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DOE-STD-1039-93

Special administrative controls are required whenever equipment must be operated with

temporary modifications (e.g., jumpers, blocks, bypasses) in place. These controls should

include methods for ensuring that operators are aware of the modified status of the equipment

and its operating limitations. The controls should provide for appropriate safety and technical

reviews, documentation, updating of procedures and drawings, and training.

The status control program requires specific methods for verifying and documenting the

configuration of equipment and systems, changes in equipment status, and compliance with

operational and safety limits. Status control documentation may include checklists, logs, status

boards, or a combination of these. Requirements for status control documentation should be

coordinated with other documentation requirements (e.g., logkeeping) to avoid unnecessary

forms or duplication of information. This ensures that status information is updated as a regular

part of the job, not treated as an added administrative task. It also provides those personnel

having operating responsibility with simple, direct access to current status information.