News from July 2023


WIPP Moves Closer to Finishing Buildings for New Ventilation System

Progress on the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) continues, with crews rapidly approaching the completion of construction of its buildings.


Paducah Builds Toward Ten-Year Goal to Significantly Reduce Site Hazards

EM workers continue to reduce chemical hazards at the Paducah Site with the recent shipment of 14 sodium fluoride traps, or exchange vessels, for off-site disposal and the elimination of the site’s entire chlorine gas cylinder inventory.


EM’s Avery Meets With Community Partners Invested in SRS Cleanup

Jeff Avery, EM’s principal deputy assistant secretary, participated in a meet-and-greet last week in Washington, D.C.


Highlights of Environmental Cleanup Over Past Five Years at Los Alamos

The EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B)


Strengthening Cybersecurity Across the Liquified Natural Gas Lifecycle

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE)


Energy Subcommittee Chair Duncan and Rep. Hudson's Remarks During North Carolina Field Hearing

Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) and Congressman Richard Hudson (R-NC)


Energy Subcommittee Chair Duncan and Rep. Hudson's Remarks During North Carolina Field Hearing

Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) and Congressman Richard Hudson (R-NC)


Chair Rodgers Statement on President Biden's CDC Director Nomination

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement after President Biden announced his intention to appoint Mandy Cohen to serve as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):



Chair Rodgers: DOE Must Be Transparent About Risk of Taxpayer Dollars Going to China

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)



Chair Rodgers: The Opioid and Fentanyl Crisis Hits Every Community

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)


Barrasso Bill Would Protect Availability of Critical Transformers

U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR)


Manchin Submits Comments to U.S. Treasury on 30D New Clean Vehicle Tax Credits

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, submitted comments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.


Manchin, Risch Introduce Bipartisan Civil Nuclear Export Act of 2023

Today, Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID).


Manchin, Bipartisan Colleagues Introduce Save Our Gas Stoves Act in Senate

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and seven colleagues have introduced legislation to prohibit the Biden administration from banning gas stoves.


Manchin Announces $3 Million for West Virginia University Research Corporation Project to Help Decarbonize Food and Beverage Industry

Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $3 million through the U.S. Department of Energy to fund a project at West Virginia University (WVU)


Manchin Announces $3.8 Million in PILT Payments to 36 West Virginia Counties

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced $3,868,229 from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT)


Manchin: Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Final Permit is Great News for West Virginia and the Entire Nation

Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement following the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ issuance of a Department of the Army water crossing permit authorizing the Mountain Valley Pipeline.


DOE Announces 6 Million Barrels for Strategic Petroleum Reserve Replenishment

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Petroleum Reserves announced that contracts have been awarded for the acquisition of 3 million barrels of U.S. produced crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).