Authority Granted to Facility Representatives

DOE-STD-1063-2000

f. Facility Representatives should vary their day-to-day presence in

assigned facilities to show a degree of unpredictability and spontaneity

based on the Facility Representative's judgment regarding what is

appropriate to observe and assess. While there can be beneficial

oversight achieved by walking through assigned facilities with

contractor facility managers, certain benefits are lost when Facility

Representative presence is 100% predictable and always with facility

managers.

5.3

Authority Granted to Facility Representatives. The Facility Representative

is assigned to monitor the performance of facility operations and

management. The Facility Representative is a direct safety oversight

extension of DOE line management to each respective facility. The

responsible Field Element Manager shall define clearly the authority

provided to each Facility Representative. The Field Element Manager shall

ensure that Facility Representatives have the authority to "Stop Work" in

the facility, except as expressly limited in governing contracts with the

operating contractor. The Field Element Manager shall ensure that

contractors and subcontractors are aware that Facility Representatives

have this authority and that this authority covers all facility-related work

performed by the contractor and subcontractor. The Facility

Representative shall "Stop Work" in the following instances, as a

minimum:

a. Conditions exist that pose an imminent danger 1 to the health and

safety of workers or the public.

b. Conditions exist, that if allowed to continue, could adversely affect the

safe operation of, or could cause serious damage to, the facility.

c. Conditions exist, that if allowed to continue, could result in the release,

from the facility to the environment, of radiological or chemical

effluents that exceed regulatory limits.

5.4

Facility Assessments. Field Element Managers should proceduralize

Facility Representative programs, including a set of facility assessment

requirements to be completed by assigned Facility Representatives. Field

Element Managers should develop annual facility assessment plans using

a tailored approach to ensure that a broad-based and systematic review of

all aspects of facility operations is conducted over an established period of

time. Conduct of Operations (DOE O 5480.19 and associated standards)

and Operations Assessment directives (DOE-EM-STD-5505-96) provide

Any condition or practice such that a hazard exists that could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical

harm to employees (permanent or prolonged impairment of the body or temporary disablement or requiring

hospitalization), unless immediate actions are taken to mitigate the effects of the hazard and/or remove employees from

the hazard.