Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0177-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-07-28T04:00Z

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DATE:
July
10,
2003
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TO:
Richard
Cullison,
DOE­
ID
Please
be
advised
that
a
team
of
auditors
from
the
Carlsbad
Field
Office
(
CBFO)
will
conduct
a
certification
audit
of
the
AMWTP.
The
audit
will
be
conducted
during
the
period
of
August
18
­
22,
2003
in
accordance
with
the
attached
audit
plan.
Representatives
from
DOE/
CBFO,
the
New
Mexico
Environment
Department
(
NMED),
the
Environmental
Evaluation
Group
(
EEG),
Westinghouse
TRU
Solutions
(
WTS)
and
other
interested
parties
may
be
present
to
observe
or
participate
in
the
audit
process.
Representatives
of
the
US
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
may
be
present
to
perform
an
independent
inspection.

Your
representatives
are
requested
to
coordinate
with
the
audit
team
to
develop
the
necessary
documentation
for
team
access
to
AMWTP
facilities,
arrange
for
appropriate
space
to
conduct
meetings,
provide
cognizant
personnel
to
support
the
audit,
and
provide
the
audit
team
with
access
to
appropriate
documentation
and
records.
Please
provide
meeting
rooms
(
with
overhead
projector)
for
the
entrance
and
exit
meetings,
working
rooms
for
the
audit
team,
a
full
set
of
documentation
applicable
to
AMWTP
work
for
the
WIPP
including
the
applicable
procedures,
and
miscellaneous
office
supplies
(
e.
g.,
pens,
paper,
copy
machine,
Post­
It
Notes,
stapler,
"
scotch"
tape,
etc.)
for
each
working
room.

If
you
have
any
questions
or
comments
concerning
the
audit,
please
contact
me
at
(
505)
234­
7483.
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CBFO
M.
Navarrete,
CBFO
A.
Dobson,
BNFL
E.
Dumas,
BNFL
E.
Schweinsberg,
BNFL
M.
Eagle,
EPA
E.
Feltcorn,
EPA
R.
Joglekar,
EPA
B.
Shroff,
EPA
S.
Zappe,
NMED
S.
Holmes,
NMED
S.
Martin,
NMED
D.
Winters,
DNFSB
G.
Dixon,
DOE
HQ
S.
Warren,
WTS
L.
Greene,
WRES
J.
May,
CTAC
T.
Bowden,
CTAC
K.
Dunbar,
WRES
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CARLSBAD
FIELD
OFFICE
CERTIFICATION
AUDIT
PLAN
I:
Advanced
Mixed
Waste
Treatment
Project
(
AMWTP)
Organization:

Organizations
To
Be
notified:
British
Nuclear
Fuel
Limited
Incorporated
(
BNFL,
Inc.)
New
Mexico
Environment
Department
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Environmental
Evaluation
Group
Defense
Nuclear
Facilities
Safety
Board
August
18
to
August
22,
2003
Idaho
Falls,
Idaho
Date
and
Location:

Jeff
May
Ava
Holland
Martin
Navarrete
Steve
Calvert
Tom
Putnam
Annabelle
Axinn
Norm
Frank
Chet
Wright
John
Gray
Porf
Martinez
Jim
Schuetz
Prissy
Dugger
Karen
Gaydosh
Dick
Blauvelt
PatrickKelly
BJ
Verret
Dave
Price
Evaluation
Team:

Audit
Scope:
The
audit
team
will
evaluate
the
adequacy,
implementation,
and
effectiveness
oftechnical
and
QA
processes
related
to
the
AMWTP
TRU
waste
characterization
and
certification
activities,
including
the
following
activities:

83000
(
solids)
waste
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Audit
Team
Leader/
CTAC
CBFO
QA
Manager
CBFO
Management
Representative
Auditor/
CT
AC
Auditor/
CT
AC
Auditor/
CT
AC
Auditor/
CTAC
Auditor/
CT
AC
Auditor/
CT
AC
Auditor­/
CT
AC
Auditor/
CTAC
.

