[DOE LETTERHEAD]
June 30, 2003
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20004
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The purpose of this letter is to report
completion of Quality Assurance Improvement Plan (QAIP) deliverable 1.3.4. QAIP
1.3.4 requires Environmental Management (EM) to conduct oversight reviews on
schedule and track performance for Headquarters and Field/Operations
offices. To satisfy this item, EM sites
were assessed to determine: a) whether
Vital Safety Systems are integrated into the Integrated Safety Management
Systems (ISMS) and is the ISMS being updated, as needed; b) whether corrective
actions are being entered, tracked, and closed in a corrective action management
system; and c) whether performance measures are established. The enclosure documents the findings of the
assessment.
We will use the results of this assessment
to provide direction to the sites and to continue to improve our operations and
operational performance. If you have
questions, please call me or Mr. Paul Golan, Chief Operating Officer, Office of
Environmental Management, at (202) 586-0738.
Sincerely,
Jessie Hill Roberson
Assistant Secretary for
Environmental Management
cc:
Mark Whitaker, DR-1