POTENTIAL IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH ISSUES ADDRESSED DURING A RISK ANALYSIS

DOE Order 5480.16, \"Firearms Safety,\" dated January 12,1988, requires that \"a risk analysis, or safety analysis report, be prepared on the facilities and the operation of each live fire range.\" To meet this requirement, the Department of Energy's Central Training Academy (CTA) entered into a contract with a local consulting firm for the preparation of a risk analysis report on August 15, 1988. The report was finalized on November 11,1988. The CTA safety officer was assigned as the project manager and in this capacity was responsible to: 1) provide all documentation considered relevant for completion of the report (Safe Operating Procedures, list of solvents/chemicals, munitions type/quantity, lightning protection systems, sanitary effluent, etc.); 2) to serve as liaison between staff members of the CTA and the consulting firm; and 3) validate and deconflict the data collected for inclusion in the report. The objective of our risk analysis was to systematically identify all potential environment, safety, and health risks associated with the operation of the Live Fire Range (LFR), and to provide candid recommendations/observations of the operations so that actions could be initiated to mitigate the identified risks to acceptable levels. This presentation provides an overview of the environment, safety, and health deficiencies identified during the preparation of the risk analysis and the subsequent actions initiated by the CTA to address and resolve the issues.