Scope - std55020007

DOE-EM-STD-5502-94

SCOPE

1.1 Scope. This standard establishes uniform Office of Environmental Management

(EM) guidance on hazard baseline documents that identify and control radiological and

non-radiological hazards for all EM facilities. (As used throughout this guidance

document, the term "facilities" is meant to be all inclusive, and to encompass activities

and projects as well as physical facilities. Care should be taken to include support

activities as part of a facility and to assure that such hazardous activities are not

overlooked.)

The facility and cognizant contractor(s) in cooperation with the responsible DOE

Operations Office, shall identify the activities, or groups of activities, that logically

should be grouped as a "facility" for the purpose of safety and health documentation

development. Ideally, these facilities would also be appropriate for Standards

Requirements Identification Documents (S/RIDs) development. The S/RIDS will

commit each facility to compliance with specific requirements and, together with

hazard baseline documentation, will provide a technical basis for ensuring that the

public and workers are protected.

This document provides a road map to the safety and health hazard identification and

control requirements contained in the Department's Orders and provides EM guidance

on the applicability and integration of these requirements. This includes: (1) a

definition of four classes of facilities (nuclear, non-nuclear, radiological, and other

industrial facilities); (2) the thresholds for facility hazard classification; and (3) the

applicable safety and health hazard identification, controls, and documentation.

This guidance supersedes those portions of the memoranda by Leo Duffy on

February 6, 1991, "Safety and Health Review for Startup/Restart of Operations" and

March 11, 1992, "Interim Guidance on Safety Analysis Documentation" related to

safety analysis, facility grouping, and hazard baseline documentation requirements.

This standard addresses: