[US LETTERHEAD]
March 3, 2006
The Honorable A.
J. Eggenberger
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite
700
Washington, DC 20004-2901
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The purpose of this letter is to
transmit approved Site Action Plans to improve work planning and work control
(Commitment 23) and to improve feedback and improvement (Commitment 25), as
delineated in the U.S.
Department of Energy's Implementation Plan to Improve Oversight of Nuclear
Operations. �This Implementation Plan was in
response to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 2004- 1,
Oversight
of Complex, High-Hazard Nuclear Operations, issued on May 21, 2004. �The enclosed Site Action Plans complete the
Energy, Science and Environment portions of Commitments 23 and 25 in the Implementation
Plan.
In fulfillment of each of these
commitments, the sites have all conducted assessments to identify areas for
improvement in their work planning and work control processes and
implementation and their feedback and improvement processes and implementation.
�The results of those assessments were
used, in part, to develop the enclosed Site Action Plans. �The full reviews and assessments have been provided
to your technical staff.
If you have any questions, please
call me at (202) 586-7700 or have a member of your staff contact Mr. Richard H.
Lagdon at (202) 586-9471.
Sincerely,
David K. Garman