Meetings & Past Events

Spring 2010 FFTF Meeting
Nashville, TN | May 3-5, 2010

• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Agenda and Presentations

The NGA Center held a meeting of the Federal Facilities Task Force (FFTF) for FFTF members to discuss issues and priorities relevant to cleanup efforts in their states and to have open dialogue with officials from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM). The meeting was held jointly with the National Conference of State Legislatures’ State and Tribal Government Working Group (STGWG) and Environmental Management Roundtable. Each group met individually and for a plenary session with presentations from DOE-EM officials and other speakers. Participants heard presentations on EM’s mission and priorities, the status of ARRA funding and progress, new issues in nuclear security, the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, EM budgets and strategic planning, and key topics in waste disposition.

The meeting concluded with a site visit to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky. While there, FFTF members learned about plant operations and cleanup efforts at the site, including groundwater decontamination, the preparation of contaminated buildings for demolition, and the processing of depleted uranium for final disposal.

Fall 2009 Intergovernmental Meeting
New Orleans, LA | October 21-23, 2009

• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Agenda and Presentations

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practice's Federal Facilities Task Force (FFTF) eighth annual Intergovernmental Meeting with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) featured presentations and open discussions with senior officials from the DOE Office of Environmental Management. A variety of topics were addressed, including: policy changes in the new administration; the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; budget and strategic planning; waste management and disposition; energy parks; and natural resources damage assessments. The meeting also provided an opportunity for groups to communicate their concerns and priorities to DOE Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Dr. Inés Triay. 

In addition to officials from DOE and the FFTF, the meeting was attended by representatives from the Energy Communities Alliance, the Environmental Council of the States, the National Association of Attorneys General, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and the State and Tribal Government Working Group.