This webinar introduces attendees to the legal nature, interrelationships between, and designated authorities’ roles under several regulatory frameworks, and explains how different wastes and cleanup processes fall within the purview of one or more set of regulations.
Cleanup at nuclear weapons waste complex sites proceeds under several regulatory frameworks including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and Atomic Energy Act (AEA). This webinar introduces attendees to the legal nature, interrelationships between, and designated authorities’ roles under these regulatory frameworks, and explains how different wastes and cleanup processes fall within the purview of one or more set of regulations. Speakers also discuss the legal and practical considerations and examples for involved parties in situations where frameworks overlap.
The National Governors Association and the National Association of Attorneys General co-hosted this webinar for the membership of the Combined Intergovernmental Working Group including members of the Energy Communities Alliance, Environmental Council of the States, NGA Federal Facilities Task Force, NCSL State and Tribal Governments Working Group, NCSL Nuclear Legislative Working Group, the National Association of Attorneys General, and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management.
Opening Remarks:
- Mark Gilbertson, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory and Policy Affairs, DOE Office of Environmental Management
Panelists:
- Daniel Miller, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Natural Resources and Environment Section, Colorado Department of Law
- Steven Stout, Senior Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
- Caroline Cress, Assistant Attorney General, Washington State Office of the Attorney General
- Thomas Zeilman, Tribal Attorney, Yakama Nation
Facilitator:
- Andy Chinn, Senior Associate, Ross Strategic
