DOE Environmental Management has community budget workshop on Wednesday

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management is hosting its annual Community Budget Workshop on Wednesday, April 29.

The purpose of this year’s workshop is for interested members of the community and stakeholders to learn about our program’s top cleanup priorities, and to provide input on additional priorities that they would like OREM to consider as officials begin developing the Fiscal Year 2017 budget.

The workshop is scheduled from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, in the Pollard Auditorium at 210 Badger Avenue in Oak Ridge.

There is a reception scheduled from 5-6:30 p.m.

Here is the agenda:

• 2 p.m.—Welcome and opening remarks
• 2:15 p.m.—Feedback from 2014 Community Budget Workshop
• 2:30 p.m.—U.S. Department of Energy’s current near-term cleanup priorities
• 3 p.m.—Break
• 3:15 p.m.—Site Specific Advisory Board’s current cleanup priorities
• 3:30 p.m.—Oak Ridge Reservation Communities Alliance current cleanup priorities
• 3:45 p.m.—Oak Ridge Partnership current cleanup priorities
• 4 p.m.—Break
• 4:15 p.m.—Federal budget formulation process
• 4:30 p.m.—Open discussion/next steps
• 5 p.m.—Community reception