[DOE LETTERHEAD]

May 13, 2002

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

Dear Mr. Chairman:

In my January 2, 2002, letter, I committed to providing you the Corrective Action Plan (CAP) developed by the Office of River Protection (ORP) for an assessment conducted by the Office of Environment, Safety and Health. We have worked closely with ORP to develop a CAP that addresses the issues and concerns, and I approved this CAP on March 8, 2002. While we have taken additional time to develop and approve this CAP, I believe it now addresses the issues and provides us with a model CAP format. I am enclosing the final CAP for your information.

I would also like to update you on the schedule to perform an annual Integrated Safety Management (ISM) review of CH2M Hill Hanford Group. The ISM review is now scheduled as part of an Integrated Assessment to be conducted July 22 - August 9, 2002. I will apprise you of the results from this review.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (202) 586-7709 or have your staff contact Ms. Sandra Johnson at (202) 586-0755.

Sincerely,

Jessie Hill Roberson
Assistant Secretary for
Environmental Management

Enclosure

cc w/o Enclosure:
M. Whitaker, S-3.1
S. Johnson, EM-5
T. Krietz, EM-5
M. Weis EM-40
R. Lightner, EM-44
P. Worthington, OA-50
H. Boston, ORP
B. Smoot, ORP