and grass-roots organizations.

Improvement in the capabilities of affectedcommunities to understand and addressenvironmental issues.

Success Indicators

DOE project managersare sensitive to and aware of

environmental issues.

Goal 2. Preserve, Protect, andMake Accessible Legacy Recordsand Information

Situation

The Department manages records in a way that isconsistent with legal and regulatory requirements,using National Archives and Records Administrationand DOE guidance. As sites are identified for missionclosure, remediated, and transferred into LegacyManagement's authority, the associated site recordsand information are transferred as well. LegacyManagement will be the custodian for these recordsfrom closed sites. Ultimately, this will be an enormousand costly undertaking, which will include managingthe records for more than 100 sites across thecountry. For example, following closure and transferof Fernald, Mound, and Rocky Flats sites, LegacyManagement became the custodian of more than105,000 cubic feet of records and nearly 6 terabytesof information.

The records that Legacy Management receives fromclosure sites will support the office's mission in anumber of ways:

The records contain information on the cleanupprocesses employed at the sites, which will beinstructive to Legacy Management's long-termsurveillance and maintenance program.

The records contain data on compliance withregulatory requirements and the technicalremedies for cleanup of the sites, assuringregulators that these sites do not pose anunacceptable risk to human health or theenvironment.

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The records include information on workactivities and health data of site personnel,information crucial to assuring workers of thecontinuity of their medical and pension benefits.

The records will also ensure that the public hasaccess to information on government operations.

Legacy Management's records and informationprogram will protect, preserve, improve, andprovide appropriate access to records andinformation systems. In addition, the program willprovide the structure and solutions for effectivelyand efficiently identifying, collecting, anddisseminating information from record sources tointernal and external users. Legacy Managementwill work closely with the public, ensuring thatinformation needs are met and that stakeholderissues are incorporated into Legacy Management'sprocesses and future decisions.

Develop, implement, and monitor arecords management program that providesappropriate access to records, including,where possible, online access and retentionof critical information necessary to performLegacy Management’s mission.

Identify, evaluate, and coordinate thedevelopment of Legacy Management recordsand information management practices withinternal and external organizations.

Objective 2.A. Effectively and efficientlymanage records integral to conductingLegacy Management's mission, includingthose used to perform long-termsurveillance and maintenance andensure benefits continuity.

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Consistently investigate and implementnew technologies that reduce the costsor improve the processes for storage andretrieval actions intrinsic to managingLegacy Management's records.

Compliance with records management lawsand regulations.

Effective and efficient transfer of records fromclosure sites to Legacy Management's authority.

Cost-effective maintenance and storageof records.

New or improved records managementtechnologies and procedures implemented.

Timely access to information for internal andexternal users.

Develop and maintain sustained capabilityfor public access and retrieval of long-termsurveillance and maintenance informationand other information needed by federal, state,tribal, and local governments; stakeholders;and the public.

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Objective 2.B. Identify and establishaccessibility and security requirementsfor records and information managementsystems, providing effective access toinformation for affected contractor workersand stakeholders.

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Expand the use of e-government initiativesto use improved Internet based technology thatfacilitates citizen and stakeholder interactionwith Legacy Management, and expand effortsto provide a cost-effective means to streamlineand improve Legacy Management'scommunications with its stakeholder community.

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Determine the information resource requirementsneeded by Legacy Management sites to supportthe development, operation, and maintenance of,and access to information systems.

An access mechanism is provided for internaland external requests of legally releasable recordsfor which Legacy Management is custodian.

Access is provided to stakeholders to legallyreleasable custodial information.

Significant use of public access systems,including electronic access where possible.

No release of custodial records to anunauthorized source.

Compliance with the National Archives andRecords Administration and DOE guidance.

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Goal 3. Support an Effective andEfficient Work Force Structured toAccomplish Departmental Missions,and Assure Contractor WorkerPension and Medical Benefits

Situation

The Department is committed to mitigating theimpacts of Departmental restructuring on itscontractor work force and ensuring the continuityof their pension and medical benefits. LegacyManagement will oversee work force planning for theDepartment, oversee labor relations efforts and laborstandards, and minimize the impact of work forcerestructuring on affected workers.

Since 1993, more than 50,000 contractor personnelhave been separated without work disruptions atthe sites or legal actions. Through this work forcereduction the Department has realized annualsavings of almost $4 billion. Legacy Managementwill continue to support restructuring efforts withinthe Department while maintaining the effectivenessof the contractor work force.

