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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">EIC Team,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Attached is the charge for the upcoming DOE OPA review. Everything is pretty standard with the exception of specifically calling out SHC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">James Fast<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">EIC Associate Project Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">MOLLER Project Manager (Emeritus)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] EIC, CD-3A IPR, November 14-16, 2023, Charge Memorandum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Good afternoon Kurt,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Earlier today Tim Hallman (NP) signed a charge memorandum requesting the Office of Project Assessment organize and conduct a long-lead procurement
Critical Decision review of the Electron-Ion Collider project (EIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), for both in-person and remote participation, November 14 to 16, 2023. The purpose of this review is to assess the overall status of EIC to include
its technical definition, schedule, cost, management, environment, safety, & health (ES&H), and quality assurance (QA) and to determine if it can successfully request Critical Decision-3A (CD-3A), “Approve Long Lead Procurement.” Please find a copy of that
charge memorandum attached.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">I look forward to working with you, your colleagues, and the review committee as you prepare to conduct this review. Past reviews have
provided invaluable feedback to our office, the respective site offices, and the project. I thank you in advance for all your efforts on behalf the EIC project.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Take care,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ivan Graff, P. E., CCP, CFM, LEED-AP</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">U. S. Department of Energy</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Office of Science</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Office of Nuclear Physics (NP-FD)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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