Safety and Implementation Guides and Technical Standards.

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The plan shall also identify any requirements which are only partially

applicable, the limits of the applicability, and the reasons for the limitation.

Individuals shall contact the appropriate Operations Office to assist with any

needed clarification of applicability statements. The Operations Office shall

contact the Office of Primary Interest (DOE Office responsible for issuing and

maintaining the document in question) for any needed interpretations of

Orders, Notices, Immediate Action Directives, Manuals, or guidance materials

or the Office of General Counsel for interpretations of Rules.

3.4 Safety and Implementation Guides and Technical Standards. The

implementation plan shall identify the safety and implementation guides

(hereinafter referred to as guides) and technical standards which are to be

adopted as the means to meet DOE requirements documents. The use of

guides and technical standards is not required; however, it is encouraged for

the following reasons:

(1)

the use of previously approved methodologies will streamline the

review and approval process; and

(2)

the use of guides and technical standards will enhance the

consistent and successful implementation of requirements across

the DOE complex.

The implementing organization shall consider methods and guidance from

guides and technical standards when developing the implementation plans;

however, alternative methods that achieve comparable results are acceptable.

When an implementing organization identifies an alternate way to implement

the requirements, a reasonable opportunity will always be provided to

demonstrate compliance with the requirements using the alternate method.

Demonstration of compliance does not require the implementing organization

to address the differences between the alternate method and the method in

the guide or technical standard unless the comparison is necessary to

demonstrate acceptability.