[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
June 3, 2005
The Honorable A. J. Eggenberger
Acting Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite
700
Washington, D.C. 20004-2901
Dear Dr. Eggenberger:
This letter provides a status of
the Office of Environmental Management (EM) actions to complete Commitment 4.4
of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Implementation Plan for Recommendation 2002-3, Requirements for
the Design, Implementation, and Maintenance of Administrative Controls. The commitment calls for the submission of a report on
training completed and copies of changes to relevant training plans regarding
DOE-STD-1186-2004, Specific Administrative Controls. On November 4, 2004, the Secretary revised the due date to
May 31, 2005, to allow additional time after the issuance of the standard in
August 2004. We expect all EM actions
under this commitment to be met within 90 days.
EM sites and activities have
completed the required initial training, except for one site. The contractor at the Richland Operations
Office has initiated training and will complete the training in early June 2005.
A summary of the training conducted at
EM sites is enclosed. In addition, a
compact disc containing the detailed training modules has been provided to your
staff.
EM sites are using a variety of
means to institutionalize DOE STD-1186-2004 into
the various training programs as shown in the enclosure. These activities are in progress and are to be
completed within 90 days.
If you have any further
questions, please call me at (202) 586-7709 or Dr. Robert Goldsmith, Acting
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Integrated Safety Management and Operations
Oversight, at (301) 903-4954.
Sincerely,
Charles F. Anderson
Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary
for Environmental Management