[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 7004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3281]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


DOE Implementation Plan for Recommendation 99-1 of the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Safe Storage of Pits at Pantex

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board published 
Recommendation 99-1, concerning the safe storage of pits at the Pantex 
plant, on August 27, 1999 (64 FR 46894). Under section 315(e) of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2286d(e), the 
Department of Energy must transmit an implementation plan on 
Recommendation 99-1 to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 
after acceptance of the Recommendation by the Secretary. The 
Department's implementation plan was sent to the Safety Board on 
February 01, 2000, and is available for review in the Department of 
Energy Public Reading Rooms.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, data, views, or arguments concerning the 
implementation plan to: Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 
SW, Washington, DC 20585 before March 13, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David E. Beck, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Military Application and Stockpile Operations, Defense 
Programs, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20585.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2000.
Mark B. Whitaker, Jr.,
Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 
Board

The Secretary of Energy

    February 1, 2000.
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana 
Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004.

    Dear Mr. Chairman: We are pleased to forward the Department of 
Energy implementation plan for addressing the issues raised in the 
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 99-1, ``Safe 
Storage of Pits at Pantex.'' Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 
Recommendation 99-1 is consistent with the Department's focus to 
develop and implement improved pit storage programs.
    The primary objective of this implementation plan is to 
expeditiously repackage pits into containers that will provide long-
term, safe storage. The activities delineated in the plan are aimed 
at achieving that goal and provide for the development and 
implementation of a pit container surveillance program so the 
Department can monitor the AL-R8 Sealed Insert to ensure its 
continued quality and reliability.
    Mr. Dave Beck, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military 
Application and Stockpile Operations, Defense Programs, is the 
responsible manager for this implementation plan. He can be 
contacted at 202-586-4879.


    Yours sincerely,
Bill Richardson,
Enclosure.
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