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Any potential imminent danger situation is corrected immediately or personnel is removed

from the hazard.

Resources are available to abate all true electrically hazardous conditions.

Inspections are documented. Inspection records, deficiencies, and corrective actions will be

maintained in a department file.

Examinations are performed on all equipment that is not listed or labeled by a NRTL.

Record drawings of all electrical systems and equipment are maintained and a rigid system

exists for recording changes and correcting the drawings to reflect those changes.

5.6.2

AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION (AHJ)

The ESC is the AHJ for interpreting electrical codes, standards, and regulations.

5.6.3

EXEMPTION AND WAIVERS

All requests for code and regulation exemptions and waivers will first be submitted to the ESC for

action.

Requests for exemptions and waivers will include:

a description of the problem and the reason for requesting noncompliance;

code or regulation references;

proposed mitigative steps to be taken such as warning signs, barriers, and procedures to

provide equivalent protection; and

proposed dates for the variance.

Normally, exemptions and waivers are not granted for 1) longer than 180 days, 2) the time it takes

to correct the deficiency, or 3) the duration of an approved program or operation. (See Section 4.0,

Definitions). Exemptions and waivers are granted by the DOE Assistant Secretary for Environment,

Safety, and Health in accordance with DOE Document DOE/ID-10600.

5.6.4

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS APPROVAL

All electrical equipment and materials for facility wiring, and similar R&D wiring, as defined by

NFPA 70 will be approved in accordance with Article 90-7, "Examination of Equipment for Safety,"

and Article 110-3, "Examination, Identification, Installation, and Use of Equipment."

5.6.5

UTILIZATION EQUIPMENT

Utilization equipment is addressed in 29 CFR 1910.302 and 303. This document makes it clear that

utilization equipment is subject to the same approval and acceptance requirements as in Section 5.6.4

of this document.

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