The meeting was held at the Omni Interlocken Hotel in Broomfield, Colorado, in conjunction with the Year 2000 DOE/Contractor Fire Safety Conference. A list of attendees is included in the Conference "Proceedings," which is published under separate cover.

Committee business began with the resignation of Chairman Dennis Kubicki and the assignment of current chairmanship duties to Jim Bisker. The reason for this action is that the committee�s support authority in the DOE Office of Environment Safety and Health (EH) is being reorganized and Mr. Kubicki is being reassigned to the EH oversight group. Additionally, DOE fire protection program policy functions are being transferred to the EH Office of Nuclear and Facility Safety where Mr. Bisker will assume responsibility under the authority of the office�s director, Mr. Richard L. Black. Both Kubicki and Bisker presented a discussion of these events, with the affirmation that a need exists for maintaining this Delphi group to guide policy development in the DOE. Bisker identified however that some committee activities and possibly membership totals may need to be streamlined to align with current EH philosophies. Other discussion topics included the following:

ERDA 76-21, Nuclear Air Cleaning Handbook (Second Edition) is being revised to include a separate fire protection chapter. Leo Derderian will take the lead on this development.

Our current order process cites compliance with NFPA standards and Local building codes. The development of a new NFPA building code may impact future construction activities in the DOE. Because of this, Jim Landmesser has volunteered as DOE's representative.

It was concluded through discussion that a time frame for document revision can not be determined at this time due to limitations in securing technical expertise. A number of individuals were identified as technical experts and will be contacted for support in reviewing and updating the document.

Recent committee proposals incorporating fire safety program performance measures will be withdrawn and redeveloped using less qualitative reporting fields. Reasoning behind this is that program performance should be gauged through objective methods, such as event based reporting, so that an accurate performance reflection is achieved.

For additional information on these minutes or the DOE Fire Safety Committee, please contact Jim Bisker on (301) 903-6542 (jim.bisker@hq.doe.gov).