Review and Approval Protocol.

DOE-STD-1082-94

The review and approval process must be sufficiently flexible to accommodate

a wide variety of subjects addressed by the DOE requirements documents and

yet be adequately structured to permit efficient completion of the review and

approval within the schedule specified in the DOE requirements document

(typically 90 or 180 days).

In the review and approval process, the Operations Office is responsible for

coordination between the implementing organization and the Department's

Headquarters staff. This focused interface will ensure consistency in the

information provided to the implementing organization and allow the

implementing organization to interact with a single point-of-contact.

The Department's Rule Implementation Steering Group (RISG) will provide

oversight for the process and ensure consistency in the review and approval

efforts across all nuclear safety rule requirements. The RISG will resolve

issues which are generic to the rule implementation plan process.

For each DOE requirements document (or group of DOE requirements

documents, if appropriate) an Implementation Working Group will be formed to

provide oversight and coordination of implementation plan reviews for the

specific DOE requirements document to ensure consistency across the

Department. The Working Group may also recommend to the CSOs that

approval authority be delegated to the Operations Offices for specific

implementation plans or groups of implementation plans. The Working Group

memberships will include one representative from each Cognizant Secretarial

Office (CSO) and each affected Operations Office with contractors or

organizations subject to the DOE requirements document (hereinafter referred

to as affected CSOs or affected Operations Offices). The Working Groups shall

ensure that an Implementation Plan Guide (technical and program guidance) is

established to do the following: (1) ensure consistent implementation plans

across the DOE complex; (2) facilitate identification of specific reviewers and

schedule development; and (3) review implementation status through the entire

review and approval process. The Working Group will also maintain a core set

of subject matter experts to address generic questions that require consistent