In addition, Legacy Management will ensure thecontinuity of this work force's pension and medicalbenefits. In FY 2007, three major Departmental sites(Fernald, Mound, and Rocky Flats) will close as activesite remediation is completed. The contracts with thesite contractors will terminate, and contractedemployees will subsequently lose their jobs. However,these closure site employees are contractuallyentitled to an array of employee benefits funded bythe Department. Some of the benefits (e.g., definedbenefit pension or health insurance) are not fullyfunded and require annual appropriations to meetthe Department's contractual responsibilities.

It is anticipated that, at least with respect toretiree medical benefits, there will be a continuing

need to administer and manage a benefitsprogram to deliver the promised benefits. It isagainst Departmental policy to assume the roleof plan sponsor and fiduciary duties, as thoseresponsibilities must remain with the plan sponsor.Thus, Legacy Management will work with plansponsors to ensure that medical and pensionbenefits are paid consistently and comprehensivelyat all closure facilities.

The liability for unfunded post-closure benefits(for Fernald, Grand Junction, Mound, Pinellas,Rocky Flats, and the gaseous diffusion plantsin Ohio and Kentucky) includes payments forunfunded pension benefits and retiree healthand life insurance. The liability will probably notbe fully settled for decades. Legacy Managementwill develop a plan to facilitate the consistentand comprehensive payout of medical andpension benefits at all closure facilities. LegacyManagement will create sound policy and guidanceto adequately and efficiently fulfill the Department'sobligations to its contractor work force.

Accurately predict and request sufficientfunding to meet the Department'scontractual responsibilities to retiredcontractor workers.

Establish policy, coordinate implementationof, and evaluate the outcomes of work forcerestructuring consistent with Section 3161 ofthe National Defense Authorization Act forFiscal Year 1993.

Objective 3.A. Develop andimplement a Departmental approachand guidance, ensuring continuityof contracted employees' pensionand medical benefits.

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Prescribe a consistent methodology for costanalysis for current employee and retireebenefits programs.

Clarify and streamline the processes, roles, andresponsibilities from review to approval of benefitplan changes.

Evaluate the feasibility of implementing a modelprogram designed to make the medical benefitsprogram more consistent across closure sites, andfacilitate efficient and effective benefits delivery.

Consistent legacy benefit and pension delivery toall Departmental contractors at closure facilities.

Coordinate with Departmental field managementin managing the work force restructuring process(e.g., approving necessary voluntary andinvoluntary separations, providing enhancedbenefits, and submitting final work forcerestructuring plans to Congress).

As National Defense Authorization ActSection 3161 funding is available, provideenhanced separation benefits.

Ensure that necessary work force reductions areconducted in a manner that encourages voluntaryseparations, assists displaced workers in securingnew employment, provides basic benefits for a

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Objective 3.B. Ensure the fair treatmentof workers by effectively planning andmanaging work force restructuring and byproviding incentives for orderly reductionsin contractor personnel, as funding ismade available.

reasonable transition period, and conforms tocost guidance and best business practices.

Ensure that work force restructuring is conductedin a manner that retains critical skills for ongoingmission requirements, enhances efficiency,and accurately forecasts mission performanceimplications of potential future budget reductions.

Fewer members of the work force separate beforethe mission is completed and before Departmentfacilities close.

Fewer displaced workers are forced to collectunemployment benefits.

Establish policy for and oversee the contractorcollective bargaining process.

Assist field organizations in labor/management relations.

Assist field organizations in making laborstandards coverage determinations.

Labor disputes are either minor or nonexistent.

Labor standards and wage rates are determinedand applied in a consistent manner.

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Objective 3.C. Promote an improvedworking relationship between labor andmanagement in the Department's contractorwork force by ensuring the uniformapplication of relevant labor standardsto increase productivity, enhance safetyand security, and reduce disruptivelabor disputes.

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Goal 4. Manage Legacy Land andAssets, Emphasizing ProtectiveReal and Personal Property Reuseand Disposition

Situation

The Department is the fourth largest federal landmanager, conducting its mission at 50 major siteson three million acres across the United States. Inaddition to land, the Department's assets includedistinctive world-class facilities, and irreplaceablenatural, historical, and cultural heritage resources.Numerous sites and tens of thousands of acres ofland will continue to be transferred to LegacyManagement after cleanup actions have occurredand in-place remedies with long-term surveillanceand maintenance plans are finalized. The office willsteward custodial lands and engineered remedies(Goal 1) while ensuring protective land reuse forcurrent and future generations.

