Notice of Public Meeting and Hearing
| Published date | 07 July 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 35762 |
| Record Number | 2021-14460 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board |
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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES
SAFETY BOARD
Notice of Public Meeting and Hearing
AGENCY
: Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board.
ACTION
: Notice of public meeting and
hearing.
SUMMARY
: Notice is hereby given that
the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety
Board (Board) will hold a Public
Meeting and Hearing regarding the
status of the Savannah River Site (SRS).
The purpose of this Public Meeting and
Hearing is to gather information and
discuss Department of Energy (DOE)
and National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA) operations in a
constrained environment and actions
that could impact the safety posture of
particular operations at SRS.
DATES
: The Public Meeting and Hearing
will be held on July 13, 2021, from 9:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A detailed agenda is
posted at www.dnfsb.gov.
ADDRESSES
: This proceeding will be
broadcast via a live internet video
stream. Individuals interested in
viewing the meeting may visit: https://
www.dnfsb.gov/public-hearings-
meetings/public-meeting-and-hearing-
status-savannah-river-site. On the day of
the meeting, a link to view the video
stream will be posted on that page. The
page may also be accessed by visiting
dnfsb.gov and clicking: Public Meeting
and Hearing on the Status of the
Savannah River Site.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: Tara
Tadlock, Manager of Board Operations,
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,
625 Indiana Avenue NW, Suite 700,
Washington, DC 20004–2901, (202) 694–
7176.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: On
February 28, 2020, the Board published
notice of a Public Hearing regarding SRS
in the Federal Register. With the onset
of the COVID–19 Pandemic, the Board
subsequently published a notice
postponing the hearing on March 16,
2020. On July 13, 2021, the Board will
hold a Public Meeting and Hearing
regarding SRS. The Public Meeting and
Hearing will consist of a Public Meeting
to be held at 9:30 a.m. and a Public
Hearing to be held at 1:15 p.m.
The goal for the Public Meeting
portion is to gather information on how
DOE and NNSA are approaching
operations in a constrained environment
and discuss ongoing challenges and
plans for transitioning back to a less-
constrained work environment. The
areas of focus will include policy and
guidance related to personnel-centric
areas (e.g., training and qualifications,
control room operations, and telework).
The Public Meeting will consist of two
sessions. In the first session, scheduled
for 9:30 a.m., the Board will hear from
senior officials representing
Environmental Management (EM). In
the second session, scheduled for 11:15
a.m., the Board will hear from senior
officials representing NNSA.
The goal for the Public Hearing
portion is to gather information on DOE
and NNSA actions that could impact the
safety posture of defense nuclear
operations at SRS. The Public Hearing
will be comprised of three sessions. In
the first session, scheduled for 1:15
p.m., the Board will hear from senior
officials representing NNSA regarding
the Savanah River Tritium Enterprise
(SRTE) safety basis, completed
improvements, and ongoing and
planned actions to address the high
radiological dose consequences to the
workers for several accident scenarios.
In particular, the Board will focus on
the ongoing actions at the SRTE that
DOE cited as a basis to not accept Board
Recommendation 2019–2, Safety of the
Savannah River Tritium Facilities. This
session will also include an overview of
SRTE safety issues from the Board’s
Technical Director.
In session 2 of the Public Hearing,
scheduled for 2:45 p.m., the Board will
hear from senior officials representing
NNSA and EM regarding staffing to
conduct oversight missions. This will
include discussions of shortages in both
facility representative positions for
existing facilities and engineering
positions responsible for reviewing
safety bases and performing safety
system oversight, and the approach of
delegating inherently federal functions
to the contractor as a substitute for
federal oversight. This will also include
discussions of future technical staffing
needs as new site missions ramp up
(e.g., Savannah River Plutonium
Processing Facility operations and
Surplus Plutonium Disposition).
In session 3 of the Public Hearing,
scheduled for 3:40 p.m., Board Members
will hear testimony from interested
members of the public. To participate
during the public comment session,
please send an email to hearing@
dnfsb.gov with your name, email
address, and affiliation, as applicable,
before 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 11,
2021. The time allocated to each public
commentator will be limited to 3
minutes or less. Additional Zoom
connection instructions will be
provided to registered public
commenters prior to the hearing.
Interested members of the public may
also submit written comments to
hearing@dnfsb.gov before the hearing
record closes at 5:00 p.m. on Friday,
August 13, 2021. All comments received
before the hearing record closes will be
posted publicly on www.dnfsb.gov.
The hearing will be presented live
through internet video streaming. A link
to the presentation will be available on
the Board’s website, and a recording
will be posted soon after. Additional
details, including the detailed agenda
for the hearing, are available at
www.dnfsb.gov. A transcript of these
sessions and the associated
correspondence will be made available
on the Board’s website. The Board
specifically reserves its right to further
schedule and otherwise regulate the
course of the hearing, to recess,
reconvene, postpone, or adjourn the
hearing, conduct further reviews, and
otherwise exercise its authority under
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2286b(a))
Dated: July 1, 2021.
Joyce Connery,
Chair.
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