[DOE LETTERHEAD]

 

February 4, 2004

 

The Honorable John T. Conway

Chairman

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20004-2941

 

Dear Mr. Chairman:

 

The Secretary of Energy, in his July 11, 2003, letter to you on High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter testing, committed the Office of Environment, Safety and Health (EH) to publish a semiannual report on Filter Test Facility (FTF) data. �Enclosed is the first report published by EH; it includes FTF data for fiscal year (FY) 2003. �Future reports will be published semiannually and provided to the Board staff.

 

Questions concerning this report may be directed to Chip Lagdon at (301) 903-4218 or me at (301) 903-8008.

 

Sincerely,

 

Frank B. Russo

Deputy Assistant Secretary

Office of Corporate Performance Assessment

 

Enclosure

 

cc: �Beverly Cook, EH-1

Mark Whitaker, DR-1

Chip Lagdon, EH-31

Roger Zavadoski, DNFSB