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United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 2729 (111th)

To authorize the designation of National Environmental Research Parks by the Secretary of Energy, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

4 June 2009

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held.

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Summary

Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to designate as permanent protected outdoor research reserves for the purpose of conducting long-term environmental research on the impacts of human activities on the natural environment: (1) Savannah River National Environmental Research Park; (2) Idaho National Environmental Research Park; (3) Los Alamos National Environmental Research Park; (4) Fermi Lab National Environmental Research Park; (5) Hanford National Environmental Research Park; (6) Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park; and (7) Nevada National Environmental Research Park. Requires each site to support environmental research and monitoring activities and public outreach and education activities to characterize and monitor site conditions and serve as control areas for comparison with environmental impacts of DOE land management, energy technology development, remediation, and other site activities outside the Park areas. Requires areas of research and monitoring on the sites to include: (1) ecology of the site and the region; (2) population biology and ecology; (3) radioecology; (4) ecosystem science; (5) pollution fate and transport research; (6) surface and groundwater modeling; and (7) student training. Requires DOE to enter into a cooperative agreement with specified universities to ensure the independence of the research, monitoring, public education, and outreach activities. Requires each site to support an outreach program to inform the public of the diverse ecological activities conducted and to educate students at various levels in environmental science.

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