Organizing for and Conducting the Department of Energy ORR.

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(8) The final decision gate is prior to the approval authority giving authorization for the facility to

startup or restart following the submittal of the final Operational Readiness Review Report by the

team leader containing the DOE ORR team recommendations. Having been provided the ORR final

report for review and comment, the Office of Environment, Safety and Health will review the final

report and provide their comments/concerns to the approval authority. These may include 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 previous decision

gate. The approval authority will indicate to the Office of Environment, Safety and Health how these

comments or concerns are to be resolved and identify any comments or concerns which will not be

addressed. If the Office of Environment, Safety and Health determines that their comments or

concerns are not adequately resolved, they may enter the dispute resolution process identified in item

(2) above.

(9) The Office of Environment, Safety and Health in its role as providing independent oversight to

the Department, may, at any time in the process, provide a dissenting opinion to the Secretary if any

significant safety concern is deemed to exist that is not being acted upon by management.

5.4 Organizing for and Conducting the Department of Energy ORR.

5.4.1 Purpose. To provide guidance on the actions to be taken to form a DOE ORR team,

develop the Implementation Plan, conduct and report the results of the review.

5.4.2 Formation of the Team. Each ORR will be conducted by a multi-disciplined team of

experts, including individuals knowledgeable in public and worker safety and health, and

environmental protection. Team members will be individually chosen by the ORR team leader to

ensure that collectively their backgrounds will include the important facets of operations to be

reviewed. The experts will also be chosen to ensure the ORR team covers all functional areas

required by the ORR breadth defined in the ORR plan-of-action. The number of members is

determined by the scope of the ORR and the size and complexity of the facility.

Each team member must have the following qualifications verified by the team leader: