Commit to changing DOE regulations so that
environmental clean-up
can be done more cost-effectively.
Strengthen the world-class environmental activities occurring in East Tennessee as a national model for private sector solutions to environmental issues.
Commit to changing DOE regulations so that
environmental clean-up
can be done more cost-effectively.
Commit to changing DOE rules to allow
environmental companies to
demonstrate their technologies on the DOE reservation, including
the re-use and privatization of buildings.
Commit to transferring DOE land for use by
private enterprises.
Develop training and business development linkages
between Oak
Ridge and Chattanooga.
Promote the creative use of "Brownfield
Development" sites in
Knoxville and Chattanooga for economic development.
Maintain present level of clean-up activities.
Answers to environmental problems through private
sector
solutions make East Tennessee a global focus for environmental
activities.
America must be responsive to our environmental
issues while
maintaining an appropriate balance of rules and regulations.
The needs of small and medium sized businesses
are especially
vulnerable to overly burdensome regulations and removing these
burdens will promote environmental progress in East Tennessee and
throughout the U.S.
