The following are definitions for General Policy:

Environmental management system (EMS). A systematic and structured approach for addressing the environmental consequences of an organization’s activities, products, and services. Executive Order 13148, “Greening the Government through Leadership in Environmental Management”, and DOE Order 450.1 required federal agencies and their contractors to implement EMSs by December 31, 2005. SLAC met this goal.

ES&H coordinator. An individual charged with helping line management implement ISEMS in an organizational element of SLAC, chiefly one of the directorates

Integrated safety management system (ISMS). The term used to describe the system wherein environment, safety, and health considerations are integrated into plans for meeting scientific and support program objectives. ISMS requirements are described in the DOE Guide 450.4. The environmental management system (EMS), required by DOE Order 450.1 to be part of the SLAC ISEMS, is presented in separate documentation (SLAC Environmental Management System Manual [forthcoming]).

Line management. Officially designated managers and supervisors who have been entrusted with traditional authorities to make hiring decisions, manage employee performance, and provide a safe and environmentally sound workplace. Scientific programs are often built on people matrixed to a team. This creates shared responsibility for individuals by the supervisor of record and the matrixed supervisor that must be addressed through consultation between the two supervisors. Line management also includes other persons such as area and facility managers, responsible for administration of the line functions in both science and operations programs. Line management may designate another qualified person to perform specific duties, but remains responsible for that person’s conduct.

Program director. Head of one of the SLAC directorates

Program manager. A SLAC division director, assistant division director, department head, or manager of a science or support program within one of the SLAC directorates or the laboratory director’s office

Safety officer. Subject matter expert in a hazard of special concern, appointed by and reporting directly to the laboratory director

SLAC individual. Includes employees of SLAC and all non-employees (guest, student, subcontractors, and so on)

Subject matter expert (SME). Staff possessing special expertise in an ES&H program, for example, industrial hygiene, confined space entry, or lead abatement. Some SMEs may be outside of the ES&H Division, for example, hoisting and rigging SMEs reside within the Conventional and Experimental Facilities Department.

Work smart standards (WSS). The set of ES&H-related standards that Stanford University is contractually obligated to follow. DOE and Stanford University agree on the inclusion of these standards in the contract for operating SLAC because the standards are either required by law/regulation or otherwise significantly contribute to the protection of workers, the public, and the environment.