[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69365-69368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26281]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


DOE Notification That an Additional 45-Days Is Needed To Develop 
Its Implementation Plan in Response to Recommendation 2004-1 of the 
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Oversight of Complex, High-
Hazard Nuclear Operations

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 
2004-1, concerning oversight of complex, high-hazard nuclear operations 
was published in the Federal Register on June 7, 2004 (69 FR 31815). 
The Secretary accepted the Recommendation on July 21, 2004 (69 FR 
48476). In accordance with section 315(e) of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2286d(e), the Secretary informed the 
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board that the Department requires an 
additional 45 days to complete its implementation plan. With the 
additional 45-days allowed to complete its implementation plan, the 
Department expects to approve

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the 2004-1 implementation plan by December 23, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, data, views, or arguments concerning the 
Secretary's response to: Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 
Indiana Avenue NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Theodore D. Sherry, Deputy 
Manager, Department of Energy, NNSA Y-12 Site Office, 200 
Administration Road, P.O. Box 2001, Oak Ridge, TN 37830.

    Issued in Washington, DC on November 23, 2004.
Mark B. Whitaker, Jr.,
Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 
Board.
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