May 26, 1999

Issued to Fluor Daniel Hanford, Inc., relating to events at the Spent Nuclear Fuels Project, K-Basins and other Project Hanford Management Contract facilities at the Hanford Site

On May 26, 1999, the U.S. Department of Energy issued a Preliminary Notice of Violation and a Compliance Order (EA-1999-04) to Fluor Daniel Hanford, Inc. for violations of 10 C.F.R. Parts 820 and 830 relating to work process, design, procurement, and quality improvement deficiencies in the Spent Nuclear Fuels Project, K-Basins, and other Project Hanford Management Contract (PHMC) facilities. The deficiencies involved repetitive failures to adhere to established operational controls at nuclear facilities under the PHMC.