OFFICE OF WORKER AND COMMUNITY TRANSITION

PROGRAM UPDATE

July - August 1997

WORK FORCE RESTRUCTURING ACTIONS

DRAFT PORTSMOUTH AND PADUCAH WORK FORCE RESTRUCTURING PLANSAPPROVED FOR CIRCULATION

On July 10, 1997, the Department of Energy authorized the circulation of drafts of the Portsmouth Work Force Restructuring Plan for the Portsmouth Site in Ohio, and the Paducah Work Force Restructuring Plan for the Paducah Site in Kentucky. The draft plans are intended to cover Department of Energy related work at these sites being performed by Lockheed Martin Utility Services through 1998, and includes a reduction of approximately 130 positions announced on May 30, 1997. Lockheed Martin Utility Services employees at the sites are covered by the Oak Ridge Work Force Restructuring Plan.

The draft plan provides for benefits equivalent to those provided under the Oak Ridge Work Force Restructuring Plan, including an opportunity for workers to voluntarily separate and receive severance, if by so doing a layoff can be avoided.

After consideration of stakeholder comments, a proposed final plan will be forwarded to DOE Headquarters for Secretarial approval and transmittal to the U.S. Congress.

ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY AND BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY REMOVED FROM DESIGNATION AS DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 3161

On July 30, 1997, the Department of Energy approved the request of the Chicago Operations Office to delete Argonne and Brookhaven National Laboratories from the list of defense nuclear facilities for purposes of section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1993, in recognition of the lack of ongoing defense work at the laboratories.

As a result, work force changes at these sites will no longer trigger a need to develop a work force restructuring plan, although DOE's Office of Worker and Community Transition will work with the Chicago Operations Office to assure that implementation of any work force changes are consistent with Departmental objectives and policy.

OHIO WORK FORCE RESTRUCTURING PLAN APPROVED -- GENERAL NOTICES OF POTENTIAL SEPARATION ISSUED

On July 31, 1997, a final work force restructuring plan for the Mound and Fernald Sites in Ohio was submitted following stakeholders' comment. The plan covers changes anticipated at Mound and Fernald as these sites move toward closure. The plan was developed in consultation with affected stakeholders and identifies programs to promote individual tailored career transition programs prior to voluntary separation, and benefits that will be provided to workers who may be involuntarily separated, including severance, medical, education, relocation and outplacement benefits.

Transition to a new management contractor at Mound, scheduled to occur on October 1, 1997, requires that a general notice of potential separation be issued to all current Mound employees to comply with the provisions of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

The new contractor will conduct a work force analysis to determine which employees will not be offered employment. Preliminary estimates are that approximately 200 positions may be reduced at the site as a result of this analysis. Employees not selected for employment will receive two weeks individual notice prior to separation. No work force changes are anticipated in the immediate future at the Fernald Site.

COMMUNITY TRANSITION

RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL PARK IN MIAMISBURG, OHIO

The Miamisburg Mound Community Improvement Corporation (MMCIC) is an economic development organization created by the City of Miamisburg to spearhead Mound's commercialization. The organization has created a business incubator to support start-up businesses and provides benefits such as financial assistance; networking with the news media, technical organizations, universities and other business organizations; business referrals; and marketing assistance.

"Our mission is not only to bring businesses to the site but also to help make them successful," said MMCIC President Mike Grauwelman. "Our goal -- and the community's vision -- is for Mound to evolve as an economically viable, privately owned industry and technology center by 2005. We want to make this facility the state's most powerful tool in our industries' pursuit of global competitiveness."

About thirty product and service companies currently operate on the Mound Advanced Technology Center (MATC) campus. Most were created by Mound scientists-turned-entrepreneurs. Some are producers of high-tech products for various industries, including:

• Flexible electronic circuits for computer disk drives, cellular phones and sporting equipment.

• Electronic "safe and arm" devices for military missile systems.

• Explosive and pyrotechnic powders and devices including exploding foil initiators, pyrotechnic ignitors/value acutators and piston motors for ordnance and aerospace industries.

• Automobile-occupant restraint system components.

• Parts machined from ceramics, super-alloys, other exotic materials and conventional metals, held to tolerances of two or three ten thousandths of an inch.

• Carbon foams for advanced battery applications.

• Electronic devices and machine controls.

• Metal hydrides for airbag and ordnance applications.

• Custom-designed, non-destructive inspection systems.

Other MATC companies have found their niche in solving industrial product and process problems and providing outsourced research and development services. They offer capabilities including: metallurgy, NIST-traceable calibrations, non-destructive evaluations, sophisticated diagnostics, physical testing, analytical chemistry, thermal-process safety analyses, laser processing, product design, environmental conditioning and engineering analyses. The greatest benefit to MATC companies is the on-site, one-stop shop they provide for solving virtually any manufacturing problem.

For more information about the Mound Advanced Technology Center, contact Jeff Kamphake, MMCIC marketing manager, at (937) 865-4462, or visit the MATC website at www.Mound.com. --Laima Rastikis, "Unique Research & Industrial Park in Miamisburg, Ohio," Acquisition.

SECRETARY FEDERICO PENA VISITS THE NEVADA TEST SITE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT USE PERMIT SIGNING

On August 18, 1997, Secretary Federico Pena visited the Nevada Test Site and signed an Economic Development Use Permit allowing the NTS Development Corporation, the Community Reuse Organization, access to the test site for the next 10 years for commercial use. The signing of the Permit was the first step towards the Nevada Test Site's transition to the post-Cold War era, making the Site open for the first time to commercial use.

