The Asset Revitalization Initiative (ARI) Task Force is pleased to announce the release of its second report providing information to the public on historic actions to reuse U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department) assets. The first report was titled The Asset Revitalization Initiative Report to Congress, August 25, 2011.
ARI is a DOE-wide effort to advance the future use of the Department’s unique and diverse assets, including:
- Land
- Facilities
- Infrastructure
- Equipment
- Technologies
- Natural resources
- Highly skilled workforce
Comprised of staff from across the Department, the ARI Task Force was established to promote a more efficient business environment that fosters these opportunities. The ultimate goal is to stimulate and diversify regional economies around DOE sites.
The second report, Land and Asset Transfer for Beneficial Reuse, documents the transfer of more than 246,902 acres of land and real property assets completed by DOE over 57 years. These transfers include sales, grants, no-cost transfers, and transfers to other federal, state, regional, local, and tribal governments, or non-profit economic redevelopment organizations for beneficial reuse.
A wide range of land, assets, and facilities that no longer have a DOE mission have been turned over and redeveloped to support regional economic reuse, including:
- Industrial- and manufacturing-park development
- Commercial and business use
- Culture or wildlife preservation
- Mixed commercial/residential redevelopment use
- Parks and recreation space
- Agriculture and grazing uses
The Department expects to continue these efforts with additional land, assets, and resources to be made available as we clean up and consolidate the DOE site footprint to a more efficient, effective, and streamlined operational complex of facilities and sites that support ongoing DOE missions.
To request a copy of the report, please visit the DOE Office of Legacy Management website at /lm.