RECENT PROJECTS

Forest Ventures assisted the US Department of Energy(DOE) with Emergency Preparedness assessment, review, development, and oversight for their Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, NM. FVI developed the Carlsbad Field Office’s (CBFO) Emergency Management Plan and Procedures and assisted in the review and major rewrite of the WIPP contractor’s (Washington Tru Solutions) Emergency Management Plan. We rewrote and negotiated the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Eddy County, New Mexico. We provided oversight and assistance with scenario development for and conduct of WIPP’s 2009 Evaluated Exercise; performed the Effectiveness Review of the DOE HQ Assessment Corrective Action Plan; and developed the WIPP 2009 Emergency Readiness Assurance Plan (ERAP) Final Report.

Forest Ventures developed the Comprehensive Emergency Response Program, including Emergency Plan/Procedures and Training/Exercises for New York University

We developed the Radiological Emergency Plan and Procedures for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and developed plans/procedures for their Evacuee Reception Center and Mass Care Shelters. We conducted training and table top exercises.

Forest Ventures coordinated drills and exercises for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Yankee Rowe Plant and other northeastern nuclear utilities. Forest Ventures coordinated 3 of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station’s Biennial NRC and FEMA graded Exercises, including the off site portions for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

FVI also coordinated the Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP) for the Department of Energy (DOE) Region I, headquartered at Brookhaven National Laboratory. DOE Region 1 encompasses 11 northeastern states and Washington, D.C.

Forest Ventures coordinated two major TEPP exercises on the east coast, one involving DOE, Montgomery County, MD and the State of Maryland; the other with DOE, the States of New Jersey and New York and Bergen/Passaic Counties, NJ.

Forest Ventures assisted Entergy Nuclear and Westchester and Orange Counties in New York with revising their radiological emergency plans and successfully passing the their NRC/FEMA exercise."