[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
National Nuclear Security Administration
March 9, 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:
At the public meeting you held in
Washington, DC on February 3, 2003, you requested that I provide additional
information concerning NNSA’s definition of “risk-acceptance official” and our
proposed Line Oversight/Contractor Assurance System (LO/CAS). Please find the requested information enclosed.
If you or your staff have any questions,
please feel free to contact me at 202-586-2181.
Sincerely,
Ronald J. Haeckel
Brigadier General, USAF
Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator
for
Defense Programs
cc: Mark
Whitaker (DR-1), HQ