Improving the Environment : An Evaluation of the DOE's Environmental Management Program.

Improving the Environment -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Contents -- PART I SYNTHESIS REPORT -- Introduction -- PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S LEGACY -- FUNDAMENTAL PRECEPTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM -- Risk Associated with the Program -- Cost of the Program -- Length of the Program -- Science and Technology in the Program -- Environmental Mission or Environmental Ethic? -- ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT'S NOTABLE INITIATIVES -- Research and Development Initiative -- Contractor Relations -- Budgeting Process -- Public Participation -- Principal Recommendations -- RESULTS NEEDED NOW -- Responsible Stewardship -- Land-Use Planning -- INCENTIVES, METRICS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY -- GOALS AND PRIORITIES -- Establishing a System for Setting Priorities -- Need for More-Specific Goals -- Attributes of a Priority-Setting System -- Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis -- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- Focus Areas -- National Laboratories, Universities, and Industry: Partnerships and Competition -- REGULATORY MEASURES -- External Regulation -- Overcoming Regulatory "Obstacles"-Using Existing Flexibility -- Streamlining Regulatory Measures -- Lead Regulator -- PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: SEARCHING FOR CONSENSUS TO ACHIEVE CREDIBILITY -- REFERENCES -- PART II EVALUATION OF REGULATORY MEASURES -- Introduction -- Our Approach to Evaluating Regulatory Measures -- Regulation of DOE's Environmental Management Program -- DOE AS AN EXTERNALLY REGULATED ENTITY -- SELF-REGULATION -- DOE ORDERS -- MULTIPLE REGULATORS -- CURRENT ACTIVITIES -- POSSIBLE COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS -- Responsible Stewardship -- Land-Use Planning -- Residual-Risk Regulation and National Cleanup Standards -- Cost Effectiveness and Risk Considerations -- Overall Findings and Recommendations -- STREAMLINING THE REGULATORY PROCESS -- RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP -- REFERENCES.

Appendix Various Perspectives on DOE's Environmental Management Program -- PART III PRIORITY-SETTING TIMING, AND STAGING -- Introduction -- Current Realities and Historical Context -- An Inclusive System -- Attributes of a Priority-Setting System -- Implementation of a Priority-Setting System -- RELATIONSHIP OF OTHER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO PRIORITY-SETTING -- INCENTIVES, METRICS, AND FEEDBACK -- BUDGETING -- PERSONNEL -- CONTRACTING -- Criteria for Setting Priorities -- USING RISK -- Tools -- Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- Appendix One Approach -- PART IV UTILIZATION OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY -- Introduction -- ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS FACING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY -- PROBLEMS IN CORRECTING THE LEGACY -- Findings and Recommendations -- GENERAL GUIDANCE -- TECHNOLOGY SELECTION AND DEVELOPMENT -- TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION -- Policy -- THE VISION -- GOALS -- PROCESS -- Technology Selection and Development -- CUSTOMER NEEDS -- FOCUS AREAS -- DECISION PROCESS FOR SELECTING CANDIDATE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT -- TECHNOLOGY-DEVELOPMENT MODEL -- COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS AS PART OF THE TECHNOLOGY-DEVELOPMENT PROCESS -- ROLE OF THE NATIONAL LABORATORIES IN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT -- Technology Utilization -- REFERENCES -- Appendix Previous Studies -- PART V INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND HEALTH IN PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION -- Introduction -- Internal Management and Contractor Relations -- LEADERSHIP -- MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE -- GOALS -- PRODUCTS AND SERVICES -- MANAGEMENT TOOLS -- INCENTIVES AND DISINCENTIVES -- Integration of Science and Technology into the EM Program -- Lessons from Industrial Environmental Management Programs -- Integration of Science and Technology into the Community-Relations Process -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE -- PROPOSED NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE FORA -- PRIORITY SETTING.

TIMING AND STAGING OF ACTIVITIES -- TECHNOLOGY -- MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS -- REGULATORY MEASURES -- APPENDIX B WORKSHOP AGENDAS -- APPENDIX C BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON COMMITTEE MEMBERS -- BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE SYNTHESIS SUBCOMMITTEE -- BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE EVALUATION OF REGULATORY MEASURES -- BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PRIORITY SETTING, TIMING AND STAGING -- BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON UTILIZATION OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND ... -- BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, ... -- APPENDIX D BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON WORKSHOP SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS -- EVALUATION OF REGULATORY MEASURES WORKSHOP -- PRIORITY SETTING, TIMING AND STAGING OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES WORKSHOP -- WORKSHOP ON UTILIZATION OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY -- INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND HEALTH IN PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.

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