Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health (EH-1)

DOE 1300.2A

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(3)

Maintain an overview and participate in the coordination

of limited standards activities to identify issues,

problems, or proposals for consideration by Secretarial

Officers and to identify those limited standards which

should be converted to DOE standards;

(4)

Coordinate the development, review, comment, and issuance

of all standards developed within DOE applicable to more

than one Secretarial Officer;

(5)

Encourage the replacement of DOE and limited standards by

NGSs when such action will enhance the development and

technology transfer of DOE experience to commercial

processes, procedures, systems, practices, or methods;

(6)

Utilize DOE representatives on NGSBs to help obtain

conversion of DOE standards and limited standards into

NGSs;

(7)

Provide public/private sector standards policy liaison;

(8)

Maintain management liaison with other Federal agencies

and NGSBs of interest to DOE programs;

(9)

Review and comment on standards matters, including the

proper application of standards, in DOE standards and

limited standards, and PSOs program and project

documents, when requested;

Maintain a data base of information on all standards

(lo)

activities with n DOE, including related standards

information, on participants, and activities in NGSBs;

and

(11)

Ensure the avail ability of a data base identifyinq all

DOE and limited standards, as well as those NGSs required

by the Department.

Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health (EH-1).

Acting as the independent element responsible for

environmental, occupational safety, and health (ES&H) oversight

of line management for the Department, shall:

(1) Monitor and audit standards activities of the cognizant

Secretarial Officers and the affected field organization

to ensure the requirements of ES&H orders, rules, and

directives are consistently applied;

(2) Develop and coordinate on the development of standards

relating to ES&H with NE-70 and appropriate DOE offices;

and