[DOE LETTERHEAD]
RICHLAND OPERATIONS OFFICE

July 30, 1998

The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, N. W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004

Dear Mr. Chairman:

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD (DNFSB) RECOMMENDATION 92-4 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (IP), REVISION 2N, COMMITMENT 5.2.3(c) "DEVELOP CRITERIA TO ASSESS WHETHER PRIVATIZATION CONTRACTORS" AND NONPRIVATIZED CONTRACTORS' AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENTS ARE ADEQUATELY INTEGRATED"

The U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office (RL) has completed Commitment 5.2.3(c) in the subject IP. The attached deliverable provides a letter report identifying the criteria of acceptability for the Authorization Agreements among RL, the Hanford Tank Waste Remediation System (TWRS) Privatization Contractor, and the non-privatized Hanford contractors (Project Hanford Management Contract Team). The attachment to this letter describes the development of criteria to assess whether the TWRS Privatization Contractors and non-privatized contractors Authorization Agreements are adequately integrated. These criteria were developed to ensure that safety will be maintained during transfer of equipment and materials. The intent of developing the criteria is to enable evaluation of the Authorization Agreements at the interface points to the Privatization Contractors Authorization Bases. The attached report develops initial criteria based on interfaces as known early in the development of treatment concepts.

RL has completed the action identified under this milestone and proposes closure of this commitment.

If you have any questions, please contact me, or your staff may contact Jackson Kinzer, Assistant Manager for TWRS, on (509) 376-7591.

Sincerely,

John D. Wagoner
Manager

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