Legacy Management will plan and provideenvironmentally sound future land reuses and directa significant effort to maintaining healthy land andprotective land reuse options. To accomplish this,Legacy Management will implement Departmentalland use planning processes and take into accounteconomic, ecological, social, and cultural factorssurrounding each site or parcel of land. LegacyManagement will make excess lands and facilities(i.e., real property) available for government,public, and private use consistent with the tenetsof sustainability and for best practices for heritageresource management. Real property reuse ordisposition must meet protectiveness requirementsfor people, environmental media and resources,and long-term surveillance and maintenancerequirements.

Legacy Management will also assist communitiesthrough its personal property reuse program. Thisprogram promotes the transfer of Departmentalpersonal property that has been declared excessby local Departmental property managers tocommunity reuse organizations at little or no costto the organization. This property is used to bringin new business, expand existing business, orfund economic development programs withincommunities. Legacy Management will encouragethe reuse of existing Departmental personalproperty to encourage community economicviability and diversification.

Seek to expand opportunities for collaborativeland use planning with site management teamsto be transferred to Legacy Management.

Create opportunities for collaborative landreuse of Legacy Management custodial sites.

Seek to expand opportunities for collaborativeland use and heritage resource managementplanning and reuse with other governmentalentities, private entities, and nonprofitconservation organizations.

Objective 4.A. Manage LegacyManagement property assets, maintainremedy integrity, and maintain the healthof the land and cultural, natural, andhistorical resources.

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Manage and seek cost-recovery foruranium mining lease tracts and otherleases that generate royalty payments tothe U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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Development and implementation of a credibleand affordable land assessment strategy.

Success of land management strategies asspecified in site plans.

Priority cultural, natural, and historical sites areidentified, and partnerships with local entitiesare formed.

Work with other federal agencies and externalorganizations to transfer real property from theDepartment.

Work with land users, local communities, andothers in updating existing land use plans toaddress emerging opportunities.

Investigate viable and environmentally soundland reuse options for lands under LegacyManagement's authority.

Increase in the number of acres transferred,leased, converted to beneficial use, or set asidefor preservation.

Objective 4.B. Provide opportunities fortransfer of Departmental lands to otherfederal agencies and nonfederal entities.

Objective 4.C. Effectively work withand assist community reuse organizations,facilitating Departmental personalproperty transfers.

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Oversee grants to community reuse organizationsor otherwise promote economic development,including real property reuse at sites consideredsurplus to the needs of the long-term surveillanceand maintenance program.

Facilitate, consistent with DOE guidance, thetransfer of personal property to community reuseorganizations where appropriate.

Increase the amount of personal property andsurplus real property transferred to communityreuse organizations.

Increased level of economic activity on the site,including reuse.

Rocky Flats, Colorado,Solar Pond Treatment System

Goal 5. Improve Program EffectivenessThrough Sound Management

Situation

The Department is committed to integrate operationaldecision-making with strategic and performanceplanning. Likewise, budget requests for existingdiscretionary and mandatory programs are clearlylinked to their short- and long-term performance andtheir ability to consistently achieve mission results.Within the Department, integration of budget andperformance processes is paramount for makinginformed funding decisions and streamlining theflow of mission-related information.

Given the importance of effective and efficientoperations, the work force becomes one of ourgreatest resources for steady-state flow andcontinuous improvement. Sustainable resultsare contingent upon maintaining an institutionalknowledge base and developing qualified anddiverse customer-oriented employees. TheDepartment recognizes that a sound humancapital management strategy that incorporates theappropriate planning, budget, and performanceprocesses with the appropriate labor and skill mixis vital to program success.

Legacy Management will operate as a highperforming organization and implement thecommitments necessary to institutionalize andmaintain continuous organizational improvements.Also, Legacy Management will be held accountablefor program results and will retain the appropriatehighly skilled and experienced employees toachieve mission results.

Support contracts will employ the use ofperformance-based contracts. These contractsestablish performance thresholds, and paymentis influenced by the contractor's successfulperformance within established deadlines.

Objective 5.A.

Objective 5.B.

