[DOE LETTERHEAD]

 

National Nuclear Security Administration

 

January 21, 2004

 

The Honorable John T. Conway

Chairman

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue, NW.

Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20004-2901

 

Dear Mr. Chairman:

 

The purpose of this memorandum is to formally notify you of the completion of a commitment contained in the Department’s 2000-1 Implementation Plan (IP) pertaining to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The specific commitment (Number 506) is stated in the IP as follows:

 

Complete roasting and blending of oxide items less than 100 mrem per hour by December 2003.

 

As certified by the enclosed memorandum from the Assistant Manager Program Liaison, Los Alamos Site Office, LANL completed the stabilization effort in November 2003.

We continue to closely track progress on all Recommendation 2000-l commitments and will keep you and your staff apprised of our progress.

 

If you have any questions, please contact me or have your staff contact Sujita Pier-point of my staff at (301) 903-9601.

 

Sincerely,

 

Everet H. Beckner

Deputy Administrator

for Defense Programs

 

Enclosure

 

cc w/enclosure:

M. Whitaker, DR-1