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U.S. Department of Energy ORDER
Washington, D.C. DOE 5632.7A
4-13-94
Change 1: 2-13-95
SUBJECT: PROTECTIVE FORCE PROGRAM
1. PURPOSE. To prescribe Department of Energy policy, responsibilities,
and requirements for the management and operation of the Protective
Force Program.
2. CANCELLATIONS.
a. DOE 5632.7, PROTECTIVE FORCE, of 2-9-88.
b. DOE 5632.8, PROTECTION PROGRAM OPERATIONS: SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
TESTS, of 2-4-88.
3. APPLICABILITY/EXCLUSIONS/DEVIATIONS.
a. General. This Order applies to Departmental Elements responsible
for management and operation of protective forces to ensure the
protection of classified matter and the safeguarding of nuclear
materials.
b. Application to Contracts. The provisions of this Order are to be
applied to covered contractors and they will apply to the extent
implemented under a contract or other agreement. A covered
contractor (e.g. management and operating contractor, service
support contractor, onsite contractor) is a seller of supplies or
services that has been awarded a procurement contract or
subcontract to provide protective forces.
c. Exclusions. Departmental facilities and activities subject to
regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are exempt from the
requirements of this Order.
d. Deviations. Deviations from requirements shall be processed
according to DOE 5630.11B, SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY PROGRAM.
4. REFERENCES AND DEFINITIONS. See Attachment 1.
5. AUTHORITY/BACKGROUND. References 1 through 5 are sections of the United
States Code which establish authoritative foundations for this Order.
References 6 through 13 are parts of the Code of Federal Regulations
regarding protective force matters, which are set forth in the Order as
requirements and responsibilities for Departmental personnel.
6. POLICY.
a. Safeguards and security interests shall be protected from theft,
diversion, industrial sabotage, radiological sabotage,
toxicological sabotage, espionage, unauthorized access, loss,
compromise, and other hostile acts, which may cause unacceptable
adverse impacts on national security, program continuity, the
health and safety of Departmental and contractor employees, the
public, or the environment.
b. Protective forces shall be provided training, equipment, and
resources to ensure effective performance of assigned functions and
tasks under normal and emergency conditions.
c. Contractor protective force personnel shall comply with medical and
physical fitness criteria established by regulation (see Title 10,
Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1046 (10 CFR 1046) "Physical
Protection of Security Interests"). Contractor protective force
personnel at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve shall comply with the
training requirements in 10 CFR 1049, "Limited Arrest Authority and
Use of Force by Protective Force Officers of the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve.
d. Protective force personnel shall conform to Departmental policy on
the use of force as established in 10 CFR 1047 "Limited Arrest
Authority and Use of Force by Protective Force Officers" and 1049,
as applicable.
e. Federal protective force personnel shall comply with Departmental
and Office of Personnel Management requirements for medical and
physical qualifications.
7. RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES.
a. Heads of Departmental Elements, as appropriate, shall ensure that
protective forces under their cognizance are managed, trained,
equipped, provided facilitie, and provided logistical,
intelligence, communications, and other support services to
maintain adequate protection for Departmental safeguards and
security interests.
b. Director of Nonproliferation and National Security, through the
Director of Security Affairs, provides management direction and
coordination in the development, implementation, and oversight of
the comprehensive Safeguards and security Program.
(1) The Director of Security Affairs shall:
(a) Promulgate and establish safeguards and security
policies, standards, and guidance for the Protective
Force Program.
(b) Authorize and may delegate authority to authorize,
pursuant to section 161k of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended or section 661 of the Department of
Energy Organization Act, as amended, as applicable, the
carrying of firearms and the making of arrests without
warrant by Departmental, contractor, and subcontractor
protective force personnel, as necessary, in the
performance of official duties.
(2) Director of Safeguards and Security shall serve as the
Departmental focal point for Protective Force Program matters.
(a) Review, develop, and coordinate Departmental policy,
standards, and procedures for the management, operation,
training, and equipping, of protective force personnel.
(b) For the Headquarters Protective Force Program, assume
those responsibilities and authorities prescribed for
Heads of Departmental Elements and Heads of Field
Elements in paragraphs 7a and 7e. Through the Director,
Headquarters Operations Division, establish policies,
procedures, and plans for the maintenance and operations
of the Headquarters Protective Force, and provide
management and direction for the program.
(c) Maintain liaison with civilian and military law
enforcement agencies and serve as the Departmental focal
point for such liaison.
(d) Manage and operate the Executive Protection Program.
c. Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health shall:
(1) Assist in the development of protective force policy issues to
ensure safety considerations are properly integrated.
(2) Through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Independent
Oversight and Appraisals, provide independent inspection and
evaluation to assess the effectiveness of safeguards and
security programs implemented under this Order.
d. Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program shall, in accordance
with the responsibilities and authorities assigned by Executive
Order 12344 [statutorily prescribed by Public Law 98-525 (42 U.S.C.
