[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 98 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                      TRIBUTE TO FRANK A. La MARCA

 Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, along with my colleagues Senator Jim 
Risch and Representative Mike Simpson, I congratulate Frank A. La 
Marca, who is retiring from leading employee training for Idaho 
Environmental Coalition LLC, IEC, which supports the environmental 
cleanup mission at the Idaho National Laboratory, INL, Site.
  Effective training of employees is a fundamental part of the success 
of any workforce. It is especially critical in the nuclear sector where 
employees cannot falter in meeting safety requirements to ensure not 
only their personal safety, but also the safety of the public and 
surrounding natural resources. As senior manager of site training for 
Fluor and IEC for the past 7 years and in this position for CH2M-
Washington Group Idaho, CH2M-WG, the 7 years prior, Frank La Marca has 
been responsible for ensuring compliance with U.S. Department of 
Energy, DOE, Nuclear Facility Training requirements at all Idaho 
Cleanup Project INL Site projects. This is certainly an enormous and 
essential responsibility. Before serving in this position, he was 
responsible for hiring and providing human resource services for more 
than 700 employees in three organizations for CH2M-WG. His list of 
completed courses, certifications, and program proficiencies is 
extensive.
  Frank's career objective has been to ``lead a team of professionals 
that will strive for new challenges in order to make a company 
successful in fulfilling their goals while providing opportunities for 
personal growth,'' and he can retire knowing he has more than met this 
respectable goal. Frank's years of instruction and mentorship has, no 
doubt, played a key part in helping employees at the INL Site safely 
meet strategic milestones, such as the completion of the transfer of 
all spent nuclear fuel from wet to dry storage more than 9 months ahead 
of the 1995 Idaho Settlement Agreement milestone.
  The connections Frank has made with people and the objectives he has 
advanced while carrying out crucial work will leave a lasting legacy. 
We would like to thank Frank for his commitment to enabling so many 
Idahoans to do indispensable work that has accelerated the cleanup at 
the INL and, in the process, protected Idaho's citizens. 
Congratulations on your remarkable career. We wish you all the best in 
your well-earned retirement.

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