Facility Assessment Plans and Reports

DOE-STD-1063-2006

radioactive waste management, nuclear weapons, nuclear research,

industrial safety, chemical safety, or accelerator facility programs.

Section 5.7 contains additional guidance.

d. As part of the overall staffing strategy, Field Element Managers should

also consider making use of existing DOE and NNSA technical intern

programs to provide a source of prospective Facility Representatives

candidates, especially for sites that have experienced historically high

attrition rates.

e. Field Element Managers should review staffing plans and assignments

of Facility Representatives at least annually to ensure that coverage

assignments and responsibilities are appropriate to the hazards and

level of activity involved.

f. Field Element Managers may also establish provisions for changing

coverage. For example, as the degree of hazard, complexity, or other

governing factors is reduced, the Field Element Managers may

increase the number of processes, facilities, buildings or a reas covered

by a single Facility Representative. Field Element Managers may use

special coverage assignments for a facility that operates only

intermittently. Also, Field Element Managers should consider

periodically rotating Facility Representatives to different facilities to

maintain objective oversight, to broaden Facility Representative's

experience base, and to provide flexibility for backup coverage during

periods when Facility Representative s are absent.

g. Field Element Managers should make Facility Representative

assignments to optimize effective interaction with the facility operating

organization line management responsible for ensuring safe and

efficient performance at the facility. For example, Field Element

Managers may make assignments based on facility and/or operating

organization subdivisions. If the contractor has established a building

or facility manager concept, the Field Element Manager may assign

Facility Representatives on a similar basis.

5.2

Facility Assessment Plans and Reports. Field Element Managers should

develop 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. Assessment plans may

include DOE O 5480.19, Conduct of Operations Requirements for DOE

Facilities, and associated standards, and other safety directives. These

assessment plans should be consistent with the requirements in DOE O

226.1, Implementation of Department of Energy Oversight Policy. Facility

assessments are not intended to conflict with or duplicate other Field

Office assessment efforts nor are they intended to unduly restrict the

Facility Representative's day-to-day oversight of assigned facilities.