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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Contractor Employee Pension and
Medical Benefits
Office of Management,
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of Management is
announcing the availability of a
summary of the public comments it
received in response to a request for
public comments on the challenge the
Department of Energy (Department)
confronts with respect to the costs and
liabilities associated with contractor
employee pension and medical benefits.
The Department’s request for comments
was published in the Federal Register
on March 27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The summary of public
comments is available on the Internet at
https://management.energy.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Stephanie Weakley, Office of
Procurement and Assistance
Management, U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC, 20585, 202–287–
1645.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On April 26, 2006, the Department
issued Department of Energy Notice
351.1, Contractor Employee Pension and
Medical Benefits Policy, which updated
and revised the Department’s policy
concerning reimbursement of
Management and Operating (M&O) and
other site management contractor
pension and medical benefit costs. On
June 19, 2006, the Secretary of Energy
suspended implementation of the
revised policy to permit consultation
with stakeholders about the purpose of
the Notice.
On March 27, 2007, the Department
published a Federal Register notice (72
FR 14266) seeking public comments
and/or recommendations on how the
Department should address the
challenge it faces due to the increasing
costs and financial liabilities associated
with the reimbursement of contractor
employee pension and medical benefit
costs. The Office of Management
established a Web site for the public to
submit their comments and/or
recommendations on how the
Department should address this
financial challenge.
The Office of Management received
approximately 475 comments in
response to the March 27, 2007, request
for public comments. The
overwhelming majority of comments
were from current and retired
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Department employees who did not
support the new policy in the
suspended DOE Notice 351.1. The
remainder of the comments were
submitted by private citizens, labor
unions, and actuarial firms. As a result
of its stakeholder outreach and
consideration of public comments, the
Department decided not to reissue DOE
N 351.1 after it expired by its terms on
April 27, 2007. The Department is not
contemplating further action with
regard to contractor employee pension
and medical benefits at this time.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 15,
2007.
Ingrid Kolb,
Director of Management, U.S. Department of
Energy.
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Energy.
ACTION: Notice extending comment
period.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On Monday, July 23, 2007,
the Department of Energy (DOE)
published a notice of revised proposed
policy (72 FR 140) setting forth its
revised plans for implementing Section
180(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act
of 1982 (the NWPA).
The notice requested comments on
the provision of technical assistance and
financial assistance for training of
public safety officials to States and
Indian Tribes through whose
jurisdictions the DOE plans to transport
spent nuclear fuel or high-level
radioactive waste to a facility authorized
under Subtitle A or C of the NWPA. The
training is to cover safe, routine
transport procedures and emergency
response procedures as directed in the
NWPA. The comment period for this
notice of revised proposed policy was
scheduled to close on October 22, 2007.
Today’s notice announces a 90-day
extension of the comment period on the
revised proposed policy. The
Department is taking this action in order
to allow additional time for all
interested parties to comment on the
revised proposed policy.
DATES: Written comments should be
mailed and electronic comments
submitted to the Department and must
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Contractor Employee Pension and Medical Benefits
AGENCY: Office of Management, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Management is announcing the availability of a
summary of the public comments it received in response to a request for
public comments on the challenge the Department of Energy (Department)
confronts with respect to the costs and liabilities associated with
contractor employee pension and medical benefits. The Department's
request for comments was published in the Federal Register on March 27,
2007.
ADDRESSES: The summary of public comments is available on the Internet
at https://management.energy.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stephanie Weakley, Office of
Procurement and Assistance Management, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, 20585, 202-287-1645.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On April 26, 2006, the Department issued Department of Energy
Notice 351.1, Contractor Employee Pension and Medical Benefits Policy,
which updated and revised the Department's policy concerning
reimbursement of Management and Operating (M&O) and other site
management contractor pension and medical benefit costs. On June 19,
2006, the Secretary of Energy suspended implementation of the revised
policy to permit consultation with stakeholders about the purpose of
the Notice.
On March 27, 2007, the Department published a Federal Register
notice (72 FR 14266) seeking public comments and/or recommendations on
how the Department should address the challenge it faces due to the
increasing costs and financial liabilities associated with the
reimbursement of contractor employee pension and medical benefit costs.
The Office of Management established a Web site for the public to
submit their comments and/or recommendations on how the Department
should address this financial challenge.
The Office of Management received approximately 475 comments in
response to the March 27, 2007, request for public comments. The
overwhelming majority of comments were from current and retired
Department employees who did not support the new policy in the
suspended DOE Notice 351.1. The remainder of the comments were
submitted by private citizens, labor unions, and actuarial firms. As a
result of its stakeholder outreach and consideration of public
comments, the Department decided not to reissue DOE N 351.1 after it
expired by its terms on April 27, 2007. The Department is not
contemplating further action with regard to contractor employee pension
and medical benefits at this time.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 15, 2007.
Ingrid Kolb,
Director of Management, U.S. Department of Energy.
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