Determination of ORR Requirements.

DOE-STD-3006-2000

criteria in DOE O 425.1B define when an ORR is required as well as the authorization authority for a

new start or restart activity.

4.2.1 Determination of ORR Requirements. Periodically (quarterly or as required by Operations

Office procedures) each responsible contractor is required to identify all facility new start and restart

activities planned for the future. The contractor should recommend an appropriate startup or restart

ranging from an ORR to a routine startup or restart. The responsible contractor also proposes the

authorizing authority for each new start and restart action. Contractor management should provide

justification for the proposed course of action provided. The report from the responsible contractor is the

startup notification report.

The DOE Operations Office reviews the responsible contractor's proposal and recommends approval or

modification to Headquarters who then approves or, modifies and approves, the contractor's proposal. In

those cases when restart authority rests with the DOE Operations Office, the contractor's proposal should

be dispositioned at that level and forwarded to Headquarters for information. Once approved by the

appropriate DOE Headquarters authority, the contractor's proposal is provided to the contractor for action

and to appropriate internal and external oversight agencies for their information.

4.2.2 Responsible Contractor's ORR Plan-of-Action. Four to six months before the projected date

for the contractor's ORR, the contractor prepares and submits for approval the ORR plan-of-action. In

the event the requirement for an ORR is identified less than four months before the estimated start, the

ORR plans-of-action must be expeditiously developed, reviewed, and approved so that the ORR schedule

is maintained. The plan-of-action provides the proposed ORR breadth (Sections 5.1.7 and 5.9.1 discuss

methods for breadth definition), the prerequisites for starting the ORR (Sections 4.5a and 5.9.1.2.4

provide details), ORR schedule including estimated start date and duration, the proposed ORR Team

Leader, and any other information required by DOE O 425.1B and information unique to the proposed

ORR. The responsible contractor's submitted ORR plan-of-action is reviewed by the Operations Office

manager or designee and approved or forwarded to the designated authorization authority with a

recommendation for approval. A copy is sent to the Office of Environment, Safety and Health (EH-2) for

review and comment as well. The designated authorization authority approves the contractor's plan-of-

action and returns it for execution with copies to appropriate internal and external oversight

organizations.