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alternate date with the basis. The Operations Office Manager shall ensure that the request for

exemption along with the Operations Office assessment of the requested decision date is

transmitted to the Secretarial Officer responsible for the activity for which the exemption is being

requested (Cognizant Secretarial Officer) within 4 days of receipt of the request. The Operations

Office Manager shall also ensure that a copy of the request is transmitted to the Assistant

Secretary of Environment, Safety and Health if the request relates to an exemption from

radiological protection provisions (10 CFR Part 834 or 835).

The Operations Office shall also provide the Program Office with its recommendation and support

on the approval of the exemption request on a schedule to be mutually agreed.

3.4 Evaluations. The approving Secretarial Officer (see section 3.5) is responsible for

evaluating the request for an exemption. Any exemption decision shall be documented in a letter

to the requesting contractor setting forth the reasons for granting or denying the requested

exemption. For any exemption which is approved, the documentation shall also include the basis

for determining that the criteria of 10 CFR Part 820, Subpart E, have been met.

Exemptions shall be evaluated in accordance the Department of Energy NEPA Implementing

Procedures (10 CFR Part 1021) whenever they will have a significant environmental impact that

has not been previously considered in a NEPA analysis.

Because contractors are required to comply with the nuclear safety rules, failure to decide

exemption requests in a timely manner could result in negative mission impacts, unnecessary

shutdowns, and/or additional costs. Therefore, the approving Secretarial Officer shall ensure that

exemptions are evaluated and decided in a timely manner. Exemption decisions shall be issued

within 180 days except where special circumstances warrant a delay in the decision. In these

cases, the approving Secretarial Officer shall provide the reason for the delay and the projected

decision date in writing to the requesting contractor, the Operations Office Manager, and the

Cognizant Secretarial Officer within 180 days of the request for exemption.

3.5 Evaluations of Exemptions from Radiological Protection Requirements Because

exemptions from the radiological protection requirements of 10 CFR Part 834 and 835 require