Delegated Approval Authority for Implementation Plans.

DOE-STD-1082-94

All reviewers shall expedite their reviews to allow closure on an acceptable

implementation plan as early as possible.

5.1.5.2 Delegated Approval Authority for Implementation Plans. The

CSO may delegate the authority to approve specific implementation plans. Any

such delegation shall be provided in writing to the designee.

The Operations Office point-of-contact is responsible for identifying to the

affected CSOs any implementation plans which are based upon previously

approved implementation plans and do not involve (1) additional funding

commitments, (2) commitment schedule changes, (3) new programmatic

impacts, or (4) exemptions from the requirements. These implementation plans

will typically be new plans for nuclear safety rules which were preceded by DOE

Orders on the same subject or revisions to previously approved plans. Typically,

the review and approval authority for these plans will be delegated to the

Operations Office by the CSO.

Wherever the authority to approve an implementation plan has been delegated

to the Operations Office by all of the affected CSOs, the Operations Office may

choose to have the Review Team consist entirely of Operations Office personnel

provided any technical and programmatic requirements can be handled by the

designated team.

The authority to approve exemptions to rules cannot be delegated.

5.1.6 Approval.

5.1.6.1 Approval Recommendations by the Review Team. The Review

Team Leader is responsible for ensuring that the Operation's Office Manager

receives the Review Team's final recommendation for approval no less than five

weeks prior to the approval date specified in the DOE requirements document.

That recommendation shall either endorse acceptance of the implementation

plan as submitted (or changed through negotiations during the review process)

or, if issues cannot be resolved with the implementing organization, provide