ML20056G476
| ML20056G476 | |
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| Issue date: | 08/11/1993 |
| From: | Selin I, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Boxer B SENATE |
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Dear Senator Boxer:
I am responding to your letter of July 21, 1993, expressing concerns about the NRC's proposal to downsize or relocate our Region V office in Walnut Creek, California.
As I am sure you recognize, the Commission, like other Federal agencies, must identify ways to reduce the cost of operating the government and reduce the size of the Federal workforce.
In that context, we have considered a variety of cost savings and program reduction i
ideas.
The Commission decided, for example, to eliminate the Uranium Recovery Field Office in Denver, Colorado, and transfer
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its functions to our Region IV office and to headquarters.
Moreover, every headquarters program office and most support i
offices will be required to reduce their authorized FTE by 1995.
We will continue to identify efficiencies that would have little j
or no impact on our ability to protect the public health and safety.
This will make possible increased funding to certain programs like materials license oversight and advanced reactors that require additional ~ resources to achieve programmatic goals cr to maintain existing review schedules.
In examining the future of the Region V office, the Commission has sought to be thorough and to consider carefully the views of its employees.
After requesting the staff to conduct a special study on the options for realigning the Region V office, the Commission was briefed on these options on June 25, 1993.
After considering the staff's views and recommendations, the Commission determined not to make a decision until we had heard the views and concerns of the Region V employees.
On behalf of the Commission, I met with the employees of Region V on July 21, 1993, to listen to their ideas and to get their views on the study.
They identified several issues and raised a number of questions that the Commission had not previously considered and that warrant further investigation.
We will continue to analyze overhead and other ideas raised by the employees before making a decision.
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2-We are; mindful of the need to, ensure that the NRC's ability to protect'the public health and, safety and'to respond to i
emergencies will remain unaffected by any change that might now I
. or in the future be: adopted-with respect to our regional offices.
Moreover, I want to assure you that the Commission will carefully 1
consider the impacts of the various options on the need.for l
resource efficiency and employee morale:and welfare.
We appreciate your interest in this matter and your concern about our employees and their families and will inform you when we have
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next:several months.
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