Institutionalize the HighPerforming Organizational (HPO) model.

Ensure integrationof all planning, budgeting, andevaluation processes.

Strategies

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Maintain staffing levels, grade structures, andcost-savings targets in accordance with theHPO Quality Assurance Plan.

Integrate human capital programs and policieswith mission strategies and goals.

Institutionalize competency-based performancemanagement for federal staff.

Employ team approaches and strategicpartnerships to successfully accomplishmission goals.

Maintain a flexible and productive workplaceenvironment capable of responding to presentand future challenges.

Full “green” scorecard on all PresidentialManagement Agenda Initiatives andJoule measures.

Compliance with time-phased commitmentsin the Legacy Management HPO QualityAssurance Plan.

Develop and implement competency-basedperformance plans.

Manage a systematic framework for budgetand performance integration to prioritizetechnical and funding needs and demonstratemission results.

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Manage programmatic life-cycle baselines toachieve performance goals.

Employ proper performance monitoring tools tointegrate all project elements (scope, schedule,and cost).

Prepare integrated budget and performanceplans that consider past performance.

Administer funds efficiently and effectivelyand obligate in accordance with plannedschedules and ensure that funds are spentfor the intended purpose.

Establish and maintain adequate internal controls.

Achieve at least “Moderately Effective” scoreon annual Program Assessment RatingTool examination.

Benchmark best practices for projectmanagement systems, procedures, and activities.

Prepare and submit in a timely manner allbudgets and supplementary materials thatreflect strategic elements.

Achieve annual target thresholds of unobligatedfunds at year end. Financial information is accurateand timely and the program is free of internalcontrol weaknesses.

Ensure compliance with Departmentalperformance requirements (e.g., Office ofManagement and Budget and GovernmentPerformance and Results Act of 1993) andincorporate program improvements.

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Objective 5.C. Implement performance-based acquisition strategies to achievemission goals.

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Ensure that performance-based contractincentives are focused to assist in achievementof mission goals.

Ensure funding alignment and support with annualDOE small business achievement goals.

Promote fixed-price contracting on steady-statework to minimize government risk.

Incorporation of fair and reasonable award feedetermination processes for support services.

Identification and tracking of performanceindicators for effective administration of supportservices for benchmarking and continuousimprovement.

Attainment of full “green” scorecard on smallbusiness achievements.

Demonstration of site support contractorcompliance with Earned Value ManagementSystem standards and guidelines(e.g., ANSI/EIA 748-1998).

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Legacy Management Goals and Performance Measures

Annual Measure:

Long-Term Measures:

Reduce the cost of performing long-term surveillance and monitoring activities while meeting all regulatory requirementsto protect human health and the environment. Reduction is measured in percent from the life-cycle baseline.Goal is a 2% reduction below the baseline for that year. [Efficiency Measure]

Reduce the cost of performing long-term surveillance and monitoring activities while meeting all regulatory requirementsto protect human health and the environment. Reduction is measured in percent from the life-cycle baseline.Goal is a 10% reduction by FY 2015 below the projected baseline. [ ]

By FY 2015, demonstrate a reduction in risk at Legacy Management (LM) sites by employing sound project management,engineering, and science-based solutions for long-term surveillance and maintenance. [Output ]

Efficiency Measure

Measure

Annual Measure

Long-Term Measure:

s:Eliminate DOE’s liability for the Pinellas Pension Plan through the purchase of annuities. Assumes DOE approval is first obtained.Goal is that purchase of annuities would be completed in FY 2007.

Eliminate DOE’s liability for the Fluor Fernald Pension Plan through the purchase of annuities. Assumes DOE approval is firstobtained.

[Output Measure]

Goal is that purchase of annuities would be completed in FY 2008. [Output Measure]

Reduce the cost to administer benefits to retired contractor workers while ensuring benefits are delivered according toschedule with no interruptions. Reduction is measured in cost per person per year. Based upon current program assumptions,goal is 1% reduction over the long-term (FY 2015). [Efficiency Measure]

Goal 2Preserve, protect, and makeaccessible legacy recordsand information

Annual Measure:Reduce the cost to manage and store information while ensuring all regulatory and stakeholder requirements are met. Reductionis measured in percent from the life-cycle baseline. Goal is a 3% reduction below the baseline for that year. [Efficiency Measure]

