The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Preliminary Notice of Violation (PNOV) to Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC for five violations of DOE’s worker safety and health regulations. The violations are associated with a nitric acid spill event that occurred on August 18, 2009 and an electrical arc flash injury that occurred on September 23, 2009. DOE withheld $3.08 million in contract fees (but did not impose a civil penalty) for significant failures in safety performance, including the matters associated with this enforcement action.