We canceled the approach that the lab was proposing to the Federal Government, which was a third-party-financed approach.

On this issue of NNSA's authority and your efforts to accomplish the requirements that you have for EM there, would it make more sense to have a separate EM contract for the cleanup work at Los Alamos, instead of having to go through the…

Dr. Triay, how many jobs have been created as a result of ARRA funding?

Dr. Triay, I understand that most of the stimulus funds will be used to clean up the old plutonium operations facility at Los Alamos or TA-21.

Dr. Triay, Los Alamos is a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) site and the NNSA directs the cleanup operations there. Does this pose a difficulty for you?

There has been a lot of interest and concern there in northern New Mexico about this issue of possible contamination of water.

I expect, in calendar year 2012--whether it bridges into fiscal year 2012 or 2013--I'd have to double check.

53 percent of that has to come from energy efficiency improvements.

By 2020, the program that the Department of Energy has in place related to appliance standards will have reduced national electric demand 12 percent below what it otherwise would be.

We recommend that all of these bills be grouped together and reported out of Committee on a bipartisan basis.

Mr. D'Agostino, do you support replacing the aging facilities for the NNSA service center at Kirtland Air Force Base?

Dr. Triay, the NNSA fiscal year 2011 budget request lists the demolition and decontamination of the old Chemistry and Metallurgy Research (CMR) Replacement facility between $200 to $350 million.