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Seehra. 

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Dated: June 29, 2021. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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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-hearingsmeetings/public-meeting-and-hearingstatus-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 lessconstrained 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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