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Introduction and Overview
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... Biographical sketches of the committee members and staff are provided in Appendix B The workshops brought together federal and state agency decision makers responsible for contaminated site cleanup and closure decisions, federal and state regulators, key stakeholders, and other technical experts to explore topics contained in the statement of task through presentations, case studies, and discussions.
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... DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES Remediation decisions for DOE's contaminated sites can involve complex technical issues, cost millions or even billions of dollars, and be impactful to human health and the environment. Various tools and approaches have been developed to guide remediation decisions in an effective, efficient, and transparent manner.
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... The following laws were specifically discussed: • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was highlighted as containing language compatible with sustainability principles, "to create and maintain conditions, under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future genera tions" (NEPA [1969]
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... . Workshop 1 focused on the flexibility to make remediation decisions within existing regulations; Workshop 2 considered how existing regulations based on the laws identified above may need to be "reset" or updated to account for the complexities of the contaminated sites that have yet to be fully remediated.
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... . Tools developed to support decision making can provide transparency and improve communications if used properly (e.g., decision analysis tools; see Vol.


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