7158, note)] and to ensure consistency throughout the joint Navy/
Department of Energy organization of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Program. implement and oversee all policy and practices pertaining
to this Order for activities under the Director's cognizance.
e. Heads of Field Elements, in addition to the responsibilities in
paragraph 7a, shall provide management of and direction to
protective forces to ensure the Department's safeguards and
security interests are adequately protected.
(1) Ensure the development and maintenance of directives, plans,
and procedures for the direction of protective force personnel
in normal and emergency duties.
(2) Require covered contractors to develop, implement, and manage
protective force programs in accordance with applicable
provisions of this Order.
(3) As delegated by the Director of Security Affairs, authorize
the Department's Federal and contractor employees to carry
firearms and make arrests without warrant.
(4) Ensure that protective force personnel under their authority
are provided training and meet mandatory qualification
requirements as delineated by this Order.
(a) Ensure resources are provided to train and equip
protective forces and to maintain associated equipment,
facilities, and supplies.
(b) Approve training programs for Security Police Officers
and Security Officers.
(5) Ensure liaison is maintained with the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and other Federal and local law enforcement
agencies, which may be required to supplement the Department's
Federal and contractor protective force personnel for response
to safeguards and security incidents.
(6) Ensure inclusion in procurement packages, for each procurement
requiring the application of this Order, the following: (a)
identification of this Order; (b) identification of the
specific requirements with which a contractor or other awardee
is to comply; or if this is not practicable, identification of
the specific paragraphs or other portions of this Order with
which a contractor or other awardee is to comply; and (c)
requirements for the flowdown of provisions of this Order to
any subcontract or subaward. For application to awarded
management and operating contracts, Heads of Field Elements
may set forth this information in written communication to the
contracting officer rather than in a procurement request
package.
f. Manager, Albuquerque Operations Office, in addition to the
responsibilities in paragraph 7e as operator of the Transportation
Safeguards System shall ensure the development of medical, physical
fitness, and training program requirements, and operating
procedures for Transportation Safeguards Division protective force
personnel.
8. REQUIREMENTS. Protective forces are used to protect the Department's
safeguards and security interests from theft, diversion, industrial
sabotage, radiological sabotage, toxicological sabotage, espionage,
unauthorized access, loss, compromise, and other hostile acts which may
cause unacceptable adverse impacts on national security, program
continuity, the health and safety of Departmental and contractor
employees, the public, or the environment; and to protect life and
property as defined in 10 CFR 1047 and 1049.
a. Protective forces, consisting of Security Police Officers, are
required at Security Areas that:
(1) Receive, use, process, or store Category I or II quantities of
special nuclear material (see DOE 5633.3A, CONTROL AND
ACCOUNTABILITY OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS).
(2) Manufacture, store, or test nuclear weapons, nuclear test
devices, or completed nuclear assemblies.
(3) Represent a target for radiological or toxicological sabotage.
(4) Contain a unique or one-of-a-kind capability in the Department
that must be protected for purposes of program continuity or
to preclude unacceptable adverse impact to national security
when the need has been so designated by the Head of the Field
Element and concurred with by the Director of Security Affairs
and the cognizant Head of Headquarters Element.
b. Albuquerque Operations Office, Transportation Safeguards Division,
armed Federal protective personnel are required to provide for the
safe, secure, domestic transportation of:
(1) Department of Energy-owned or controlled nuclear explosives
and nuclear devices.
(2) Category II or greater quantities of special nuclear material,
excluding naval reactor core shipments.
(3) Classified configurations of nuclear weapons components
containing Category III quantities of special nuclear
material.
(4) Any form of Plutonium-238 in excess of five grams.
(5) Limited life components of nuclear weapons.
(6) Other material as specified by statute, legislation, order, or
competent authority.
c. Special Response Teams are required at Departmental sites or
facilities containing Category I quantities of special nuclear
material at Attractiveness Levels A and B (see DOE 5633.3B).
d. Security Officers may be used to enforce the protection
requirements of safeguards and security directives.
9. SUPPLEMENTARY DIRECTIVES AND GUIDANCE. Supplementary directives to this
Order, pertaining to requirements, standards, and procedures, shall be
published as DOE 5632.7A Manuals. For example, DOE M 5632.7-1, FIREARMS
QUALIFICATION COURSES, contains requirements for the conduct of firearms
qualification evaluations. Discretionary information relating to
procedures, performance levels, and standards may be published as
Guides.
10. IMPLEMENTATION. The majority of requirements in this directive is the
same as those contained in DOE 5632.7. The requirements established in
10 CFR 1046 were effective September 30, 1993. The policy contained in
this Order shall be implemented as soon as possible consistent with
collective bargaining and similar agreements and contractual
requirements. Implementation plans for any requirements that cannot be
implemented within 6 months of the effective date of this Order or
within existing resources shall be developed by Heads of Field Elements
and submitted to the Office of Safeguards and Security.
11. ASSISTANCE. Contact the Chief, Physical Security Branch, telephone
(301)-903-4244, for assistance.
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY:
ARCHER L. DURHAM
Assistant Secretary for
Human Resources and Administration