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6 Summary of the Workshop Series Goals
Pages 149-152

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... TOPICS 1 AND 2 Planning committee member Patricia Culligan (Columbia University) noted that the first bullet shown in Figure 6-1 should include monitoring beyond environmental conditions -- as Paul Black had suggested earlier.
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... Dave Geiser commented that LM does not store classified information, but several staff members hold clearances that allow access to classified nuclear test information, which is needed to confirm remedies are working. Carol Eddy-Dilek highlighted DOE's Legacy Management data man
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... supported the idea of moving this bullet to the top of the list because it would address a recent Executive Order directing agencies to identify additional risks that climate change introduces and to develop a suitable governmental response.2 1   See http://gems.lm.doe.gov/imf/sites/gems_continental_us/jsp/launch.jsp. 2   See http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/11/01/executive-order-preparingunited-states-impacts-climate-change.
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