[DOE LETTERHEAD]
National
Nuclear Security Administration
September 2, 2004
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, NW.
Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This letter reports completion
on Commitment 4.4.1 in the Implementation Plan for the Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Recommendation 2002-2, “U.S. Department of
Energy Plan to Address and Resolve Weapons Laboratory Support of Defense
Nuclear Complex”.
Commitment 4.4.1 was completed
by issuance of the enclosed memorandum dated July 20, 2004, “Appointment of
Contracting Officer Representative for Contract W-7405-ENG-36, The Regents of
the University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory”. This appointment memorandum replaces Mr.
Eugene T. Rodriguez’s Contracting Officer Representative (COR) memorandum dated
January 27, 2003, that was provided to the DNFSB on July 28, 2003. The memorandum was modified to address the
DNFSB’s concern to: 1) explicitly assign
the responsibility and authority necessary to ensure the needs of the nuclear
weapons complex for nuclear safety support from each laboratory are tracked and
met within the resources of each laboratory’s contract; 2) to document CORs are
charged with remaining cognizant of identifying and providing the status of
existing and emerging safety issues; and 3) specify CORs have the authority and
responsibility to resolve competing resource requirements prior to any
significant impact of safety.
If you have questions, please
call me at 202-586-1730 or Ms. Debra Volk of my staff at
505-845-5106.
Sincerely,
Timothy P. Driscoll
Acting Director
Office of Nuclear Weapons
Stockpile
Defense Programs
cc:
M. Whitaker, DR-1