Of all the Board's standing committees, Environmental Restoration has the most extensive work scope. Much of the latter part of the year 2000 was spent understanding the regulatory framework that underlies the setting of RSALs. The committee also dealt with remediation of the 903 Pad, as well as the Industrial Area Sampling and Analysis Plan. Items slated for the coming year include the 903 Pad Decision Document, the RFCA Standard Operating Protocol for Remediation Technologies, the RFCA Integrating Decision Document, and remediation technologies. The Stewardship Working Group was started jointly by the Rocky Flats Citizens Advisory Board and the Rocky Flats Coalition of Local Governments to educate their members on stewardship issues pertaining to Rocky Flats.
Stewardship is the term used to describe the long-term needs of the site after closure.
In the year 2000, the Stewardship Working Group successfully introduced the stewardship concept into the common dialog at the Rocky Flats site. The group hopes to make significant contributions relating to stewardship in the upcoming years. One contribution consists of the Stewardship Toolbox, a matrix that can be used by Board members to evaluate remediation decisions for stewardship implications. In May 2000 the group drafted a Work Plan, which in part established the creation of the Stewardship Toolbox Committee. The Toolbox Committee developed the toolbox matrix in December and will present the toolbox to Board members in early 2001.