[CPEO-MEF] COMMUNITIES: "DOE takes a step back from changes to Hanford [WA] Advisory Board"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DOE takes a step back from changes to Hanford Advisory Board

By Annette Cary
Tri-City Herald (WA)
November 5, 2012

The Department of Energy will not impose term limits for any Hanford  
Advisory Board seats as appointments are made for 2013, according to  
David Huizenga, senior adviser for DOE's Office of Environmental  
Management.

He made the announcement in a recent letter to the board before its  
meeting Thursday and Friday in Richland.

Instead, DOE will work with the Hanford Advisory Board's Executive  
Issues Committee to continue discussions and consider the  
recommendations the board made to DOE in September concerning DOE's  
issues with the board.

"This is a real, positive step forward," said outgoing board  
Chairwoman Susan Leckband. "We are part of the solution. That's what  
we asked for."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/11/05/2159250/doe-wont-force-term- 
limits-for.html

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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
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