[DOE LETTERHEAD]

 

National Nuclear Security Administration

 

November 10, 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:

 

In his July 13, 2004 letter to you on Facility Representative (FR) staffing and training deficiencies, Ambassador Brooks tasked me to lead a team to develop guidance for continuing FR training and a more rigorous FR staffing analysis model.

 

The team completed its work on the two commitments in early October.  Members of your staff were involved in the team’s deliberations.  Mr. Jerald Paul, Principal Deputy Administrator for NNSA, forwarded the documents to NNSA site managers on October 13, 2004 and directed that both the implementation of the guidance and staffing analysis be completed by December 15, 2004.  A copy of Mr. Paul’s letter is attached.

 

The Administrator’s July 13, 2004 letter directed that Mr. John Evans and I conduct an assessment of site implementation of the guidance and staffing analysis two months after implementation.  Accordingly with the December 15, 2004 due date established by Mr. Paul, I expect to commence our review in mid February 2005 and complete all NNSA sites by the end of March 2005.

 

Sincerely,

 

Emil D. Morrow

Senior Technical Advisor

 For Safety and Operations NNSA

 

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cc:  Mark Whitaker DR-1