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B.
OPLAN 600-77 calls for “ ...detailed procedures for coordin..-
..
sting then-safetyprograms of the vario~usservices.”
These procedures
generally meet the requirements of the OPIAN and of the various DOD
instructions and directives.
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is
-. -.‘~f -instructions”
The prin~y
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...”..
concern ~egarding tfi.is
set
.
the lack of a clear descriatio.n
of safety responsibilities of the Service elements with regard to
various operations md
v~”ious areas of the Atoll.
Although this
delineation seems to b= clear *n the minds of the Semite
element
commanders, this should nevertheless be defined in the appropriate
EAI, particularly because of the regular turnover in supervisory
persa-mel.
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INSPECTIO!iPRfi<~R.X4
EAI 5EI03 app=azs to require mnthly safety inspections of all
..
Atoll activities tagethr with reports of each to the Atoll Safety
..
Officer.
This is being done on Enewetak and Lojwa by H&N for fire
protection =nd far Es:?activities.
Infrequent inspections are being
performed by other activities, but it does not appear that this
requirement is being met.
The Sexvice elements in general emphasize
their u=”eof the normal chain-of-command and supewisory
sibilities to meet this end.
respon-
However, the usefulness of an inspection
program, particul~-ly of ongoing activities and not just physics>
facilities, is well established as well as required by DOD.
It is
recommended that this program be reviewed, particularly with regard
to the frequency
requirement,
and that a program appropriate to
the Atoll activities by instituted.
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