programs, including the Superconducting Super Collider, Clean Coal Technology, the New Production Reactor programs and implementation of a comprehensive NEPA compliance appraisal program; and, increased technical support necessary to review and implement new environmental regulations. The following is a summary of our FY 1989 Budget Request: 1/ Does not include FTEs assigned to the NEPA and Environmental FY 1989 BUDGET OVERVIEW Environmental Audit: The goal of the Environmental Audit Program is to provide comprehensive, independent, Headquarters oversight of the Department's operating facilities to ensure compliance with all applicable environmental requirements and to reduce areas of existing or potential environmental risk. This goal is accomplished through a number of activities which include the baseline Environmental Survey characterizing current and potential hazards at major DOE operating facilities and a comprehensive system of planned and periodic audits of DOE operating facilities to monitor improvements and identify new problems. In FY 1989, the Environmental Survey will be completed. The Environmental Audit program will be initiated with 10 audits to be completed in FY 1989 and 20 audits per year thereafter. With the completion of the Environmental Survey, this program will be decreased by $9.0 million in FY 1989. Environmental Guidance and Compliance: The Environmental Guidance and Compliance function provides environmental policy and technical guidance to Field Organizations with respect to implementation of applicable requirements, and provides oversight and coordination of compliance activities. Demands on this program are increasing in consequence of the passage of SARA and the growing number of environmental issues that must be coordinated in the light of EPA and State efforts to obtain compliance at DOE and other Federal facilities. For FY 1989, specific goals have been established for the program: efforts to move the SARA program into the site characterization phase; complete the transition of DOE radioactive mixed-waste facilities into a RCRA regulatory phase; negotiate Federal Facility Compliance Agreements for all DOE Atomic Energy Defense production sites; assure appropriate response actions are taken on the findings of the Environmental Survey, and implement a DOE groundwater and soil protection strategy for the Department. meet the foreseen greater demand on this program, a $3.OM increase is requested for FY 1989. continue То NEPA Project Assistance: The NEPA Project Assistance program. performs ongoing National Environmental Policy Act functions including project review and technical assistance. About 140 reviews of EISS and EAS and 180-200 other NEPA related actions will be concluded. In FY 1989, an increase of $1.9 million is requested for this program for technical review and support to several major projects: the Superconducting Super Collider, the Clean Coal Technology program, the New Production Reactor program, Defense Program modernization and waste management projects, and for implementing a NEPA compliance appraisal program. Environmental Analysis: The Environmental Analysis program provides responsive analyses and options development with respect to significant environmental issues that affect national energy supply, demand and prices. In FY 1989, the program will continue to evaluate the energy industries' impact on the environment emphasizing air quality and waste disposal. A $0.3 million increase is requested in FY 1989 for increased support of international programs that are concerned with energy/environmental global and transboundary issues including ozone and climatic change analysis. Nuclear Safety: The Nuclear Safety program provides independent safety reviews of operations and new projects at the Department's nuclear facilities. The objective of the Nuclear Safety program is to ensure that nuclear facilities of the Department are operated safely and in compliance with DOE policy and applicable standards. The Nuclear Safety program includes: appraisal and audit activity; technical review and evaluation of safety analysis reports and probabilistic risk assessment studies; analysis of experience in the commercial nuclear sector; analysis of technical safety reviews supporting standards development, facility design and operation; a criticality safety evaluation and information transfer activity; an operator training support program; an emergency planning and preparedness activity, and a worker radiation safety program. Information received during the past two years, particularly in light of the Chernobyl incident, the NAS and other independent oversight studies, the Technical Safety Appraisals, and facility design reviews, have brought into sharp focus a need for a much strengthened and broadened nuclear facility safety oversight activity. A major increase of $22.855 million is being requested for this program in FY 1989. The bulk of this increase is being allocated to the appraisal, audit, technical analysis and review, and operator training activities. An intensified safety appraisal program will be implemented, including: comprehensive safety reviews of Class A and Class B reactors and moderate hazard non-reactor nuclear facilities; single-topic audits of selected facilities and sites; and comprehensive and aggressive oversight and follow-up of the corrective action programs at the sites. In addition, full-scope reviews of safety analyses will be performed for new reactors and high-hazard non-reactor facilities. We will also conduct annual on-site audits of all Field Office performed safety analyses. Under the cooperative agreement with INPO, efforts will continue toward development of personnel selection, qualification and training program requirements. Quality Assurance: In FY 1989 the Quality Assurance program will undertake new and expanded activities as part of our overall goal to strengthen safety oversight. The Quality Assurance appraisal program will involve more comprehensive appraisals and reviews of DOE operations, and will establish the capability to perform special verifications, such as reactor safety reliability, in response to specific safety concerns. A $1.0 million increase is requested for this program in FY 1989. Operational Safety: The Operational Safety program provides occupational safety and health oversight of all Department-owned, contractor operated (GOCO) facilities to assure that employees and property are protected against safety and health hazards. In FY 1989, a $2.1 million increase is requested for this program to: enable more frequent operational safety appraisals and surveys; initiate operational safety reviews of safety analysis reports; develop guidance and standards: and support the Departmental Personnel Security Assurance programs. The Safety Policy: The Safety Policy program provides the Department a central point for the development of safety, health, and quality assurance policy and the resolution of safety, health and quality assurance issues applicable to DOE operations. Safety Policy activity assures that DOE nuclear facilities and reactors are sited, designed, constructed, modified, operated, maintained, and decommissioned in accordance with uniform standards, guides, and codes that are consistent with accepted practice as determined by national or international standards and requirements applied to comparable licensed facilities. In FY 1989, the office will address fundamental safety policy needs, including analysis of existing safety standards and their implementation and development and issuance of new, high priority policies and standards. The need to reevaluate, clarify, and revise the Department's overall safety objectives and policies was a major recommendation of the NAS report. In FY 1989, a $10.9 million increase is requested for this program. Emphasis will be given to examining Safety Orders and policies in light of the NAS support; issue new Safety Orders as appropriate, development of safety objectives for program operations; and development of policies and guidance with respect to probabilistic risk assessment, backfits, severe accident analysis, emergency planning, facility design criteria and human factors. In addition, a policy for a DOE performance assessment system will be issued comparable to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's, Safety Assessment of Licensee Performance (SALP) program. |