One of the largest business mergers in the Department of Energy’s weapons complex in recent years should be completed Friday Sept. 27, Dallas-based Jacobs Solutions said Sept 13.
The spin-off and merger of Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence government services businesses with Virginia-based Amentum will conclude shortly after 4 p.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 27, Jacobs said in a press release. The Jacobs board of director set Monday Sept. 23 as the date for the spin-off distribution of its government contracting and cyber assets to Amentum.
As previously announced, the new, expanded Amentum Holdings will be traded publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker (AMTM). The existing Amentum, already a holder of major federal contracts including many with the DOE Office of Environmental Management and National Nuclear Security Administration, is privately held.
Congressman Joe Wilson, 77, whose district abuts the Savannah River Site, was hospitalized in Washington Tuesday night after taking ill, according to his office’s post on website X.
Rep. Joe Wilson’s (R-S.C.) son, South Carolina attorney general Alan Wilson, said on the website X that the congressman was experiencing “stroke-like symptoms,” according to doctors at the scene. “I am incredibly thankful that he is stable and being monitored by medical professionals,” the younger Wilson said on X.
Congressman Wilson’s office has not posted an update on his X profile as of the deadline for Exchange Monitor, and his office did not answer the phone.
Anti-nuclear groups in Tennessee and elsewhere have filed a formal “notice of intent to sue” with the U.S. Department of Justice, alleging violations of the Superfund law at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee.
Attorneys for the Foundation for Global Sustainability, Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning and other organizations allege violations of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as the Superfund law. The notice of intent to sue dated Aug. 12, was viewed by Exchange Monitor.
The prospective plaintiffs say a low-level radioactive waste landfill, approved last year in a record of decision from the state and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), could result in contamination of Bear Creek at the Oak Ridge Site. Unless their concerns are addressed, the groups intend to bring suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. DOE on Tuesday declined to comment and referred inquiries to the Justice Department.
The Energy Communities Alliance wants the next presidential administration to review the Department of Energy’s $8-billion Office of Environmental Management on issues ranging from contracting to brain drain and waste disposal.
The Energy Communities Alliance (ECA), which advocates for localities adjacent to DOE sites, Thursday released an 18-page transition paper. ECA was clear disposal paths for all waste, including Greater-than-Class-C waste.
