Charge to the Review Committee

The primary purpose of this review is to assess management and budget matters regarding the operation of Fermilab experiments at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. (Note this is not to be a technical review of the experiments, though technical issues may need to be addressed in order to understand operations.)

The Committee should review the status of the on-going Fermilab Experiments at the Soudan Underground Laboratory, in particular the way they will operate at the Laboratory. The overall management of the Laboratory should be assessed, with particular attention being paid to the role played by Fermilab. The Laboratory’s operating expenses, both manpower and materials and services, should be evaluated in light of present budget allocations and potential budget reductions.

We would like the Committee to comment on the relationships among the interested parties, namely Fermilab, the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

We would like the Committee to comment on the possible impact of the proposed potential expansion of the Laboratory program on the current program activities.

The Committee should review and comment on current and planned MoU/SoW/PO (MoU – Memorandum of Understanding, SoW – Statement of Work, PO – Purchase Order) procedures and the effectiveness of using these processes to highly specify the scope of operations. Cost estimates including labor should be addressed answering the questions

· What's involved??

· What's in??

· What's not??

The Committee should examine management structure and instruments used for management agreements, specifying budget, facility components, and identifying any University of Minnesota and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources contributions.