KRCEE

Project 23: Stakeholder Future State Vision Project

PROJECT MANAGER
Dr. Lindell Ormsbee, Director, Kentucky Research Consortium for Energy and Environment, University of Kentucky

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
Dr. Chike Anyaegbunam, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Integrated Strategic Communication, University of Kentucky Communication and Information Studies

Dr. Ted Grossardt, Ph.D., Program Manager, Policy and Planning Division of the Kentucky Transportation Center

BACKGROUND

The Kentucky Research Consortium for Energy and the Environment (KRCEE) at the
University of Kentucky has been charged with soliciting and integrating public, regulatory, and technical community input to produce a publicly approved Future State Vision Report for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) and surrounding impacted areas.

It is anticipated that the End State Project’s methodology will integrate participatory
communication appraisal and structured public involvement approaches to ensure maximum participation and project ownership by stakeholders.

Created in 2003 through the actions of Senator Mitch McConnell and administered by the University of Kentucky, the KRCEE supports efforts to complete the remediation of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant and surrounding impacted areas in an economically prudent yet environmentally sound and responsible way.

For more information about the Kentucky Research Consortium for Energy and the
Environment, visit www.uky.edu/krcee; for more information about this initiative, contact Anna Hoover, communications director for KRCEE, at: Anna.Hoover@uky.edu.

GOALS

Identify community, regulatory, and technical stakeholders (Spring 2009)
Solicit stakeholder input regarding potential end states for the Paducah Gaseous
Diffusion Plant (Spring - Summer 2009)
Provide technical support to foster stakeholder understanding of technical issues (Fall 2009)
Facilitate multiple public meetings to further develop and integrate end state visions (Fall 2009 - Spring 2010)
Provide document support and facilitation for the development of a “PGDP End State Vision Document” that, while not decisional, will be available to inform future Department of Energy decisions related to the disposition of the PGDP (Summer 2010)
Deliver final report (Fall 2010)

TIME FRAME

Two Years

DELIVERABLES

1. Quarterly progress reports
2. Multiple Public Meetings
6. PGDP End State Vision Document

TEAM MEMBERS

Dr Lindell Ormsbee
Dr. Chike Anyagbunam
Dr. Ted Grossardt
Steve K. Hampson
James Kipp
Anna Goodman Hoover