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1. Introduction, Background, and Task
Pages 9-12

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... Project awards are competitive and are made on the basis of merit and relevance reviews managed through a partnership between the DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) , which has the primary responsibility for the cleanup mission, and the DOE Office of Science,2 which manages DOE basic research programs.
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... In response, the National Academies established the Committee on Building an Effective Environmental Management Science Program, which operated from May 1996 through March 1997. One of the primary recommendations made by this committee was that DOE should develop a science plan for the EMSP.
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... Recommend areas of research where the EM Science Program can make significant contributions to solving these problems and adding to scientific knowledge generally. In recommending specific areas of research, the committee should take into account, where possible, the agendas of other D&D-related research programs.
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... The committee focused primarily on scientific issues in keeping with its collective basic research expertise. The committee reviewed the future D&D challenges at major DOE sites (see Chapter 2)
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