Responsibilities - std10910010

DOE-STD-1091-96

alternate who has voting power. DOE contractor personnel are invited and

encouraged to participate in all committee meetings and activities.

The committee shall meet to present and discuss problems, concerns, and

questions of mutual interest and to exchange information concerning firearms

safety. The committee shall review, evaluate, and makes recommendations

for action on proposed changes to the DOE Technical Standard on Firearms

Safety, and the DOE Range Design Criteria Guide.

The committee shall develops and discuss firearms safety issues, and makes

recommendations on interpretations of these issues to the Office of

Occupational Safety and Health Policy. The committee shall be responsive to

the needs and concerns of the firearms safety community.

Manager of DOE Operations Offices an contractors whom providing protective

force functions on, at, or for a DOE site shall have a firearms safety commit-

tee formally organized and chartered to assist management in providing safe

firearms activities.

The committee shall meet annually (at a minimum) at an appropriate location

for the purpose of effective safety and protective forces interface concerning:

firearms and munitions;

live-fire range safety issues;

firearms training;

protective force safety and health issues; and

other firearms-related concerns, training issues, and training develop-

ments within the DOE organization.

The committee shall help ensure that this Firearms Safety Standard, and the Range

Design Criteria Guide remain current and reflect the latest and best information as

changes in firearms and firearms training methods and technologies occur.