[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR417.407]

[Page 587-588]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
     CHAPTER III--COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL AVIATION 
              ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 417_LAUNCH SAFETY--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart E_Ground Safety
 
Sec. 417.407  Hazard control implementation.

    (a) General. A launch operator must establish and maintain the 
hazard controls identified by the ground safety analysis including:
    (1) System hazard controls that satisfy Sec. 417.409;
    (2) Safety clear zones for hazardous operations that satisfy Sec. 
417.411;
    (3) Hazard areas and controls for allowing public access that 
satisfy Sec. 417.413;
    (4) Hazard controls after launch or an attempt to launch that 
satisfy Sec. 417.415; and
    (5) Controls for propellant and explosive hazards that satisfy Sec. 
417.417.
    (b) Hazard control verification. A launch operator must establish a 
hazard tracking process to ensure that each identified hazard has a 
verifiable hazard control. Verification status must remain ``open'' for 
an individual hazard control until the hazard control is verified to 
exist in a released drawing, report, procedure, or similar document.
    (c) Hazard control configuration control. A launch operator must 
establish and maintain a configuration control process for safety 
critical hardware. Procedural steps to verify hazard controls, and their 
associated documentation, cannot be changed without coordination with 
the person designated in Sec. 417.103(b)(2).
    (d) Inspections. When a potential hazard exists, a launch operator 
must conduct periodic inspections of related hardware, software, and 
facilities. A launch operator must ensure qualified and certified 
personnel, as required by Sec. 417.105, conduct the inspection. A 
launch operator must demonstrate that the time interval between 
inspections is sufficient to ensure satisfaction of this subpart. A 
launch operator must ensure safety devices and other hazard controls 
must remain in place for that hazard, and that safety devices

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and other hazard controls must remain in working order so that no unsafe 
conditions exist.
    (e) Procedures. A launch operator must conduct each launch 
processing or post-launch operation involving a public hazard or a 
launch location hazard pursuant to written procedures that incorporate 
the hazard controls identified by a launch operator's ground safety 
analysis and as required by this subpart. The person designated in Sec. 
417.103(b)(2) must approve the procedures. A launch operator must 
maintain an ``as-run'' copy of each procedure. The ``as-run'' procedure 
copy must include changes, start and stop dates, and times that each 
procedure was performed and observations made during the operations.
    (f) Hazardous materials. A launch operator must establish procedures 
for the receipt, storage, handling, use, and disposal of hazardous 
materials, including toxic substances and sources of ionizing radiation. 
A launch operator must establish procedures for responding to hazardous 
material emergencies and protecting the public that complies with the 
accident investigation plan as defined in Sec. 417.111(h)(2). These 
procedures must include:
    (1) Identification of each hazard and its effects;
    (2) Actions to be taken in response to release of a hazardous 
material;
    (3) Identification of protective gear and other safety equipment 
that must be available in order to respond to a release;
    (4) Evacuation and rescue procedures;
    (5) Chain of command; and
    (6) Communication both on-site and off-site to surrounding 
communities and local authorities.
    (g) Toxic release hazard notifications and evacuations. A launch 
operator must perform a toxic release hazard analysis for launch 
processing performed at the launch site that satisfies section I417.7 of 
this part. A launch operator must apply toxic plume modeling techniques 
that satisfy section I417.7 of this part and ensure that notifications 
and evacuations are accomplished to protect the public from potential 
toxic release.