DOE Awards $2.2 Million Financial Assistance Grant to New Mexico Environment Dep

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DOE Awards $2.2 Million Financial Assistance Grant to New Mexico Environment Department Oversight Bureau

https://www.energy.gov/em/articles/doe-awards-22-million-financial-assistance-grant-new-mexico-environment-department

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The Department of Energy provided $2.2 million to the New Mexico Environment Department Oversight Bureau for independent environmental monitoring. This three-year grant covers sampling of groundwater, soil, and radiation levels near the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The funding ensures external verification of safety protocols during ongoing transuranic waste operations through June 2029.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management awarded a non-competitive financial assistance grant to the New Mexico Environmental Department Oversight Bureau.

CINCINNATI — The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) awarded a non-competitive financial assistance grant to the New Mexico Environment Department Oversight Bureau today.

The bureau will conduct independent, confirmatory environmental monitoring at and around EM's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant — including groundwater, surface water, soil, vegetation, air, and gamma radiation sampling — to verify protection of public health and the environment from transuranic waste operations.

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https://www.energy.gov/em/articles/doe-awards-22-million-financial-assistance-grant-new-mexico-environment-department