Office of Legacy Management

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• Office of Legacy Management
• Managing Today's Change, Protecting Tomorrows
  Future
• Mike Owen
• October, 2003

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Legacy Management Mission and Goals

• Mission
• To manage the effects of changes in the
  Department's mission requirements and ensure the
  future protection of human health and the
  environment.
• Goals
• Departmental legacy responsibilities are managed
  in a manner that best serves the taxpayer, the
  Departments workers, communities, and the
  environment.
• Human health and the environment are protected at
  LM sites.
• Records and information are preserved and made
  publicly accessible.
• Public trust is achieved through partnerships
  with stakeholders and affected governments.
• The Department's former contract work force is
  compensated health and pension benefits.
• Land is returned to the most beneficial use
  consistent with the Department's missions.
• Impacts of departmental work force restructuring
  are mitigated.

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What is Legacy Management?
Land and Asset Management
Long-term Surveillance and Maintenance
Legacy Management Functions
Mitigating Community Impacts
Records and Information Management
Continuity of Worker Medical and Pension
Benefits
Work Force Restructuring
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Long-term Surveillance and MaintenanceNumber of
Sites Transferring to Legacy Management
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Land and Asset Management

• Legacy Management is committed to managing legacy
  land and assets, emphasizing safety, reuse, and
  disposition

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LM Goal Effective and Efficient Site Transition

• Legacy Management has been organized to ensure a
  successful handoff of sites from EM to LM
• LM-40 Office of Policy and Site Transition
• Site transition coordinators
• Hire local federal employees to provide on
  location staff for transition including
  intergovernmental and stakeholder participation
• Site Transition Framework will be the high level
  checklist for ensuring comprehensive transfer
• Phased transfer with both organizations involved
  executed on a geographic site basis
• LM and EM will collaborate on the Long-Term
  Surveillance and Maintenance Plan
• Transfer strategy formalized between LM and EM in
  a transfer plan
• LM-1 and EM-1 will meet on a regular basis to
  discuss the status of site transfer for the EM
  closure sites

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