Office of Health and Safety Updates EFCOG ISM & QA Working Group 2016 Spring Meeting Las Vegas October 31-November 3, 2016 Patricia R. Worthington, PhD Director, Office of Health and Safety (AU-10) David J. Weitzman, CIH Office of Worker Safety and Health Policy (AU-11) Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security U.S. Department of Energy

Integrated Safety Management Activities ISM Champions Council Activities: Continues to be a mechanism to share lessons- learned on ISM implementation for both successes and challenges with current focus on employee engagement and updating the ISM directives.

Safety Culture Improvement Panel (SCIP) Established by Secretary and Deputy Secretary December 2, 2015 Personal Commitment Working Groups Safety Culture and Monitoring Means Contract Language Training Soliciting Employee Involvement Communications Meet monthly WebEx and annually face-to-face https://powerpedia.energy.gov/wiki/Safety_Culture_Improvement_Panel

SCIP-Work Group Products Safety Culture and Monitoring Means Final Report—Sept 29—At Deputy Secretary Sherwood-Randall Contract Language Review Complete—Report Drafted Training Delivering Course—Senior Leaders-Over 2,000 Trained Developing Courses—Front Line Supervisors and Workers

SCIP-Work Group Products Communications Recent Group Pop-up Messages upon Computer Log-in Developing Public-facing Web Site Would Appreciate EFCOG Suggestions for Content Soliciting Employee Involvement Brand New—Reached Out to EFCOG Safety Culture Work Group Matt Moury Oct 25 Memo to PSOs Requesting POCs Federal and Contractor

ISM Directives AU-10 has formed complex-wide teams and is working on revisions: P 450.4A; and O 450.2. Guide 450.4-1C will be reviewed upon completion of Policy and Order. Will institutionalize safety culture lessons- learned since the issuance of the 2011 ISM directives. Next steps pending DRB priority updates

Policy 226 Issued P 226.2 “Policy for Federal Oversight and Contractor Assurance Systems” —Aug 2016 Title betters reflect the purpose of the directive establishes the expectations for implementing Federal and Contractor Assurance Systems (CAS). Includes Expectations for corporate parents Business and financial systems,

Worker Safety and Health Program (851) Amendment to Clarify Be Rule 10 CFR 851, Worker Safety and Health Program Rule, amendment was published in the Federal Register on November 10, 2015: Clarify that the only portion of the Proposed OSHA Be Rule that applies to DOE is the proposed Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL); Language similar to the language that exempts DOE contractors from the OSHA ionizing radiation standards (DOE uses 10 CFR 835); and Clarification regarding BioSafety requirements for submissions to the DOE Field Element Manager

Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program 10 CFR 850 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking comment period ended September Comments getting binned, addressed Draft final rule will undergo internal DOE review Secretarial approval and publication

10 CFR 835 - Radiological Safety AU-10 has begun the process of amending 10 CFR 835: Proposed amendment to Appendices C and E to correct derived air concentration values for radionuclides not listed that have a half-life of less than 2 hours. OMB has stated that this technical correction does not have to go through the full rulemaking process.

Nano and Bio Safety Directives DOE O 456.1, The Safe Handling of Unbound Engineered Nanoparticles, Approved July 15. DOE P 434.1A, Conduct and Approval of Select Agent and Toxin Work at Department of Energy Sites, to address updated Federal policy on Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC). At DRB October 27 AU-10 staff is continuing its participation in the Nanotechnology Working Group of the American Industrial Hygiene Association.

Implementation Assistance A number of technical clarifications have been added to the Response Line Database. We encourage the use of this service to address technical issues with WS&H policies. AU-10 continues to provide S&H awareness documents across the DOE via the ORISE Listserve. i.e., Fall Safety Awareness (Stand-down), sponsored by CPWR and OSHA. Safety product problems and recalls Continuing to provide Federal OSHA 10/30-hour training Providing bi-monthly web conferences on topics of interest

Task Priorities for DOE Top shelf priority for DOE is focused on integration and synergy between all components of ISM; key areas include: Safety Culture; Contractor Assurance Systems (CAS); Work Planning and Control; and Strengthen linkage between ISM/QA and other Worker Safety and Health WGs.

Questions? Pat.Worthington@hq.doe.gov David.Weitzman@hq.doe.gov