[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
June 17, 2004
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite
700
Washington, DC 20004-2901
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The purpose of this letter is to
request a 60-day extension in order to fully respond to the issues in your May
3, 2004, letter on the Basis for Interim Operation (BIO) for the Mobile Waste
Characterization and Loading Units for the Central Characterization Project at
the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Although we have met with your
staff to discuss some of the issues, we need additional time to address all of
the concerns and possibly revise the BIO and the application guide. �We will continue to work closely with your
staff to reach an acceptable path forward.
The request for extension has
been discussed with your staff. �If you
have any further questions, please call me at (202) 586-7709 or have your staff
contact Mr. Dae Chung, Director, Licensing Office, at (301) 903-3968.
Sincerely,
Jessie Hill Roberson
Assistant Secretary for
Environmental Management
cc: �Mark Whitaker, Jr., Departmental
Representative
U.S. Department
of Energy