Reduce the cost to manage and store information while ensuring all regulatory and stakeholder requirements are met.Reduction is measured in percent from the life-cycle baseline. Goal is a 10% reduction by FY 2015 below the projectedbaseline. [Efficiency Measure]

Long-Term Measure:

Goal 3Support an effective and efficientwork force structured to accomplishDepartmental missions, and assurecontractor worker pension andmedical benefits

Annual Measure:

Long-Term Measures:

[Outcome Measure]

Increase the number of LM custody and control sites in beneficial reuse. Increase is measured against the baseline.Goal is 15,116 additional acres placed in beneficial reuse by FY 2015. [Outcome Measure]

Disposition LM managed federal property. Measured by the number of properties disposed of per year.Goal is five federal properties by end of FY 2015. [Outcome Measure]

Increase the number of LM custody and control sites in beneficial reuse. Goal is to assess 100% of LM custody and controlsites and to meet or exceed acres planned for reuse above the baseline for that year.

Goal 4Manage legacy land and assets,emphasizing protective realand personal property reuseand disposition

Goal 1Protect human health andthe environment through effectiveand efficient long-term surveillanceand maintenance

Goal 5Improve program effectivenessthrough sound management

Institutionalize the High Performing Organizational (HPO) model.

Ensure integration of all planning, budgeting, and evaluation processes.

Implement performance-based acquisition strategies to achieve mission goals.

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Buffalo

Bluewater

BurrellCanonsburg

Edgemont

Falls City

Green River

Hallam DR

Lakeview D/PLowman

Madison

Mexican Hat

Monticello D/P

Parkersburg

Piqua DRSalt Lake City D/P

Sherwood

Shiprock

Site A/Plot M DR

Spook

Tuba City

Weldon Spring

L-Bar

Berkeley

GeothermalTest Facility

General AtomicsHot Cell Facility

Chupadera Mesa

Acid/Pueblo CanyonBayo Canyon

Chicago NorthChicago South

Seymour

Beverly

NewBrunswick

Oak RidgeWarehouses

GraniteCity

Indian OrchardNiagara Falls

Vicinity Properties

Adrian

OxfordHamilton

Toledo

Columbus East

Fairfield

New YorkAliquippa

Springdale

Pinellas

Monument Valley

Jersey CityShirley Basin South

DOE HeadquartersOffice ofLegacy Management

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MaxeyFlats

Morgantown

Pittsburgh

MiddlesexNorth

Albany

Missouri UniversityResearch Reactor

Riverton

Bear CreekGas Hills North

Wayne

Laboratory forEnergy RelatedHealth Research

Columbus

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CentralNevada

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PannaMaria

Salmon

Lisbon Valley

Highland

Gnome

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Ashland Oil 1Ashland Oil 2

AmbrosiaLake West

Fernald

Gas Hills East

Split Rock

RayPoint

Shpack Landfill

Inhalation Toxicology Laboratory

Site Category

Category I – Requires records-related activitiesand stakeholder support

UMTRCA Title I

CERCLA/RCRA

UMTRCA Title II

FUSRAP

D&D++

D/P = Disposal/ProcessingDR = Decommissioned Reactor

Category II – Requires routine inspection andmaintenance, records-related activities, andstakeholder support

Category III – Requires O&M of remedial actionsystems, routine inspection and maintenance,records-related activities, and stakeholder support