Auditor
in
TrainingiCT
AC
Technical
SpecialistiCT
AC
Technical
SpecialistiCT
AC
Technical.
SpecialistiCT
AC
Technical
SpecialistiCTAC
Technical
Specialist
in
TrainingiCT
AC
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headspace
gas
sampling
and
analysis
(
HSG)
solids
sampling
real­
time
radiography
(
RTR)
nondestructive
assay
(
NDA)
visual
examination
(
VB)
for
confinnation
ofRTR
gas
generation
testing
The
certification
audit
ofVE
for
confinnation
ofRTR
and
HSG
of
Summary
Category
Group
85000
(
debris)
waste
will
be
performed
at
a
later
date.

ActivitiesITasks
to
be
audited:

The
following
CBFO
quality
Organization/
QA
Program
hnplementation
Personnel
Qualification
and
Training
.
QA
Grading
Documents
and
Records
Procurement
Control
of
Measuring
and
Test
Equipment
­
­
­
­
­.
Control
of
Nonconforming
Items
Con­
ective
Action
.

Audits/
Assessments
Sample
Control
Software
Requirements
Work
Processes
The
following
CBFO
characterization
technical
elements
will
be
Sample
Design
Nondestructive
Assay
(
NDA)
Real
Time
Radioscopy
(
RTR)
Visual
Examination
(
VE
&
VET)
Headspace
Gas
Sampling
&
Analysis
Solid
Sampling
Project
Level
Data
Verification
&
Validation
AccePtable
Knowledge
Waste
Certification
Perfonnance
Demonstra,
tion
Program
(
PDP)
Gas
GeneratioilTesting
(
S3000
­
solids)
Waste
Analysis
Plan
(
W
AP),
Section
B6
The
following
CBFO
certification
technical
Waste
Stream
Profile
Fonns
WIPP
Waste
fuformation
System
(
WWIS)

verning
DocumentslRequirements:

Adequacy
of
AMWTP
documents
will
be
based
on
the
current
revisions
of
the
following
Go'

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retrievably
stored
waste
real­
time
radiography
(
RTR)
nondestructive
assay
(
NDA)
..

assurance
elements
will
be
audited:

audited:

elements
will
be
audited:
documents
~
CBFO
Quality
Assurance
Program
Document
(
QAPD),
CBFO­
94­
1O12
Waste
Analysis
Plan
(
W
AP),
Attachment
a6
of
the
WIPP
Hazardous
Waste
Pennit
NRC­
Docket­
71­
9218/
Rev
19b,
TRUPACT­
ll
Safety
Analysis
Report,
TRUP
ACT
­
ll
Authorized
Methods
for
Payload
Control
(
TRAMP
AC)

Contact
Handled
Transuranic
Waste
Acceptance
Criteria
(
WAC)
for
the
W
~
Isolation
Pilot
Plant,
DOE/
WIPP­
O2­
3122
Programmatic
and
technical
checklists
will
be
developed
from
the
active
revision
of
the
following
documents:
Programmatic
AMWTP
Quaiity
Assurance
Project
Plan
(
QAPjl
»
,
MJ
AMWTP
QAPjP
For
Gas
Generation
Testing
Program
Related
AMWTP
technical
and
quality
assurance
impl!

Schedule
of
Audit
AI.
ctivith
A
pre­
audit
conference
is
AMWTP
Audit
team
caucuses
will
be
held
at
5:
00
p.
m.
AMWTP
location.

The
audit
team
leader
will
meet
with
the
appropriate
AMWTP
management
at
8:
30a.
m.
Wednesday
and
Thursday
at
the
AMWTP
location.

A
post­
audit
conference
is
scheduled
for
Friday,
August
22
at
10:
00
a.
m.
at
the
AMWTP
location.
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Criteria
(
WAC)
for
the
Waste
~
s:

scheduledfor
Monday,
August
18,
at
5
:
00
p.
m.
at
the
Tuesday
through
Thursday
at
the
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