***Joint***

***Waste Minimization Coordinator Conference Call and***

***P2 in ER Conference Call***

***Minutes from the Tuesday, 5/23/00 Call***

[**Unfunded ROI Project Initiative**:]{.underline} - Kent Hancock
*(301-903-1380) kent.hancock@em.doe.gov*

Kent began the call by confirming the date change for the Headquarters
ROI Workshop to June 22, 2000 from 2 - 4 P.M. The conference room where
the workshop will be held (Forrestal Building Room 1E245) will seat 70
people. The Office of Science (SC) and Defense Programs (DP) will be
present during the workshop and will support the ROI initiative.

The workshop will focus on opportunities to reduce EM, DP, and SC site
costs by application of P2 ROI projects. These projects were identified
during a complex-wide search for unfunded ROI project proposals that
could significantly cut project costs and reduce waste from facility and
site operations. As a means to evaluate these project proposals, EM-22
has requested that field personnel brief HQ managers during the workshop
on the top projects in four categories. The four categories are; newly
generated waste/waste management, environmental restoration,
decontamination and decommissioning, and TRU waste. Fact Sheets on
unfunded ROI projects, as well as past successful ROI projects are being
developed and will be distributed during the workshop.

ROI Team leads are as follows:

Keith Stone - Newly generated waste/waste management

Courtney Manrod - Environmental restoration

Lee Bishop - D&D

Tom Starke - TRU waste

Kathy Yuracko - Life-cycle analysis

Kent and Dave Huiezenga will be meeting with Merna Herd (T.J.
Glauthier's assistant) to discuss T.J.'s support of the workshop. This
meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 31st. Kent hopes to have T.J.
sign a letter discussing the intent of the workshop and requesting
support from his staff.

The ROI initiative is a major effort by EM-22 to secure funding for
future ROI projects and provide a means to reestablish the ROI program.
Kent requested everyone's support in this effort and hopes to increase
the P2 budget substantially in FY 2002 and secure abridged funding in FY
2001.

[**P2 Assessment Update**]{.underline} - Lisa Burns (513-782-4686)
*lburns@theitgroup.com*

Lisa reported that the Rocky Flats P2 Assessment Final Report has been
issued and can be obtained by calling or e-mailing your request to her.
Rocky Flats will be pilot-testing one of the P2 opportunities identified
during the assessment, the NoChar Petrobond Absorbent Polymer Treatment
for TRU-contaminated oils, late this summer. Mound has already
successfully treated tritiated oils, but has not tested the treatment on
TRU-contaminated oils which have the potential for hydrogen gas
generation. Mound may have a pilot test completed on TRU oils by August.
This opportunity greatly reduces the amount of waste destined for
disposal at WIPP by decreasing the final waste form over traditional
waste oil treatments such as solidification. Other sites have voiced
interest in the treatment technology for their TRU and tritiated oils.

The P2 assessment at the Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor (BGRR)
decommissioning project was performed on February 22/23. The draft
assessment report has been completed and transmitted to the site project
team and P2 assessment team for review and comment. A final report
should be completed by July.

The INEEL Test Area North Excess Facilities P2 assessment will be
performed on June 6/7/8. The assessment will focus on the disposition of
excess industrial building materials (an estimated 500,000 cubic yards
of waste) and landfill waste from the Test Area North. The waste is
contaminated with chemicals, asbestos and very small amounts of
radioactive contamination. Steve Martinson is the project manager for
Facility Disposition at INEEL and requested the assessment. He is hoping
the team can identify alternative dispositions for the waste rather than
disposal. Team members include Chris Ischay from INEEL, Lee Bishop from
DOE Oak Ridge Center of Excellence for Materials Recycle, Kathy Yuracko
from ORNL's Center for Life-cycle Assessment, Mitch Waterman from LLNL
Excess Facility Program, and Keith Trychta from Argonne's Material
Recycle/Reuse Program

Please let Greg McBrien or Lisa know if you are interested in having a
P2 assessment done at your site. The P2 assessment program will continue
into the next fiscal year.

**[Concrete Crusher Success at Ohio]{.underline}** - Doug Maynor
(937-865-3986; *doug.maynor@ohio.doe.gov)* and Dick Govers (804-528-4365
or *rgovers@compuserve.com*)

Doug discussed the history of the concrete crusher initiative by stating
that in 1998 a Value Engineering Study was done to evaluate soil and
debris disposition alternatives at the five Ohio DOE sites. Eighteen
cost-saving alternatives were identified with three of the five sites
having similar problems needing similar solutions. Contaminated concrete
was considered a high-priority waste issue at these sites.

Dick Govers continued by explaining that DOE Ohio initiated a plan for
concrete reuse using a single, shared, mobile crushing unit periodically
at each site. BWXT of Ohio Mound, the lead contractor, worked closely
with DOE Ohio, DOE Mound, and ORNL to perform a life-cycle analysis,
establish risk-based volumetric release criteria, and procure a used
Hanford crusher so that crushed concrete could be reused onsite as
backfill. The life-cycle analysis established a range of cost savings
from \$4 -\$12 M and a LLW avoidance of more than 40,000 cubic meters.

