[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR712.10]

[Page 375]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER III--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 712_HUMAN RELIABILITY PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart A_Establishment of and Procedures for the Human Reliability 
                                 Program
 
Sec. 712.10  Designation of HRP positions.

    (a) HRP certification is required for each individual assigned to, 
or applying for, a position that:
    (1) Affords access to Category I SNM or has responsibility for 
transportation or protection of Category I quantities of SNM;
    (2) Involves nuclear explosive duties or has responsibility for 
working with, protecting, or transporting nuclear explosives, nuclear 
devices, or selected components;
    (3) Affords access to information concerning vulnerabilities in 
protective systems when transporting nuclear explosives, nuclear 
devices, selected components, or Category I quantities of SNM; or
    (4) Is not included in paragraphs (a)(1) through (3) of this section 
but affords the potential to significantly impact national security or 
cause unacceptable damage and is approved pursuant to paragraph (b) of 
this section.
    (b) The Manager or the HRP management official may nominate 
positions for the HRP that are not specified in paragraphs (a)(1) 
through (3) of this section or that have not previously been designated 
HRP positions. All such nominations must be submitted to and approved by 
either the NNSA Administrator, his or her designee, the Director, Office 
of Security, or the appropriate Lead Program Secretarial Officer, or his 
or her designee.
    (c) Before nominating a position for designation as an HRP position, 
the Manager or the HRP management official must analyze the risks the 
position poses for the particular operational program. If the analysis 
shows that more restrictive physical, administrative, or other controls 
could be implemented that would prevent the position from being 
designated an HRP position, those controls will be implemented, if 
practicable.
    (d) Nothing in this part prohibits contractors from establishing 
stricter employment standards for individuals who are nominated to DOE 
for certification or recertification in the HRP.