Other

Grand Junction

Durango D/P

Grand Junction D/P

Gunnison D/P

Maybell

Rifle D/P

Slick Rock D/PNaturita D/P

Grand Junction

Durita

Rocky Flats

Rio Blanco

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Rulison

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DR+El VerdeResearchStation

Center for Energyand Environmental Research

ChariotAlaska

Amchitka

Legacy Management Sites Through FY 2007

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Grand Junction

Ambrosia Lake

Buffalo

Bluewater

BurrellCanonsburg

Durango D/P

Edgemont

Falls City

Grand Junction D/P

Green River

Gunnison D/P

Hallam DR

Lakeview D/PLowman

Madison

Maybell

Mexican Hat

Monticello D/P

Parkersburg

Piqua DR

Rifle D/P

Salt Lake City D/P

Sherwood

Shiprock

Site A/Plot M DR

Slick Rock D/P

Spook

Tuba City

WeldonSpring

L-Bar

Berkeley

GeothermalTest Facility

General AtomicsHot Cell Facility

Chupadera Mesa

Acid/Pueblo CanyonBayo Canyon

Chicago NorthChicago South

Seymour

Beverly

New Brunswick

Oak RidgeWarehouses

GraniteCity

Indian OrchardNiagara FallsVicinity Properties

Adrian

OxfordHamilton

Toledo

Columbus East

Fairfield

New YorkAliquippa

Springdale

Naturita D/P

Pinellas

Monument Valley

Jersey City

Shirley Basin South

DOE HeadquartersOffice ofLegacy Management

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Morgantown

MiddlesexNorth

Albany

MissouriUniversity

Research Reactor

Grand Junction

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HarshawChemicalCompany

St. LouisDowntown Site

Sequoyah Fuels

Parks TownshipShallow LandDisposal Area

Durita

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Wayne

Laboratory forEnergy RelatedHealth Research

E.I. DuPont

Gas Hills West

Columbus

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CentralNevada

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PannaMaria

Rocky Flats

Salmon

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RulisonRulison

Maybell West

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Ashland Oil 2

Ambrosia Lake West

Fernald

Gas Hills East

Split Rock

RayPoint

Shirley Basin North

Shpack Landfill

Mound

Ashtabula

Inhalation Toxicology Laboratory

Energy TechnologyEngineering Center

General ElectricVallecitosNuclear Center

Uravan

Linde Air Products Div.

Colonie Site

Painesville CombustionEngineering

Ford

ChurchRock

Conquista

MiddlesexSampling Plant

Grants

St. Louis Airport SiteVicinity Properties

St. Louis Airport

Latty Ave.Properties

IA ArmyAmmunitionPlant

LuckyJoslyn Manufacturing and Supply Company

W.R. Graceand Co.

Dayton 6

Guterl Speciality Steel

Superior Steel

WestValley

Maywood

Sylvania-Corning

Puerto RicoBONUS

DR+El VerdeResearchStation

Center for Energyand Environmental Research

ChariotAlaska

Amchitka

Site Category

Category I – Requires records-related activitiesand stakeholder support

UMTRCA Title I

CERCLA/RCRA

UMTRCA Title II

FUSRAP

D&D++

D/P = Disposal/ProcessingDR = Decommissioned Reactor

Category II – Requires routine inspection andmaintenance, records-related activities, andstakeholder support

Category III – Requires O&M of remedial actionsystems, routine inspection and maintenance,records-related activities, and stakeholder support

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Appendix

Strategic Plan Definitions

A Departmental initiativeto reduce risk and close sites quickly by performing anintense cleanup operation. The Fernald, Mound, andRocky Flats sites were part of the accelerated cleanup.

The process of addressing contaminatedfacilities and materials in accordance with applicablerequirements. Cleanup does not imply that allhazards will be removed from a site. This functionencompasses a wide range of activities, such asstabilizing contaminated soil; treating ground water;decommissioning process buildings, nuclear reactors,chemical separations plants, and many other facilities;and excavating sludge and buried waste drums.The term “remediation” is often used synonymouslywith cleanup.

Preparations for unexpected orunwanted circumstances (e.g., engineered controlfailures, environmental change). Long-term surveillanceand maintenance plans for all Legacy Managementcustodian sites include contingency plans.

Reuse, recycling, sale, transfer, storage,treatment, or disposal.

Includes radioactive, hazardous,and sanitary landfills; vaults; repositories; in situstabilization; caps on residual contamination; or otherman-made controls designed to isolate or containwaste or materials.

The release ofradioactive, hazardous, or toxic materials intothe environment.

An office of DOE thatwas created in 1989 to oversee the Department'swaste management and environmental cleanup efforts.

Accelerated Cleanup.

Cleanup.

Contingency Plan.

Disposition.

Engineered Controls.

Environmental Contamination.

Environmental Management.

Half-life (radioactive).

Hazards.

Legacy Management.

Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance (LTS&M).

The time in which half the atomsof a particular radioactive substance disintegrate toanother nuclear form. Half-lives range from millionthsof a second to billions of years.

Site materials or conditions that have thepotential to cause adverse effects to health, safety,or the environment. Residual hazards may includeradionuclides and other hazardous constituents inentombed facilities and landfills, ground water, andother media that are restricted from exposure to peopleand the environment by long-term surveillance andmaintenance within the long-term site boundary.These hazards may persist for generations.

