[DOE LETTERHEAD]

 

February 28, 2007

 

The Honorable A. J. Eggenberger

Chairman

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 700

Washington, DC 20004

 

Dear Mr. Chairman:

 

Enclosed for your information and use are two internal Department of Energy memoranda from headquarters to their respective field elements.  The purpose of these memoranda is to establish expectations for performing the ventilation system evaluations called for in Commitment 8.6 in the revised implementation plan for Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board recommendation 2004-2, Active Confinement Systems.

 

If you have any questions, please contact me or have your staff contact Mrs. Joanne Lorence, General Engineer, at (202) 586-7631.

 

Sincerely,

 

Mark B. Whitaker, Jr.

Departmental Representative

to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Office of Health, Safety and Security

 

Enclosures:      NNSA Expectations for Performing Ventilation System Evaluations

Thomas P. D’Agostino

December 6, 2006

 

Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management

Expectations for Implementation of Commitment 8.6

Dr. Inés R. Triay

June 9, 2006