The Under Secretary of Energy

Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter provides the final deliverable required under the Implementation Plan for Recommendation 94-3 about plutonium storage at Rocky Flats. The Integrated Program Plan for this recommendation is enclosed. It implements decisions addressed in our letters to you dated April 2, 1996, and April 23, 1996. The Integrated Program Plan describes how each sub-recommendation under Recommendation 94-3 has been addressed, what actions are planned to execute the resulting program, and what upgrades have been authorized for Building 371 in support of its temporary processing and storage of plutonium materials. We intend to proceed quickly with these upgrades as suggested by your letter of March 13, 1996. The Department will not make a final decision whether to use Building 371, a new storage vault or some other option for storage of site's plutonium until a review under the National Environmental Policy Act has been completed. This review is expected to be completed by May 1997. This information is unclassified and suitable for placement in the public reading room