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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000
From: paige s knight
Subject: Hanford Forum

Hanford Forum Agenda
Tuesday, November 28, 2000
6-8 pm
Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97202
Gray Campus Center B-C-D

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PANEL (invited)
Todd Martin, consultant, formerly with Hanford Education Action League
Mike Grainey, Doug Huston; Oregon Office of Energy
Armand Minthorn, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Congressman Earl Blumenauer, 3rd Congressional District, State of Oregon

OBJECTIVES
* Educate participants about past, present, and future of Hanford health.
* Assess the impacts of Hanford on Oregon's commercial business, transportation, river, agricultural industries.
* Solicit feedback from Oregon's business and community leaders about clean-up priorities, long-term improvements, and federal funding for clean-up strategies.
* Raise visibility and awareness of Oregon's Hanford citizen groups

AGENDA
* Welcome (Earl Blumenauer-10 minutes)
* Hanford overview: History of clean-up, roles of federal, state agencies, citizen groups. (Todd Martin-10 minutes)
* What's at stake for Oregon's transportation and commercial industries? (Doug Huston-10 minutes)
* Leadership towards clean-up from Native American tribes (Armand Minthorn-10 minutes)
* Oregon state policy and priorities for clean-up (Mike Grainey-10 minutes)
* Federal overview and strategy for Hanford priorities for the 107th Congress (Earl Blumeanuer-10 minutes)
* Question and answer (30 minutes)
* Conclusion (total time-90 minutes) ____________________________________________________ November 20, 2000

Dear Colleague:

I hope you will join me for an important event that concerns all of us in Oregon. As you know, the Hanford nuclear reservation is the most significant environmental threat facing our region's businesses, commerce, and way of life. In the last decade, more attention has been brought to bear on cleaning up Hanford, yet no clear solution has emerged.

In the 106th Congress I joined with several of my Northwest Congressional colleagues to secure more clean-up dollars for Hanford. I want to continue those efforts in the 107th Congress, and further the education and outreach about Hanford to the people who matter most--the citizens of the Northwest. Here in Oregon, that process begins with you--the stakeholders, community and business leaders, and citizens who have the most at stake when it comes to Hanford.

Please join me on Tuesday, November 28, 2000, for a Hanford Forum. We will hear from several of Oregon's experts who will address the past, present and future of Hanford health. I hope you will take this opportunity to provide me with your feedback about clean-up priorities for the Hanford nuclear reservation.

Hanford Forum
Tuesday, November 28, 2000 6-8 pm Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97202
Gray Campus Center B-C-D

Enclosed please find an agenda, and maps to Reed College. For further information, please contact Hillary Barbour in my Portland District Office at (503) 231-2300. I look forward to seeing you next week.

Sincerely,

Earl Blumenauer
Member of Congress