News Releases | ARRA

The projects described in the news releases listed below were funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

DOE Assistant Secretary Announces Completion of Major Recovery Act Project 08.15.2011

RICHLAND, Wash. – The Department of Energy’s new Acting Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, David Huizenga, along with local DOE and contractor officials, announced the completion of $100 million in upgrades to the Hanford Site’s disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste.

Digging Begins at Hazardous Hanford Burial Ground 08.03.2011

RICHLAND, WASH. — After careful preparation and characterization, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) River Corridor contractor, Washington Closure Hanford, has begun remediation of one of the most hazardous burial grounds tackled to date on the Hanford Site’s River Corridor.

Major Recovery Act Project Completed at Hanford 02.23.2011

RICHLAND, WASH. – Two new super cells are going into service to expand disposal capacity for contaminated soil and debris at the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility (ERDF), at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State.

First hazardous materials removed from high-risk waste burial ground 08.26.2010

RICHLAND, Wash.— Workers are making their first entry into one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s most hazardous waste burial grounds containing radioactive and hazardous materials at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington state.The work will help identify what is buried at the site, known as the 618-10 Burial Ground, located near the Columbia River and a few miles north of Richland.

Local company receives $3.7 million in Recovery Act funds to provide Hanford utilities 07.07.2010

RICHLAND, Wash.—Washington Closure Hanford has awarded a subcontract worth nearly $3.7 million to White Shield/Apollo, a small, disadvantaged joint venture between White Shield Inc. of Pasco and Apollo Inc. of Kennewick.

The subcontract is to install water, electricity, roads, office trailers and waste container transfer areas at the 618-10 Burial Ground at Hanford. Funding for the work comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Local business receives $3.8 million ARRA cleanup subcontract 06.24.2010

RICHLAND, Wash.—Washington Closure Hanford has awarded a subcontract worth $3.8 million to Ojeda Business Ventures of Richland.

River Corridor cleanup drivers reach 15 million miles 05.12.2010

RICHLAND, Wash.—The truck drivers working on the River Corridor Closure Project recently logged 15 million miles transporting waste for disposal at Hanford’s Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility. That is the equivalent of more than 600 trips around the Earth.

Local veteran-owned small business gets ARRA funds to upgrade ERDF 05.04.2010

RICHLAND, Wash.—Washington Closure Hanford has awarded a subcontract worth nearly $7 million to ERLFowler, a local small business, to design and build an operations center and three maintenance facilities at Hanford’s Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility.

Local business receives $30 million ARRA subcontract to expand landfill 02.10.2010

RICHLAND, Wash.—Washington Closure Hanford has awarded a subcontract worth up to $30 million to TradeWind Services, a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business based in Richland. The project, which will expand Hanford’s Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility by 50 percent, is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

River Corridor cleanup team reaches 1-million-hour safety milestone 12.07.2009

RICHLAND, Wash.—Employees and subcontractors of Washington Closure Hanford on November 30, reached one million hours worked without a lost-time accident.

Characterization subcontract awarded to North Wind 06.03.2009

RICHLAND, Wash.—Washington Closure Hanford has awarded a subcontract worth up to $4.4 million to North Wind Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Idaho Falls, Idaho.