THE SOUTHERN OHIO DIVERSIFICATION INITIATIVE (SODI) WILL ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT THE EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND TRANSFER OF ASSETS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S (DOE) PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSIONPLANT (PORTS) NEAR PIKETON, OHIO TO BE USED BY SOD! FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION. SODL'S EFFORTS WILL FOCUS ON EXPANDING EFFORTS TO BUILD OUT AN INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEM-CLOSED LOOP MANUFACTURING (IES-CLM) COMPLEX CONSISTING OF ENERGY PRODUCERS AND ENERGY INTENSIVE END-USERS THAT IS BASED ON AN ''ALL-THE-ABOVE'' ENERGY STRATEGY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY CONCEPTS. THIS APPROACH WILL ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY OF OPERATIONS IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER WITH THE GOAL OF PRODUCING NET-ZERO WASTE WHILE PRODUCING LIVING-WAGE JOBS AS PORTS TRANSITIONS FROM DOE CLEANUP ACTIVITIES TO PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT. THE IES-CLM COMPLEX WILL BE KNOWN AS THE OHIO VALLEY GREEN ENERGY AND MANUFACTURING (GEM) INITIATIVE. THE IES-CLM CONCEPT WAS DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH OHIO UNIVERSITY AND MANY STAKEHOLDERS AND NATIONAL EXPERTS.