Transcript American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
Making a Difference
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Thomas Johnson, Jr.
Deputy Director, EM Recovery Act
Office of Environmental Management U.S. Department of Energy
Presented to: Morehouse College Entrepreneurship Conference
Thursday, February 25, 2010
EM Mission
“Complete the safe cleanup of the environmental legacy brought about from five decades of nuclear weapons development, production, and Government sponsored nuclear energy research.”
• Largest environmental cleanup effort in the world, originally involving two million acres at 108 sites in 35 states • Safely performing work – In challenging environments – Involving some of the most dangerous materials known to man – Solving highly complex technical problems with first-of-a-kind technologies • Operating in the world’s most complex regulatory environment • Supporting other continuing DOE missions and stakeholder partnerships
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EM Program Priorities
• Essential activities to maintain a safe, secure, and compliant posture in the EM complex • Radioactive tank waste stabilization, treatment, and disposal • Spent nuclear fuel storage, receipt, and disposition • Special nuclear material consolidation, stabilization, and disposition • High priority groundwater remediation • Transuranic (TRU) and mixed/low-level waste disposition • Soil and groundwater remediation • Excess facilities deactivation and decommissioning (D&D)
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Secretary Chu’s Key Recovery Act Objectives
“We will turn this time of economic crisis into an opportunity to build a clean, secure, and prosperous energy future for America….” —Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy
• Start projects quickly • Ensure projects have lasting value • Provide public with unprecedented transparency • Make a significant down payment on the Nation’s energy and environmental future
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DOE Recovery Act Funding
Department of Energy Program Office
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Office of Science Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Office of Fossil Energy Office of Environmental Management
DOE TOTAL (Excluding Loans)
Office of the Chief Financial Officer - Technology Loan Guarantee Power Marketing Administrations - Borrowing Authority
DOE TOTAL (Including Loans) 5 Recovery Act ($ Millions)
$16,800 $2,000 $4,500 $3,400 $6,000
$32,700
$6,000 $6,500
$45,200
EM Received $6 Billion in Recovery Act Funding
• Directed towards existing scope that can most readily be accelerated – Soil and groundwater remediation – – Radioactive solid waste disposition Facility decontamination & decommissioning • “Shovel-ready” projects – Fully-defined cost, scope, and schedule – – – – Established regulatory framework Proven technology Proven performance Existing contract vehicles • Focus on EM completion and footprint reduction • Recovery Act funding will accelerate approximately 48 compliance milestones
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$6 Billion: Making a Difference in Communities Across the Country
Hanford Site Richland
$1.635 B
Office of River Protection
$326 M
Idaho National Laboratory
$468 M
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
$8 M
Nevada Test Site
$44 M
Energy Technology Engineering Center
$54 M
Moab
$108 M
Los Alamos National Laboratory
$212 M
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
$172 M
Argonne National Laboratory
$99 M
Mound
$20 M
West Valley Demonstration Project
$74 M
Separations Process Research Unit
$52 M
Brookhaven National Laboratory
$42 M
Portsmouth Site
$118 M
Paducah Site
$79 M
Savannah River Site
$1.615 B
Oak Ridge
$755 M
12 States, 17 Sites Uranium/Thorium
$69 M
Management & Oversight
$50 M
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Recovery Act Funding Obligations at EM Sites
Financial data are based on reporting as of February 16, 2010, and are subject to change.
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Getting The Job Done
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Over 14,400 Jobs Saved or Created
EM Job Applicants, Headcount, and Job Fairs (January 12, 2010)
Argonne (IL) Brookhaven (NY) ETEC (CA) Hanford-ORP (WA) Hanford-Richland (WA) Idaho (ID) Los Alamos (NM) Moab (UT) Mound (OH) Nevada (NV) Oak Ridge (TN) Paducah (KY) Portsmouth (OH) Savannah River (SC) SLAC (CA) SPRU (NY) West Valley (NY) WIPP (NM)
TOTALS
Applicants 2,815 41 1,220 22,875 17,562 6,399 897 3,819 12 39 10,543 5,251 3,226 17,781 90 196 1,128 448
94,342
Headcount 103 153 170 803 2,918 1,840 233 227 45 394 2,843 234 547 2,917 122 157 319 377
14,402
Job Fairs 13 0 0 25 18 9 2 0 0 0 8 4 3 6 1 0 0 0
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Headcount - workers that have benefited from ARRA funding including full-time, part-time, and temporary workers Note that the job numbers reported in FederalReporting.gov only account for prime contractor workers
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Footprint Reduction
Footprint Reduction means that the active DOE EM mission is complete within a particular area in terms of decontamination and decommissioning, waste disposition, ground water remediation, soil removal, etc. 1000 900 800
900 sq. mi.