The Secretary spoke to a standing room only audience in the DOE Nevada Support Facility and all three local television networks covered the event. He commented on Kistler Aerospace as just one of several businesses which would be operating at the test site under the permit. The others mentioned included a testing center for hydrogen fuel projects, a low-emission power generation system, and a recertification facility for low-level radioactively contaminated equipment. --Provided by the NTS Development Corporation

ASSET MANAGEMENT

ASSET SALES/LEASES

Attachment 2 reflects the $6.46 million that has been deposited in the Department of Energy's asset sales account at the Department of Treasury. An additional $24.97 million in asset sales and leases are pending completion and verification prior to deposit in the appropriate accounts at Treasury.

LABOR RELATIONS

CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS

The following is a list of collective bargaining agreements that have been recently negotiated or are scheduled to be negotiated in the third quarter of calendar year 1997:

October 15, 1997

NREL Workshop: Energy Efficient Technologies for the Consumer, Golden, Colorado. (Contact: Chris Powers, 303-275-4742)

October 22, 1997

NREL Workshop: Energy Efficient Technologies for the Consumer, Golden, Colorado (Contact: Chris Powers, 303-275-4742)

November 10, 1997

The Future of the U.S. Environmental Industry: A Conference Focused on Strategy and Policy, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by Forbes Magazine and Pasha Publications. (Contact: 800-547-6276 or 203-319-3630)

November 18-20, 1997

National Marketplace for the Environment (NMFE), Washington, D.C. Sponsored by DOE, the Department of Agriculture, EPA, the Conference of Mayors and the National Association of Counties. The conference will provide purchasing officers and acquisition professionals an opportunity to see how "green" procurement can increase efficeincy, lower costs and prevent pollution. Federal agencies have been ordered to reduce energy consumption by 30 percent by the year 2005 and to give preferential purchase consideration to recycled and environmentally preferable products and services. NMFE was created to help achieve these goals by providing an opportunity for procurement and acquisition professionals to view the full range of products and services available. (Contact: Burnet D. Brown, 800-334-3976)

December 1-5, 1997

X-Change '97, International Decontamination and Decommissioning Technology Conclave, Miami, Florida. DOE and Florida International University's Hemispheric Center for Environmental Technology are co-sponsoring the five-day conference that will focus on emerging environemtnal D&D technologies and other innovations that promise to reduce the costs of decontaminating and decommissioning buildings and equipment at nuclear sites and facilities that handle hazardous materials. Contact: Elaine Elder, 305-348-3752; http://www.exchange97.com)

COMMUNITY REUSE ORGANIZATIONS

FERNALD
David McWilliams, Chair
Fernald Community Research Organization
3371 Hamilton Cleves Road
Hamilton, OH 45013
(513) 738-0164
(513) 863-6250 (FAX)

E-mail: rosu_dm@swoca.ohio.gov

HANFORD
Sean Stockard
TRIDEC
901 N. Colorado St.
Kennewick, WA 99336
(509) 735-1000, ext. 225
(509) 735-6609 (FAX)
E-mail: sstock@owt.com

IDAHO
Dan Cudaback
Eastern Idaho Economic
Development Council
683 N. Capital Ave.
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
(208) 522-2014
(208) 522-3824 (FAX)
E-mail: eiedc_dc@srv.net

LOS ALAMOS
Sid Singer, Chairman
Los Alamos Regional Development
1808 el Grancho
Los Alamos, NM 87544
(505) 662-5495
(505) 662-2088 (FAX)
E-mail: ssinger@roadrunner.com

MOUND
Mike Grauwelman
MMCIC
P.O. Box 232
Miamisburg, OH 45343-0232
(937) 865-3921
(937) 865-4431 (FAX)
E-mail: mmcic@aol.com

NEVADA
Tim Carlson, President
NTS Development Corporation
2340 Paseo Del Prado
Suite D-108
Las Vegas, NV 89102
(702) 257-7900
(702) 257-7999 (FAX)
E-mail: tcarlson@ntsdev.com

OAK RIDGE
Lawrence Young, Executive Director
Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee
113F Union Valley Road
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
(423) 482-1336
(423) 483-6126 (FAX)
E-mail: younglt@oro.doe.gov

PINELLAS
Andrew H. Hines
Pinellas Plant CRO
Triangle Consulting
150 Second Avenue, North
Suite 1600
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
(813) 894-1100
(813) 822-0914 (FAX)
E-mail: ahh@gte.net

PORTSMOUTH
Greg Simonton
Project Director
Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative
1864 Shyville Road
Piketon, OH 45661
(614) 289-3654
(614) 289-4591 (FAX)
E-mail: not currently available

ROCKY FLATS
DeAnne Butterfield, Executive Director
Rocky Flats Local Impacts Initiative
5460 Ward Rd., Suite 205
Arvada, CO 80002
(303) 940-6090
(303) 940-6088 (FAX)
E-mail: deeane@rflii.org

SAVANNAH RIVER
Lewis Attardo, Executive Director
Savannah River Regional Diversification Initiative
P.O. Box 696
Aiken, SC 29802
(803) 593-9954 ext. 1409
(803) 593-4296 (FAX)
E-mail: srrdi@aik.tec.sc.us