2014 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 08:13:31 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] REGULATION: Savannah River Site (SC) tank closure dispute
 
Energy Dept. still pushing for SRS cleanup extension

by Derrek Asberry
Aiken Standard
September 19 2014

The Department of Energy is calling for a dispute resolution after the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, or SCDHEC, denied its request to extend tank-closure deadlines at the Savannah River Site.

The dispute resolution was announced in a Sept. 18 letter written by Brian Hennessy, an SRS remedial project manager. Hennessy sent the letter to SCDHEC Manager Susan Fulmer and Robert Hope, An Environmental Protection Agency official.

Hennessy wrote that SCDHEC’s letter did not include enough details to deny the request.

"These letters did not include an explanation of the basis for the agencies' positions that the technical information and barriers DOE experienced do not constitute good cause for an extension for the period of time DOE has requested," wrote Brian Hennessy, an SRS remedial project manager. "Under these circumstances … DOE considers it necessary to and hereby invokes dispute resolution."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20140919/AIK0101/140919308/1002/ AIK01/energy-dept-still-pushing-for-srs-cleanup-extension

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Lenny Siegel
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