News from July 2023
WIPP Moves Closer to Finishing Buildings for New Ventilation System
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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):
Health Subcommittee Chair Guthrie Opening Statement on the SUPPORT Act and the Opioid Crisis
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
Chair Rodgers: DOE Must Be Transparent About Risk of Taxpayer Dollars Going to China
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
C&T Subcommittee Chair Latta to FCC: “Closing the Digital Divide is a Key Priority for this Committee”
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chair Bob Latta (R-OH)
Chair Rodgers: The Opioid and Fentanyl Crisis Hits Every Community
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
Barrasso Bill Would Protect Availability of Critical Transformers
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 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
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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
By DOE Newswire Report | Jul 3, 2023
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).