Bipartisan DNFSB calls on DOE, Congress for additional hearings and collaboration on revisions to DOE Order 140.1 ECA Staff | 9/19/2018
This week, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
(DNFSB) - comprised of both Republican and Democratic board members - sent letters to DOE Secretary Perry, House and Senate Appropriations Committees, and House and Senate Armed Services Committees laying out the Board's concerns with the DOE Order 140.1, and announcing that the Board will hold additional public meetings on the
Order.
“It is the Board’s unanimous position that the Secretary’s Order wrongly attempts to diminish the authority granted by Congress for the Board to provide independent analysis, advice, and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy in providing adequate protection of public health and safety at defense nuclear facilities. The public hearing demonstrated differences
between the Board and DOE’s interpretation of our enabling legislation and highlighted the Order’s adverse impacts on the Board’s ability to fulfill its mission,” the letters read.
The Order, which outlines the policy by which DOE interfaces with DNFSB, was implemented in May of this year. The first public hearing on it was held by DNFSB on August 28.
Language in the FY19 Energy & Water Appropriations conference report called for DOE to obtain public and DNFSB input on the Order and report to Congress on the
issue.
To read the letters sent by the DNFSB in full, visit here.ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP
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