Independent Oversight Organizations.

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review and comment, the Office of Environment, Safety and Health will review the plans-of-action

and provide their comments to management. Management will indicate to the Office of Environment,

Safety and Health how these comments are to be resolved and identify any comments which will not

be addressed. If the Office of Environment, Safety and Health determines that their comments are not

adequately resolved, they may enter the dispute resolution process identified in item (2) above.

(4) The second decision gate in the startup or restart process shall be after the preparation and

approval of the ORR Implementation Plan by the team leader. Having been provided the ORR

Implementation Plan for review and comment, the Office of Environment, Safety and Health will

review the Plan and provide their comments to the team leader. The team leader will indicate to the

Office of Environment, Safety and Health how these comments are to be resolved and identify any

comments which will not be addressed. If the Office of Environment, Safety and Health determines

that their comments are not adequately resolved, they may enter the dispute resolution process

identified in item (2) above.

(5) Any environmental, safety, or health concerns discovered by the Office of Environment, Safety

and Health during their oversight of the contractor's conduct of their Operational Readiness Review

will be brought to the immediate attention of the DOE management for resolution.

(6) The third decision gate shall be prior to the initiation of the DOE ORR but after the contractor

and DOE management, up to the approval authority, have documented in writing their readiness to

start operations. At this point any remaining environmental, safety, or health concerns that the Office

of Environment, Safety and Health has concerning startup or restart activities which have transpired

since the approval of the Implementation Plan will be provided to the DOE management for

resolution. The team leader will indicate to the Office of Environment, Safety and Health how these

concerns are to be resolved and identify any concerns which will not be addressed. If the Office of

Environment, Safety and Health determines that their concerns are not adequately resolved, they may

enter the dispute resolution process identified in item (2) above.

(7) Any environmental, safety, or health concerns discovered by the Office of Environment, Safety

and Health during their oversight of DOE's ORR will be brought to the immediate attention of the

DOE ORR team leader for resolution.