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Naval Reactors Facility Sludge Pan Container Disposition Project

Naval Reactors Facility Sludge Pan Container Disposition Project

Investigation allegations that contractor protective force personnel at a DOE site exceeded their legislative, regulatory, and policy-based authority

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Site-Wide Operations, Carlsbad Field Office

Evaluation to determine whether Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project is continuing to perform at a level deserving DOE-VPP Star recognition.

Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General, Semiannual Report to Congress, October 1, 2008-March 31, 2009

Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General, Semiannual Report to Congress, October 1, 2008-March 31, 2009

Inspection of Emergency Management at the Sandia Site Office and Sandia National Laboratories

On behalf of the Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General, I am pleased to submit our Semiannual Report to Congress for the period ending March 31, 2009. The Report highlights key accomplishments of the Office of Inspector General, particularly pertaining to our efforts to ensure the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of Department of Energy operations. Details pertaining to some of our most significant reviews and projects are presented in the Report. This reporting period has been quite eventful. On February 17, 2009, the President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The stated intent of this new legislation is to strengthen the U.S. economy through the creation of new jobs, aiding State and local governments with budget shortfalls, cutting taxes for working families, and investing in the long-term health of the Nation’s economic prosperity.

The Proposed Action is to continue the transportation of waste to WIPP by truck and the operation of the WIPP for the disposal of TRU waste generated by DOE defense activities. Since WIPP operations began, WIPP has implemented or proposed several initiatives to increase the efficiency of its operations. To meet the requirement that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall recertify WIPP's continued compliance with EPA Disposal regulations every five years on the anniversary of first waste receipt, DOE continues to update its TRU waste inventory on a yearly basis and has submitted two Compliance Recertification Applications (CRAs) to the EPA, in 2004 and 2009. These CRAs assess the impacts of the inventory changes and WIPP operational changes on WIPP's ability to meet the EPA's regulatory requirements. This supplement analysis will examine any changes to transportation, operational, or long-term performance impacts as a result of changed information contained in the TRU waste inventory and WIPP's CRA submitted to EPA in March 2009.