[Federal Register: May 4, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 85)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
DOE Implementation Plan for Recommendation 98-2 of the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Safety Management at the Pantex Plant

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board published 
Recommendation 98-2, concerning the safety management at the Pantex 
plant, on October 7, 1998 (63 FR 53884). Under section 315(e) of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2286d(e), the 
Department of Energy must transmit an implementation plan on 
Recommendation 98-2 to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 
after acceptance of the Recommendation by the Secretary. The 
Department's implementation plan was sent to the Safety Board on April 
22, 1999, and is

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available for review in the Department of Energy Public Reading Rooms.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, data, views, or arguments concerning the 
implementation plan to: Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 
SW, Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gene Ives, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Military Application and Stockpile Management, Defense 
Programs, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington DC, 20585.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 28, 1999.
Mark B. Whitaker, Jr.
Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 
Board.

The Secretary of Energy

Washington, DC 20585

April 22, 1999.
The Honorable John T. Conway,
Chairman, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana 
Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004

    Dear Mr. Chairman: We are pleased to forward the Department of 
Energy implementation plan for addressing the issues raised in the 
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Recommendation 98-2, 
``SAFETY MANAGEMENT AT THE PANTEX PLANT.'' The DNFSB Recommendation 
98-2 is consistent with the Department's focus on the Pantex Plant 
safety management enhancements in the development of the Pantex 
Plant integrated safety management system as part of the 
Department's implementation plan for the DNFSB Recommendation 95-2, 
``SAFETY MANAGEMENT.''
    We understand that the objective of Recommendation 98-2 is to 
strengthen and simplify the Pantex Plant safety management and work 
practices. The primary objectives of this implementation plan are to 
ensure practical and timely implementation of safety improvements 
and to better allow for tailoring of Seamless Safety-21 principles. 
The activities delineated in the plan should simplify and 
standardize activity level safety management practices and processes 
for all work involving nuclear explosives at the Pantex Plant.
    Mr. Gene Ives, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military 
Application and Stockpile Management, is the responsible manager for 
this implementation plan. Mr. Ives can be contacted at 202-586-4879.

        Yours sincerely,
Bill Richardson
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