Who regulates and oversees LANL Contamination Clean-Up?
NMED includes a bureau dedicated to oversight of the environmental protection programs of federal nuclear laboratories and facilities in New Mexico, including LANL. Called the DOE Oversight Bureau, it is funded by a federal grant. The DOE Oversight Bureau has helped the BDD Project confirm that its facilities next to the Rio Grande will be constructed in sediments that are free from LANL legacy contaminants. The BDD appreciates and relies on the NMED’s oversight of LANL and its regulation authority, including consent order requirements that LANL construct structures to reduce erosion and transport sediment during storm events.
