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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the State of Alaska are proposing to jointly fund a project that is intended to demonstrate and evaluate the feasibility of wind turbine generated power in the challenging Alaskan environment. Several sites in Naknek, Unalaska, and Nome, Alaska, underwent an initial evaluation to determine their potential suitability for the proposed wind turbine project. Through an iterative screening process involving Federal, State, and local agency input, one potentially acceptable site in the Nome area was selected for more detailed evaluation in this final environmental assessment (EA). The site being considered is located atop Anvil Mountain (Figure 1). The proposed site is approximately 6 to 8 kilometers (4 to 5 miles) north of the town of Nome, adjacent to a decommissioned U.S. Air Force radar station that was an element of the Alaska Communications System ("White Alice Communication System" [WACS]) and the Distant Early Warning (DEW) line.

Nome Alaska Wind Turbine Demonstration Project

Nome Alaska Wind Turbine Demonstration Project

In October 2000, information was provided to the Office of Inspector General concerning a security incident at Technical Area 18 (TA-18), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). On September 28, 2000, at 13:48 hours Mountain Time Zone (MTZ), an alarm was activated on a vault which contains a nuclear critical mass assembly machine. It was discovered that the locking device on the reactor vault had failed, preventing the vault door from being properly secured at the conclusion of a radiological experiment the previous day, September 27, 2000. Based on this information, we initiated an inspection of this matter. The purpose of this letter report is to advise you of the results of our inspection.

Letter Report on Security Incident at Technical Area 18, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Executive Order 13175 reaffirms the Federal government's commitment to tribal sovereignty, self-determination, and self-government. Its purpose is to ensure that all Executive departments and agencies consult with Indian tribes and respect tribal sover...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish regular and meaningful consultation and collaboration with tribal officials in the development of Federal policies that have tribal implications, to strengthen the United States government-to-government relationships with Indian tribes, and to reduce the imposition of unfunded mandates upon Indian tribes; it is hereby ordered as follows: