National Governors Association Meeting

LM: Ensuring a Smooth Transition – Procedures and Examples

June 21-22, 2005Dave Geiser

Office of Legacy Management

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Current Sites in Legacy Management

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Worker Activities

Worker Activities During Remediation

Worker Activities After Remediation

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Environmental Management/Legacy Management Transition

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Transition Goals

• Achieve zero service disruption for critical activities

• Achieve zero negative impact to closure mission or LM mission

• Identify programs and activities requiring transition versus termination

• Bring together separate EM and LM organizational initiatives• Identify schedule drivers and develop an action plan for each

transition element• Manage actions and logic ties as a project• Actively engage stakeholders in transition• Complete transfer of functions as logically and early as

possible

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LM Transition Approach

• Establish early communications

– DOE to DOE

– Expand to contractor to contractor, as appropriate

• Site visit by LM team

• Establish transition plan that includes scope, cost, and schedule

– An integrated EM–LM effort to the greatest extent possible

– Flexible along the way, but firm end points

• RUN THE TRANSITION AS A PROJECT!

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Legacy Management Transfer Tasks for “Complex” Sites

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Weldon Spring Site – In the 1950s during Full Scale Operations

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Weldon Spring: Disposal Cell, Interpretive Center, Prairie, and University Campus - 2004

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Rocky Flats: Recent aerial view - prior to Final Remediation

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Rocky Flats– Conceptual End State as the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge

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Fernald – Recent Aerial Photo (2004) during Active Remediation

Fernald – Conceptual aerial view after active remediation including GW P&T is complete.

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LM will be ready for the EM Closure Sites to Transfer

• Post-closure work scope is generally within LM’s current capabilities, i.e., cell maintenance, ground water and surface water monitoring, and limited pump and treat.

• EM and LM have agreed to the amount of funds currently expected for post-closure operation.

• Management of records and information (environmental data in particular) is a significant aspect of transition and post-closure operation.

• Post-closure regulatory agreements and CERCLA O&M plans are tailored to the needs of the individual sites and regulators.

• Everyone needs to make the transition: post-closure operation means a greatly reduced workforce, fewer and less important decisions, and opportunity for controlled beneficial reuse.