The Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management has hired a longtime federal hand, Lara Beasley, to be its deputy director.
Beasley comes to DOE Legacy Management from DOE’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the Legacy Management office announced in a December press release.
A native of the Chicago area, Beasley has worked with both NNSA as well as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, according to the news release.
During her NNSA tenure, Beasley was principal deputy associate administrator for Environment, Safety, and Health, according to the release. She spent about 20 years with the Corps of Engineers and helped oversee about $2.9 billion annually in environmental cleanup, Legacy Management said.
At the Corps of Engineers, Beasley collaborated with Legacy Management on remediation sites administered under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP).
The Office of Legacy Management helps DOE fulfill its post-closure responsibilities for monitoring and oversight of federal sites that have been cleaned up by entities such as the DOE Office of Environmental Management.