Community Leaders Round Table Charter

Purpose

The Argonne National Laboratory-East (Argonne) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Argonne Group (ARG) will establish a Community Leaders Round Table to exchange information and encourage development of mutually beneficial relations with their stakeholders. The Round Table will be jointly sponsored by Argonne and DOE and consist of community leaders to focus on activities at Argonne .

The Round Table will provide Argonne and DOE-ARG a structural forum to present information on areas of interest at Argonne such as research, budgets, waste management, environmental restoration, regulatory compliance and other activities of interest to the community. One of its important functions will be to allow opportunity for community leaders to present their concerns.

Benefits

The Round Table will provide the following benefits:

• Provide an opportunity for Argonne and DOE-ARG to explain proposed or ongoing activities at Argonne National Laboratory-East site to improve community leaders' understanding of activities at the site
• Discuss issues of concern or interest to the community
• Enhance prospect for community support for Argonne and DOE laboratory initiatives
• Provide DOE and Argonne an opportunity to address stakeholder issues on a continual basis
• Provide a forum for announcements of new developments at the laboratory

Membership Invitation Process

The organizations invited will be strongly urged to send representatives or delegates who will commit to the Round Table for periods sufficient to maintain continuity of the group. The invited leaders will include U.S. Senators and Representatives, State of Illinois Senators and Representatives, DuPage County officials, Cook County officials, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County representative, DuPage County Water Commission representative, and representatives from townships, villages, cities, environmental groups, and homeowners associations within an approximately 10-mile radius of the laboratory. Other leaders immediately outside this area that have previously expressed interest in Argonne activities will also be invited. In addition to the invitees, persons who identify themselves as leaders with verifiable constituents will be allowed to participate in the Round Table.

Round Table Meetings

The services of a person from outside Argonne and DOE will be acquired to moderate the Round Table sessions. Argonne and DOE will not direct the activities of the Round Table; the members will control the meeting themselves.

The meetings will be conducted at the Argonne site in the evenings and will be limited to two hours. At the first meeting, the concept of the Round Table will be explained to the members and the meeting will be opened for a question and answer session. This Round Table will not be operated as a Site Specific Advisory Board as defined by the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The members will establish their own schedule (i.e., date and time) and agenda for ensuing meetings. It will be recommended to the group that they follow the general outline below for meeting agendas:

• Argonne and DOE presentation on topics identified at previous meeting
• Informal question and answer session
• Informal comments by Round Table members
• Discussion of other topics and selection of topics for next meeting
• Adjournment

The media will be invited to observe, but not participate in the sessions. They can speak with Round Table members, as well as Argonne and DOE representatives, after the sessions.

Argonne and DOE will designate a specific contact person who will be responsible for activities of the Round Table. The contact person will ensure that the Round Table is operated smoothly (e.g., logistics of planning and operating the meetings including sending out invitations, coordination of speakers, and coordination of responses to questions missed during the meeting).

Approved June 13, 1996 by:

• Timothy S. Crawford, DOE Argonne Group Manager

• Ronald Teunis, Argonne Chief Operations Officer