The months ahead will be very challenging at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) as we enter a transition period in which operation of the Lab is transferred to Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA).
While a management change and its associated expectations can be a time of uncertainty for any organization to go through, we at the Environmental Restoration Division are eagerly looking forward to working as a team with BSA.
Our remediation program under Superfund will go on as scheduled and our commitment to the cleanup and the community will be as strong as ever. Our determination to do everything possible to protect public health and the environment will become even more apparent as additional programs are implemented to continue the cleanup at the Lab.
We believe that the new contractors from BSA are as committed as we are
to these goals and we are confident that our program will be strengthened
through our association with them. We are certain that working with them
as a team will enhance efforts to clean up on- and off-site contamination
in 1998 and beyond.