Doug mentioned that the used Hanford crusher was a particular success
because the cost savings would have been much less for the project if a
new concrete crusher had to be purchased. The Hanford crusher was
identified as available excess equipment by Doug DuVon of Bechtel
Hanford during the P2 assessment at Rocky Flats.

Currently, the volumetric release criteria has been accepted by DOE
Mound and the site stakeholders. The technical basis document is
currently being reviewed by DOE Ohio. EH-1 and Argonne National Labs
Center for Risk Analysis have also both reviewed the document. Once
acceptance has been reached, contaminated concrete will be crushed.
Mound expects to start crushing clean concrete in June. The air permit
has been received and resources have been allocated.

Concrete crushing of dismantled buildings for reuse onsite and sharing
the resources between several DOE sites will provide DOE a major
cost-savings. DOE Ohio was awarded a DOE P2 Award for this effort. The
award nomination and complete cost-analysis can be obtained by
contacting Dick Govers at 804-528-4365 or *rgovers@compuserve.com.*

**[Small Diameter Geophysical Logging System]{.underline}** - Doug
DuVon; 509-372-9182; *dkduvon@bhi-erc.com*

Bechtel-Hanford submitted a ROI proposal to develop a system to collect
data on the distribution of sub-surface gamma-emitting radionuclides in
the vadose zone. They used the ROI funding to merge a Geoprobe (an
instrument used to create a small diameter access hole) with a spectral
gamma logging system and integrated them into a single operational
system called the small-diameter geophysical logging system (SDGLS).
This system collected accurate, technically defensible, cost-effective
information used to reduce remediation cost by minimizing the amount of
contaminated soils being excavated and transported to the onsite
disposal cell (ERDF).

The use of the SDGLS provided the accurate mapping of contamination
needed to avoid the generation of approximately 140,000 cubic meters of
LLW waste from one project. The projected yearly savings was estimated
at \$7 M.

The final report on the SDGLS can be obtained from Doug DuVon.

**[Operation Office Reports]{.underline}**

AL - no report

CH - no report

Fernald - Alisa Rhodes stated that Fernald will be shipping
approximately 100 more drums of shredded copper to Oak Ridge for
processing and recycle.

ID - Chuck Ljungberg relayed that he was a member of the Integrated
Safety Management System (ISMS) team and is providing the team with P2
integration support. Chuck feels very strongly that P2 should be part of
each sites ES&H management system. Chuck also stated that INEEL is part
of a Regional Recycle Center Cooperative with the State of Idaho,
Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, etc. and they are trying to develop a center
for the cost-effective recycle of materials in the area.

Oak Ridge - Ana Gonzalez stated that they are continuing to integrate
P2/WMin into Watershed Remediation and decommissioning projects.

Ohio - Doug Maynor reported that Mound will be shipping
tritium-contaminated pumps and equipment to NSSI in Houston for reuse at
a commercial facility, saving thousands of dollars in waste disposal
cost. DOE Ohio continues to pursue the Electronics Recycle Initiative
with Oak Ridge and the National Metals Recycle Center. Mound hopes to
perform risk reviews and other pilot assessments in order to demonstrate
the cost savings and technical feasibility of recycling contaminated
electronic equipment. DOE Ohio is also performing a life-cycle
assessment on PCB disposal alternatives.

RL - Anna Beard reported that RL is evaluating a ROI project for the
recycle of 25,000 pounds of lead brick as part of a Supplemental
Environmental Project. The bricks would be excessed and sold for
recycle/reuse. DOE RL P2 organization is also negotiating with DOE's
Asset Management Group to allow money from P2/WMin asset sales to be
placed into the P2 budget.

Anna Beard was also recently awarded a State Of Washington P2/Recycle
Award for her dedication to reducing waste and promoting recycle/reuse.
Congratulations, Anna and the rest of her P2 team!

Congratulations to all the winners of the White House Closing the Circle
Awards. It is an honor to work with such dedicated individuals!

*Thanks for participating in the conference call. The minutes are also
available on the P2 in ER Website at* **www.em.doe.gov/er.**

[**Call Participants**:]{.underline}

Kent Hancock; EM-22

John Lum; EM-22

Greg McBrien; EM-22

Ana Gonzalez; DOE ORO

Anna Beard; DOE RL

Doug Maynor; DOE OH Field office

Chuck Ljungberg; DOE ID

Harish Sharma; DOE AL

Jamie Zeisloft; DOE RL

Tim Coffield; SRS

Lisa Allmon-Burns; IT Corp.

Alisa Rhodes; Fernald

Doug DuVon; Bechtel Hanford

Mitch Newman; Portsmouth Wastren

Chris Ischay; Bechtel B&W Idaho

Michael Kristich; EMS

Susan Michaud; ORNL

Eva Irwin; Y-12

Chris Hammonds; Y-12

Esther Sullivan; DPRA Oak Ridge

Chuck Urland; GTS Durateck

Carol Laumaier; SAIC

Dick Govers; Chamberlain Group, Mound