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Safe Electrical Installations Policy
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Policy

Title:

IAHJ Processes

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Safe Electrical Installations Policy

Publication date: 1/18/2019
Effective date:

11/24/2014

POLICY

A. Purpose

The Safe Electrical Installations Policy is intended to: Define distinct roles and responsibilities and describe the required independence between design and approval. Minimize the risk of personnel injury and property loss. Maintain the integrity of electrical distribution systems at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The Electrical Authority Having Jurisdiction for Safe Installations (IAHJ) is delegated the Electrical AHJ over electrical distribution and supply systems and equipment throughout the Berkeley Lab main site and within Berkeley Lab buildings. The IAHJ has the authority to approve planning, inspection, testing, and energization of new electrical installations and modifications to existing electrical systems and equipment. The IAHJ Program is designed to implement and ensure compliance with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70, National Electrical Code; NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace; federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations as identified in the Worker Safety and Health Program (10 CFR 851); and the Berkeley Lab Facilities Master Specification and Standards.

B. Persons Affected

This procedure applies to all employees, visitors, and subcontractors at the Berkeley Lab main site involved with planning, inspection, testing, or energization of new electrical installations and modifications to existing electrical systems and equipment.

C. Exceptions

This policy does not apply to facilities outside the Berkeley Lab main site or to main-site facilities housing activities not pursuant to the UC-DOE Prime Contract (Contract 31), and where the University of California (UC) or other state, city, or county Authority Having Jurisdictions (AHJs)/Building Code Official jurisdictions apply.
This policy does not apply to incidental work, such as electrical systems and equipment preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, minor repair, or routine switching. In addition, it does not apply to scientific research equipment or to a utility service provider's equipment and wiring maintenance at Berkeley Lab