[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, FUNDING: Energy Department stimulus cleanup plans

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

U.S. Department of Energy
For Immediate Release
March 31, 2009

Energy Secretary Chu Announces $6 Billion in Recovery Act Funding for 
Environmental Cleanup
New Funding Will Create Jobs and Accelerate Cleanup Efforts

WASHINGTON, DC -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced $6 billion 
in new funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to 
accelerate environmental cleanup work and create thousands of jobs 
across 12 states.  Projects identified for funding will focus on 
accelerating cleanup of soil and groundwater, transportation and 
disposal of waste, and cleaning and demolishing former weapons complex 
facilities.

"These investments will put Americans to work while cleaning up 
contamination from the cold war era," said Secretary Chu.  "It reflects 
our commitment to future generations as well as to help local economies 
get moving again."

These projects and the new funding are managed by the Department's 
Office of Environmental Management, which is responsible for the risk 
reduction and cleanup of the environmental legacy from the nation's 
nuclear weapons program, one of the largest, most diverse and 
technically complex environmental programs in the world.

The states and DOE sites that will receive this funding include:

...

For the entire release, see
http://www.energy.gov/news2009/print2009/7192.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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