Interim Policy Document

BSEE (Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement), 2012b. Interim Policy Document. Issuance of Incident of Non Compliance (INC) to Contractors. 

Although both RP 75 and the SEMS rule stress that it is the operator who is responsible for the safety of offshore facilities, on August 15, 2012 the BSEE issued an Interim Policy Document (IPD) No. 12-07 that also places SEMS responsibilities on contractors. The key paragraph from this document is shown in Table 6.5. 

For more information on the historical and scientific background of dioxin in soil values, their proper u and data on limitations associated with these numbers, please refer to the Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds in Soil, Part II Technical Support Document for ATSDR Interim Policy Guideline (De Rosa et al. 1997). 

O Connor R, Pohl H, Xintaras C. 1997. Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds in soil, Part II Technical support document for ATSDR interim policy guideline. Toxicol Ind Health 13(6) 769-804. 

Phase three of the Technical Specifications Improvement Program will use the NRC s Interim Policy Statement on Technical Specification Improvement. These criteria are being used by the commercial industry to evaluate technical specifications and determine whether a specification should be removed and relocated to other documents. WSRC s use of these criteria is based on the Westinghouse Owners Group s Methodically Engineered, Restructured and Improved Technical Specifications (MERITS) Program, which is under review by the NRC. 

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