WATER SAFETY DURING ISLAND LANDING AND EXITING OPERATIONS DOE/ERSP PROCEDURE NO. 24 APPROVED: L DATE DRAFTED: 16 October 1978 25 October 1978 by Bruce W. Church (ERSP Manager) Purpose To provide guidance and policy whereby the ERSP party chief will understand the management philosophy applied to the importance of personnel and equipmentsafety. IL General The ERSP work party chief is delegated the responsibility to assess each landing and exiting situation such that personnel and equipment safety will not be jeopardized. The party chief has the authority to abort the mission at any time that in his judgment a compromise will put personnel and equipment at inereased risk. All missions aborted are to be reported to the ERSP Manager through the contractor management with recommended remedial operational procedures. IL. Specific Instructions A. B. No work party will leave base of operations without adequate off-island radio communications. Tide schedule and weather conditions are to be reviewed to achieve best operational opportunities. C. All equipment is to be packaged appropriately to prevent salt water damage. D. Personnel should dress according to need and planned mission to minimize exposure to expected element conditions which may compromise health. E. Personnel are not to exceed water greater than waist deep at any time during planned F. Personnel are not to exceed travel distances through water of approximately 75 yards during landing from or approaching water craft. G. When landing from a boat onto a beach, party chief is to instruct boat coxswain to remain in position until all personnel have safely landed on shore. H. operations. If instructions E and F are likely to be compromised by existing conditions the party chief is to make radio contact (thru radio relay if necessary) with the ERSP Coordinator/Manager for further instruction. A-24-1