Welcome to the Office of Safety and Health Regulatory and Policy Response Line Web Site

The Response Line is a service that responds to questions from DOE, DOE contractor, and DOE subcontractor employees regarding applicability of worker safety and health standards and directives. Responses are classified as precedented (existing policy documentation) or unprecedented (no existing policy documentation). Precedented questions and answers provided since July 1, 1995, are online. Unprecedented responses are online from July 1, 1993.

Health and Safety responses published before the publication of 10 CFR 851 "Worker Safety and Health Program" (February 9, 2006) now contain a disclaimer due to concern that those responses may no longer be accurate. The validity of these responses, under 10 CFR 851, should be confirmed with DOE HS-11 staff prior to use. Requestors may use the "Submit Question" link to request affirmation of additional responses that pre-date 10 CFR 851.

For further information or questions about the OSH Response Line, please contact Dan Marsick.