[DOE LETTERHEAD]
September 8, 2006
The Honorable A. J. Eggenberger
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625
Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington,
DC 20004
Dear Mt. Chairman:
On
October 3, 2005, the Department
of Energy (DOE) advised you of the issuance of DOE O 226.1, Implementation of Department of Energy Oversight Policy, and
the completion of Commitment
4B in the Department’s 2004-1 Implementation
Plan. In the process of developing
this Order, the Department evaluated
impacts on other nuclear safety
directives and
identified four directives that needed to be revised or developed. One of
these directives was DOE O 470.2B, Independent
Oversight and Performance Assurance Program.
The Department recently completed a review of the 2004-1 implementation plan actions and decided to modify DOE O 226.1. The planned revision to DOE 470.2B should reflect the modified DOE O 226.1, and also be coordinated with planned changes to be
made to DOE O 414.1C, Quality Assurance, during the next scheduled review cycle for DOE O 414.lC in June
2007. We will include changes
needed to accurately reflect and
implement the DOE O 226.1 revision in DOE O 470.23 at the same time during the
next scheduled revision of DOE O 414.lC.
Should
you have further questions, please contact me at (301) 903-3777 or have your staff contact Dr. Patricia Worthington at (301) 903-5392.
Sincerely,
Glenn S. Podonsky
Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer
Office of Health, Safety and Security
cc: Michael Kilpatrick, HSS
Mark B. Whitaker, Jr.,
HSS
Patrice Bubar, HSS
Bradley Peterson, HSS
Patricia Worthington, HSS