[DOE LETTERHEAD]
October 3, 2005
The Honorable A. J. Eggenberger
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite
700
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Department issued enclosed
DOE Order 226.1, Implementation of Department
of Energy Oversight Policy, on September 15, 2005. This completes Commitment 4B in the Department’s
2004-1 implementation plan. In the
process of developing this Order, the Department evaluated potential impacts on
other nuclear safety directives and identified four directives that need to
revised or developed on an expedited schedule to be consistent with the newly
issued Order 226.1. The Office of
Primary Interest (OPI) for each of the following directives has agreed to
revise or develop the following directives within one year of this date, so
that these directives will be consistent with Order 226.1:
(1)
New DOE Order 210.X, Corporate
Operating Experience Program [OPI:EH]
(2)
DOE Order 414.lC, Quality
Assurance [OPI:EH]
(3) DOE
Order 442.1A, Department of Energy Employee Concerns Program
[OPI:
ED]
(4)
DOE Order 470.2B, Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance
Program
[OPI:OA]
Should you have further
questions, please contact me at (202) 586-2550.
Sincerely,
Bruce M. Carnes
Director
Office of Management
cc: Mark B. Whitaker, Jr., DR-1
John
S. Shaw, EH-1
Michael
A. Kilpatrick, OA-1
Theresa
Alvillar-Speake, ED-1