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the Buckman Direct Diversion Project
On February 5, 2010, the House Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources unanimously passed HM 21, sponsored by Representative Brian Egolf, formally requesting the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to implement a formal Memorandum of Agreement with the Buckman Direct Diversion Board to address specifics of an early warning notification system. Click here for details.
On February 1, 2010, the BDD Board requested legislative and congressional support to implement a formal Memorandum of Agreement to set forth commitments and a completion schedule for completion of an early warning monitoring system. For a copy of the press release click here. For a copy of the BDD Board’s statement about the need for a formal Memorandum of Agreement with LANL, click here. For a copy of the draft memorial currently in the New Mexico House of Representatives click here. For a copy of the BDD Board Chair’s January 2010 update letter to the U.S. Department of Energy, click here. For a copy of the Department of Energy's response to the BDD Board, click here.
Of January 29, 2010, the BDD Project reported receiving nearly 800 local area applications to fill construction jobs from the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions. For details, click here.
On January 14, 2010, ChemRisk, LLC held the first of three public meetings as part of its Buckman Direct Diversion Independent Peer Review. For a copy of the PowerPoint presentation made at that meeting, click here.
On January 8, 2010, the BDD Project Board elected Santa Fe City Councilor and Mayor Pro Tem Rebecca Wurzburger chair, Santa Fe County Commissioner and Vice-Chair of the Santa Fe County Board of Commissioners vice-chair and re-elected Consuelo Bokum to her third term as the at-large member of the board. For more information, click here.
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