Exemptions

DOE-STD-1083-95

(a)

Would be authorized by law;

(b)

Would not present an undue risk to public health and safety, the environment,

or facility workers;

(c)

Would be consistent with safe operation of a DOE nuclear facility; and

(d)

Involves special circumstances, including the following:

(1)

Application of the requirement in the particular circumstances

conflicts with other requirements; or

(2)

Application of the requirement in the particular circumstances

would not serve or is not necessary to achieve its underlying

purpose, or would result in resource impacts which are not

justified by the safety improvements; or

(3)

Application of the requirement would result in a situation

significantly different than that contemplated when the

requirement was adopted, or that is significantly different from

that encountered by others similarly situated; or

(4)

The exemption would result in benefit to human health and

safety that compensates for any detriment that may result from

the grant of the exemption; or

(5)

Circumstances exist which would justify temporary relief from

application of the requirement while taking good faith action to

achieve compliance; or