[DOE LETTERHEAD]
October 31, 2005
The Honorable A. J. Eggenberger
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, N.W.
Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004-2901
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the
Office of Environment, Safety and Health has completed Commitment 7A under
Department’s 2004-1 Implementation Plan, dated June 10, 2005, which identified
the following deliverable: “Letter report to the Secretary declaring that
adequate processes [for the new Office of Nuclear Safety Research] are in place
and agreed upon and providing the basis for this declaration.”
If you have any questions, please contact me or have
your staff contact Tom Rollow at (202) 586-7449.
Sincerely,
John Spitaleri Shaw
Assistant Secretary for
Environment, Safety and Health
cc: C.
Sell, Deputy Secretary
D. Garman, Under Secretary
for Energy, Science and Environment
L. Brooks, Under Secretary
for National Nuclear Security Administration
B. Carnes, Director, Office
of Management
M. Whitaker, Departmental
Representative
T. Rollow, Office of
Environment, Safety and Health