Environmental safety & health requirements for a federal facility
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. CA (United States)
I would like to take this opportunity to discuss the challenges that face an environmental, safety, and health (ES&H) manager at a federal facility situated in California. The challenges are, in many aspects, similar to those facing ES&H professionals all over this country: dwindling resources and increasing regulatory demands. The Laboratory (LLNL) is under closer scrutiny than other R&D facilities located in California because some of its research activities involve nuclear weapon design. Today I would like to talk about two actions we, the ES&H management at LLNL, have taken to decrease the impact of dwindling resources and increasing regulatory demands: (1) Institution of a performance-based contract, which the University of California negotiated with the Department of Energy (DOE) to reduce the impact of special mandates required of federal facilities. Under this contract, ES&H performance is measured by results rather than by process; (2) Redesign of the LLNL Hazards Control Department to a flat organization that incorporates employee empowerment and Self-Managed Work Teams (SMWTs).
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 96713
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9504134-; TRN: 95:005315-0067
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: HAZMACON `95: hazardous materials management conference and exhibition, San Jose, CA (United States), 4-6 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of HAZMACON `95: Hazardous materials management conference and exhibition; Bursztynsky, T.; Loss, M.L.; PB: 790 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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