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Requirements:
Roles and Responsibilities (5.1.7)

Laboratory Director (5.1.7.1)

The laboratory director

• Has responsibility, accountability, and authority for all SLAC facilities and processes and is ultimately responsible for developing an RF protection plan for all of SLAC for controlling the exposure of SLAC personnel and the public to RF electromagnetic fields with frequencies from 3 kHz to 300 GHz associated with the work conducted in those facilities and processes.
• Establishes the appropriate authorities of program and facility managers to ensure that this document is effectively implemented

Non-ionizing Radiation Safety Committee (5.1.7.2)

The Non-ionizing Radiation Safety Committee (NIRSC) will

• Review in a timely manner RFSPs for new facilities, requests for operational variance in existing facilities, and, where appropriate, issue a formal approval when potential hazards are shown to be sufficiently controlled and the proposed activity conforms to SLAC ES&H policy and requirements
• Assist project and facility managers in evaluating and containing RF hazards. These tasks include
• Recommending appropriate engineering controls and hazard mitigation to keep RF radiation below the maximum permissible exposure limit
• Providing guidance on appropriate interlocks and RF measurement equipment

• Review plans and recommend, as needed, engineering and administrative controls that line managers and facility managers must implement prior to facility operation
• Assist project managers, line managers, and facility managers in evaluating RF areas and sources
• Assist line managers and facility managers in training qualified personnel to measure RF radiation
• Compile available inventories of potential RF hazards and controlled RF environments at SLAC
• When requested, provide training assistance, information, and advice about RF radiation, fields, and hazards
• Recommend SLAC policies and procedures concerning RF hazards
• Review accelerator facility procedures
• Review ES&H training programs
• Update this chapter as needed

NIR Program Manager (5.1.7.3)

The NIR program manager will

• Coordinate updates of this chapter
• Attend NIRSC meetings
• Conduct non-ionizing radiation surveys as required

Equipment Owner (5.1.7.4)

The equipment owner will

• Act as an agent of the laboratory director to ensure that this chapter is effectively implemented within his or her area(s) of responsibility
• Ensure development of a written, facility-specific RFSP for his or her facility or activity
• Submit an RFSP to the NIRSC detailing the methods used to ensure these levels of exposure for new installations or changes to existing installations
• Provide to the NIRSC an accurate hazard analysis and supporting information to ensure that exposures to RF radiation do not exceed applicable levels specified in IEEE Std C95.1-2005.
• Notify the NIRSC in a timely manner of any new source or change in existing sources with respect to frequency of operation, source power, or configuration that could change the exposure potential
• Obtain a statement of approval from the NIRSC if any requirements in the approved RFSP cannot be met

Project Manager (5.1.7.5)

The project manager will

• Minimize exposure to RF sources through implementing engineering, work-practice, and administrative controls as specified in the RFSP
• Ensure that calibrated equipment is used to measure RF radiation levels to determine compliance to the RFSP
• Inform building or area managers when work is to be performed on an RF system that requires system re-certifications (such as when a waveguide is to be opened)
• Verify that administrative locks are placed on equipment before major work is begun and throughout the duration of this work
• Call upon the NIRSC as needed for appropriate training resources

Facility Manager (5.1.7.6)

The facility manager will

• Maintain a current inventory of potential RF hazards in his or her facility and provide a copy to the NIRSC
• Update the area hazard analysis (AHA) form(s) to include any change in RF hazards
• Ensure general worker safety around potential RF sources, including confirming that personnel are protected from potential RF hazards when major work is performed on RF systems
• Verify that project managers perform their required periodic RF safety checks as specified in the RFSP
• Ensure that a system is returned to a safe condition upon completion of major work

Supervisors and Managers (5.1.7.7)

• Know and understand the potential RF hazards in the areas in which they and their personnel work
• Document required job-specific training, and maintain copies of job hazard analysis and mitigation forms (JHAMs) and work procedures ensuring that appropriate RF potential hazards and corresponding training are included for RF workers
• Ensure their workers are properly trained if they are required to work on systems in a controlled RF environment

Personnel (SLAC employees, subcontractors, scientists, users, students, and visitors) (5.1.7.8)

• Follow procedures specified in the RFSP and other applicable requirements for working in areas with the potential for hazardous RF radiation and fields
• Observe requirements in their job hazard analysis and mitigation (JHAM) form and the area hazard analysis (AHA)
• Cooperate with the NIR program manager to ensure that valid and representative sampling data are collected

continue to Procedures and Specific Requirements (5.2)