Detailed Requirements - STD106320000024

DOE-STD-1063-2000

5. DETAILED REQUIREMENTS

5.1

Facility Coverage and Assignment. Field Element Managers shall evaluate

each hazardous facility to determine an appropriate level of coverage by a

Facility Representative. To determine appropriate facility coverage and

assignment, Field Element Managers should assess the hazards presented

by each facility and should document the determination in field element

staffing plans. In this assessment, Field Element Managers should

consider risks to the public, workers, and the environment resulting from

operation of the facility; the operational status and activity level of the

facility; as well as other factors specified in this section. Field Element

Managers should also consider radiological, chemical, and physical

dangers to workers, the public, and the environment, as well as the

barriers against these dangers provided by the facility. Field Element

Managers should include all hazardous facilities in this evaluation.

Secretarial Officers should validate the facility coverage and assignments

for field elements, since they are responsible for allocating staff and

necessary resources to provide adequate Facility Representative coverage

(DOE M 411.1-1A).

a. Field Element Managers should use existing safety analysis and hazard

assessment documentation (such as that required by DOE O 5480.23

and DOE-STD-1027-92, Change Notice 1 for nuclear facilities) to

determine hazard categorization for each facility. This information

provides a basis for the risks associated with the facility and a starting

point for selecting the appropriate level of Facility Representative

coverage. Hazard categories are defined in Section 3.11.

b. Once the facility hazard has been categorized, Field Element Managers

should determine the facility activity level, using the three activity

levels defined as follows:

HIGH: Facilities that daily to weekly involve activities related to

hazardous operations.

MEDIUM: Facilities that weekly to monthly involve activities related

to hazardous operations.

LOW: Facilities that monthly to quarterly involve activities related

to hazardous operations.

c. Once the facility hazard classification and facility activity level are

determined, Field Element Managers should determine the appropriate

coverage activity level using Table 1 below, where Table 2 provides

definitions for each of the coverage levels: