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A New Era for Energy Communities

Energy Communities Alliance is the organization of local governments that are adjacent to or impacted by Department of Energy (DOE) activities. Our board members include elected officials and administrators from local governments impacted by DOE.

ECA's mission is to bring together local government officials in Department of Energy-impacted communities to share information, establish policy positions, and advocate community interests in order to effectively address an increasingly complex set of environmental, regulatory, and economic development needs.
The Politics of Cleanup
This new ECA report offers recommendations to accelerate complex federal environmental cleanups and identifies lessons learned that can apply to all federal facility sites.  View the press release and download the report (4MB) or executive summary (1MB).

 
Community Guidebook for Reuse of DOE and NNSA Land and Facilities
DOE and NNSA Disposal and Transfer Authorities
This new ECA Guidebook lists relevant DOE and NNSA disposal and transfer authorities.  Simply click on any listing in the Table of Contents to skip to that page in the document.  Download the guidebook here (4MB).
ECA Bulletin: January 2012
Stories Include:
  • Final BRC Report Calls Need for a New Strategy "Urgent"
  • States Urge DOE and OMB to Provide Sufficient Funding in FY13 Budget Request to Meet Cleanup Goals
  • Legislative Update: Lawmakers return for the second and final session of the 112th Congress
  • DNFSB to Hold Public Meeting on Safety Issues at Hanford's WTP
  • NNSA Prepares to Transfer Land Tracts at Los Alamos
  • Comments on NRC Draft Report for Long-Term Waste Confidence Update Due by February 17
  •  Sandia Report on Disposal of Radioactive Waste in Granite Gets Renewed Attention
  • Communities, ECA, CROs and DOE Continue to Work on the Asset Revitalization Initiative (ARI)

January 2012 ECA Bulletin

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November 29 Letter to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Requesting Local Government Involvement in Board Meetings (pdf)
House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus Letter To Support EM Funding     
ECA Press Release and Letter To Secretary Chu Regarding Defense-Related High-Level Waste and Spent Fuel, May 2011
ECA Presentation to DOE Asset Revitalization Initiative Task Force  (March 2010)
ECA's Letter to Secretary Chu Regarding Energy Demonstration Projects (December 21, 2010)
Energy Parks Task Force Request  Letter (October 14, 2010) 
ECA's Written Testimony for the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future (May 25, 2010) 
ECA Letter to Secretary Chu Regarding High-level Waste and Communities
ECA's Energy Parks Response to Under Secretary Johnson
ECA Letter to Secretary Chu: DOE Must Analyze the Impact of DOE's Decision to Leave Defense High-Level Waste in Communities
ECA Letter to Under Secretary Johnson regarding DOE Energy Parks Initiative and the need for a cross cutting office within the department  
ECA Letter to Secretary Chu Regarding Local Government Participation on the Proposed Department of Energy "Blue Ribbon" Panel on Nuclear Waste Management (April 2009) 
DOE Property Laws and Regulations (April 2009)  
Summary of Alternative Energy Provisions in Stimulus Act 2009
DOE-EM Paper on Footprint Reduction and Energy Parks (NEW) (January 12, 2009)
ECA Priorities for Secretary of Energy Chu February 2009
ECA Comments on NNSA Complex Transformation Plan (April 9, 2008)
ECA Letter in Support of EMAB Participation (February 1, 2008)  
ECA Letter in Support of Portsmouth Stakeholder Advisory Committee (January 2, 2008)
ECA Letter to NNSA Administrator D'Agostino Regarding Job Cuts as NNSA Labs (December 4, 2007)
ECA Letter in Support of National Historic Landmark Status for Hanford's B Reactor (December 4, 2007)
ECA Report on The Politics of Cleanup
Press Release
Executive Summary
Court Rules Local Officials Have a Role in Federal Facilities Cleanup
Detailed Memo (pdf)
ECA Policy Statements (pdf)
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