700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Sept. 2008 Sept. 2009
Approx. 450 sq. mi. Reduction
Sept. 2010 Sept. 2011 EM footprint will be reduced from 900 sq. mi. to approximately 450 sq. mi. (approx. 40 to 50 percent) by Sept. 2011, and to about 90 sq. mi. (approx. 80 to 90 percent) of the initial footprint) by Sept. 2015.
Sept. 2012 Sept. 2013 Sept. 2014
90 sq. mi.
Sept. 2015 Post Sept. 2015
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Project Management Oversight & Accountability
Safety is the #1 priority for all EM Recovery Act projects.
• Maintain regular communications with regulators, Tribal Nations and stakeholders • Fully implement DOE Order 413.3A
• Phased release of funding based on performance – Integrates project, contract and funds management • Ensure projects stay on schedule and within cost • Conduct regular reviews to track and monitor performance • On-site Headquarters representatives will closely observe project performance • External oversight reviews by the IG and GAO
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Recovery Act Work Requires All Types of Skills
DOE Headquarters • Project Managers • Contracting Specialists • Project Engineers • Chemical Engineers • Safety and Quality Assurance Specialists • Budget • Administrative Assistants • Strategic Planners Site Field Offices • Project Managers • Cost Estimators • Schedulers • Construction Engineers • Heavy Equipment Operators • Radiological Technologists • Nuclear Safety Engineers • Quality Assurance and Quality Control Engineers • Truck Drivers • Health Physics Technicians • Earth Drillers • Environmental Engineers • Nuclear Waste Processing Operators • Geologists
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Making Progress in Empowering Small Business
EM Recovery Act Program has achieved 136% of its small business goals for FY 2009!
• EM prime contracting small business goal for FY 2009 is was 4.8% • Each EM site is expected to meet or exceed EM’s corporate small business goal and maximize small business prime and subcontracting opportunities • EM Recovery Act program targeted more than 4.8%, or $288 million of the $6 billion in ARRA funds, for small business primes • Exceeded small business target goal—more than $396 million obligated as of Sept 30, 2009 for all small business categories
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Small Business Opportunities
• Increase Small Business Participation through – Exploring new ways to facilitate small business participation – Developing mechanism to assist small business through State and Regional Finance Development Organizations For small business information and opportunities contact Ms. Brenda Degraffenreid at: [email protected]
or (202) 586-4620 For stakeholder and regulator information contact Ms. Melissa Nielson at [email protected]
David Borak at [email protected]
or
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Communicate. Communicate.
Communicate.
EM Headquarters and Field sites are striving to provide “unprecedented transparency” as to where the ARRA money is going and what is being accomplished.
• Hot Link Jobs Button • EM Recovery Act newsletter • Weekly News Flash • EM Recovery Act website • Stakeholder conference calls • Public meetings • OMB/Congress • GAO/IG
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Summary
EM Recovery Act Program is making progress in achieving the President’s goals of job creation and environmental cleanup through the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
• More than 99% of Recovery Act funds have been allocated to sites • $5.77 billion obligated to contracts for EM Recovery projects • 14,400 jobs created and preserved in 12 States • Over $1.3 billion spent on Recovery work • Achieved 136% of EM small business prime contracting goal • Monthly monitoring of project execution and performance • Active engagement with stakeholders and regulators
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Learn More About the EM Recovery Act Program
EM Recovery Act Program Office http://www.em.doe.gov/emrecovery
Email:
Phone:
202-586-2083 DOE Recovery Act Clearinghouse http://RecoveryClearinghouse.energy.gov
Email:
Phone:
1-888-DOE-RCVY 18