[DOE LETTERHEAD]

 

OFFICE OF RIVER PROTECTION

 

December 8, 2004

 

The Honorable John T. Conway

Chairman

Defense Facilities Nuclear Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Suite 700

Washington, DC 20003-2901

 

Dear Mr. Chairman:

 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE), OFFICE OF RIVER PROTECTION (ORP) RESPONSES TO THE DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD (DNFSB) CONCERNS

 

This letter is in response to your letters to Mr. Paul M. Golan, DOE, concerning observations of the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant made by members of the staff of the DNFSB.  One letter dated July 21, 2004, addressed concerns related to the ventilation systems and the other letter dated August 26, 2003, addressed concerns related to the electrical and instrumentation and control systems.  The attachment to this letter contains ORP responses to most of the DNFSB concerns.  ORP will respond to the remaining concerns at a later date.

 

If you have any questions, please contact me, or your staff may contact Mr. Lewis F. Miller, Jr., ORP, (509 370 6817).

 

Sincerely,

 

Roy J. Schepens

Manager

 

cc w/attch:

P. M. Golan, EM-1

P. M. Bubar, EM-3