The Sept. 6-7 meeting of the Hanford Advisory Board has been canceled after Department of Energy officials in Washington, D.C., did not approve membership applications and renewals for more than a third of the board positions. The meeting, to be held in Hood River, Ore., was the fourth and final meeting of the full board set for fiscal 2017.
DOE said in a statement the meeting would be rescheduled as “the department is still in the process of finalizing the membership of the HAB.” Information on the renewal of membership for 18 board representatives and appointment of five new members was submitted at the end of June. The board has 32 member positions, plus 32 alternate positions, representing different interest groups to the cleanup site, including tribes, organized labor, nonunion Hanford workers, environmental groups, business interests, and local governments.
