Notice of Public Meeting
FY 2023 Annual Plan for Cleanup of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Legacy Waste The state of New Mexico’s Environment Department (NMED) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Los Alamos field office (EM-LA) will host a public meeting on March 29, 2023 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in accordance with Section VIII.C.3.d of the 2016 Order on Consent (CO). The meeting will be held at Cities of Gold Hotel (Tribal Room), 10 Cities of Gold Rd # A, Santa Fe, NM 87506 and will also be available via WebEx.
Meeting Link:
https://n3b-la.webex.com/n3b-la/j.php?MTID=m5a83ef71b7aa1397917e02ff76f8e801
The meeting can also be joined via phone:
Phone number: +1-415-527-5035
Meeting number (access code): 2764 794 1992
Meeting password: nErdXjPa262
The CO is a settlement agreement between the NMED and EM-LA that was issued in 2016. The investigation and remediation of contamination from legacy waste at LANL is conducted under the CO. The CO both guides and governs the ongoing cleanup of legacy waste at LANL through a campaign-based approach and the annual planning process. The annual planning process allows for revisions to cleanup campaigns based on actual work progress, changed conditions and funding.
NMED will host the meeting and EM-LA will present information concerning cleanup work completed in federal fiscal year (FFY) 2022 and the cleanup milestones and target dates for FFY 2023. The Appendix B of the CO, which includes the FFY 2023 milestones and targets, is available on the NMED website under the Compliance Order on Consent at: https://www.env.nm.gov/hazardous-waste/lanl/
Should you need additional information regarding the public meeting, please contact Neelam Dhawan at neelam.dhawan@env.nm.gov or at (505) 690-5469.
NMED does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age or sex in the administration of its programs or activities, as required by applicable laws and regulations. NMED is responsible for coordination of compliance efforts and receipt of inquiries concerning non-discrimination requirements implemented by 40 C.F.R. Parts 5 and 7, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and Section 13 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972. If you have any questions about this notice or any of NMED’s non-discrimination programs, policies or procedures, or if you believe that you have been discriminated against with respect to a NMED program or activity, you may contact: Kathryn Becker, Non-Discrimination Coordinator, NMED, 1190 St. Francis Dr., Suite N4050, P.O. Box 5469, Santa Fe, NM 87502, (505) 827-2855, nd.coordinator@state.nm.us. You may also visit our website at https://www.env.nm.gov/non-employee-discrimination-complaint-page/ to learn how and where to file a complaint of discrimination.
PUBLISHED IN THE LOS ALAMOS DAILY POST THURSDAY MARCH 23, 2023