An office of DOE that wascreated in 2003 to manage the long-term respon-sibilities of closed sites, especially the sites selectedfor Accelerated Cleanup. The long-term responsibilitiesinclude long-term surveillance and maintenance aswell as physical management of the site. Conditionssometimes permit compatible reuse of the site. Long-term responsibilities also include managing site recordsand electronic information, overseeing the pension andbenefit programs for retired contractor personnel, andresponding to stakeholder inquiries.

The site-specific physical or engineering controls,institutions, information, and other mechanisms neededto ensure protection of people and the environmentat Legacy Management custodian sites where cleanup(e.g., landfill closures, remedial actions, removal actions,and facility stabilization) has occurred. The scope ofLTS&M includes land-use controls, monitoring, mainte-nance of in-place remedies, monitoring systems andinformation management, and requesting adequatefunding to implement the specific plans. The term

“long-term stewardship” is often used synonymouslywith LTS&M. The duration of activities is defined in theLong-Term Surveillance and Maintenance Plan.

Includes those actions, agreements, and legaldocumentation that define the plan for long-termsurveillance and maintenance; includingcontingency plans.

An unstable isotopethat undergoes spontaneous nuclear transformation,emitting radiation.

Energy emitted by unstable (radioactive)atoms. Unstable atoms contain extra energy that isreleased as invisible particles or waves as the atomschange, or decay, into more stable forms. Particlesand waves are referred to as radiation, and theiremission is called radioactivity.

Includes land and structures on theland such as buildings, mission-related infrastructure,waste disposal facilities, and other waste managementunits. For the purpose of long-term surveillance andmaintenance, real property also includes groundwater, surface water, natural resources, and culturalresources; however, rights to water and mineralresources may be managed differently than surfaceproperty rights.

Hazards that remain on a siteafter cleanup is completed to the extent practicable.Typical hazards include deep radioactive contaminationthat is below any usable water table, or a low-levelplume of ground water contamination. Residual hazardsare allowed to remain if the cost of removing thesehazards is very high and disproportionate comparedto the low risk they pose to human health and theenvironment.

Long-Term Surveillance and Maintenance Plan.

Radionuclide or Radioisotope.

Radiation.

Real Property.

Residual Hazards.

Restricted Use.

Rolling Stewardship.

Unrestricted Use.

Uranium Mill Tailings.

Land use status upon whichthere are restrictions on the types of activities thatmay occur. Restricted access areas are subjectto long-term surveillance and monitoring andassociated enforceable controls to ensureprotective uses.

A process whereby theprogram is continually evaluating conditions15–20 years into the future to determine program-matic actions for the present and intervening years.

Land use status uponwhich there are no restrictions on the types ofactivities that may occur, including permanentresidential use.

Tailings or waste producedby the extraction or concentration of uraniumor thorium from ore. Mill tailings are one type ofby-product material and typically contain about85 percent of the radioactivity present in unpro-cessed ore. Uranium mill tailings sites undergocleanup by the company with oversight from theState and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissionunder the Atomic Energy Act laws and regulations.Legacy Management provides long-term surveil-lance and maintenance for sites that are transferredto the federal government for custodial care.

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Key Legacy Management References

Supporting documents regarding Legacy Management activities are maintained in an electronic library.Please visit our website at or contact us at:

U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Legacy Management1000 Independence Avenue, SWWashington, DC 20585

These references provide additional information about Legacy Management's activities:

October 2001. The study provides information about DOE's definitions,legal obligations, key references, and challenges for managing long-term surveillance and maintenanceactivities, including information and real property management.

May 2007. This fact sheet provides details ontransferring site management from DOE's Office of Environmental Management to the Office ofLegacy Management.

May 2007. This fact sheet explains the potential health hazardsassociated with the radioactive decay of uranium and other elements found in ore and mill tailings.

May 2007. This fact sheet provides information aboutLegacy Management's public outreach principles and approaches.

Sign up for Legacy Management's mailing list by sending an e-mail to to receiveinformation about upcoming public meetings and opportunities to provide comments on draftplanning documents.

Long-Term Stewardship Study,

Site Transition Process Upon Cleanup Completion,

Potential Health Hazards of Radiation,

Office of Legacy Management Public Outreach,

www.LM.doe.gov

[email protected]

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U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Legacy Management

Restoring America’s nuclearweapons sites to theirnatural states is our duty…to you, to the surroundingcommunities, and tofuture generations.

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