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Modified paragraph 1.4.3k replaces and cancels NASA Interim Directive (NID) NM 8715-58/NPR 8715.1, Policy for Mission Focused "Safety Day" Activities.

Added paragraph 1.11.2 formally documents an existing Space Operations Mission Directorate requirement.

Add paragraph 1.14 adds policy and requirements for review and approval of high-risk work activities that are outside NASA operational control.

Note: This change captures version D of this directive that was previously coordinated.

Applicable Documents - add additional documents

Paragraph 3.18, add title to table of contents

Section 1.2, Table 1, add new responsibilities listed in paragraph 3.1.8.2 and add a row that read Center Fall Protection and Administrator

Add new paragraph to 3.18 - Fall Protection on Elevated Structures

Note: This change captures version E of this directive that was previously coordinated.

This change removes the "Performance Evaluation Profile (PEP)" and replaces it with the more generic requirements from the "Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)" which are already required in NPR 8715.3C, paragraph 1.4. This change also provides examples of what types of information contractors should include in their safety and risk management documentation.

NASA Interim Directive (NM 8715-79) established for Chapter 1, paragraph 1.13, Safety Variances.

Corrects references in paragraph P.4 for NASA-STD 8719.12 and NASA-STD 8719.14.

Adds paragraph P.5, Measurement/Verification.

Updates paragraphs 1.7.2.c, 1.13, 3.8.2.e, 3.11.4.L, and 9.3.2.f. to reflect processes established in NASA-STD-8719.20.

Rescinds NM 8715-79.

Updates paragraphs 6.3.5.2.c, 6.3.6.2.d, and 6.4.2.2 to change the periodicity of the report to the OSTP.

Adds paragraph 3.11.5 to add requirements for preventing inadvertent initiation of explosive-like devices due to electromagnetic radiation.

Updates references for NSS 1740.12 and NSS 1740.14 to the current documents NASA-STD 8719.12 and NASA-STD 8719.14.

Removes references to the Aviation Safety Panel.

Note: This change captures version F of this directive that was previously coordinated.

The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. § 2458c), as amended in Section 309, authorized a developer of a reusable launch vehicle to request indemnification from NASA during testing/operations. Section 309(b)(2)(D) required a NASA safety review prior to the NASA Administrator granting any indemnification.

In 2010, Public Law 111-314, Section 3, relocated Section 309 to 51 U.S.C. § 20139 and amended (f)(1) which set a termination date of December 31, 2010 on the authority for NASA to grant new indemnification under this provision. As a result, Chapter 10 of this document has been withdrawn. Should a developer of a space flight system for NASA be granted the authority to request indemnification or insurance from NASA under federal law or federal regulation requiring the NASA Administrator's approval, then the program/project manager must contact the NASA Headquarters Office of Safety and Mission Assurance for the process needed to perform a safety review of such a request.

After discussions with various Centers, and JSC in particular, OSMA has decided to cancel NASA-STD 8719.10, Standard for Underwater Facility and non-Open Water Operations, as a mandatory standard. JSC is the only Center using this standard, and JSC will be responsible for maintaining a safety standard for its underwater activities. This is consistent with Agency policy. Cancelling NASA-STD 8719.10 necessitates administrative changes to NPR 8715.3C, NASA General Safety Program Requirements, paragraph 3.12, Underwater Operations Safety. In addition to eliminating the reference to NASA-STD 8719.10 in NPR 8715.3, references to regulatory, other Agency, and consensus standards are added to the NPR, and the requirements for a diving safety manual and diving control board that were contained in NASA-STD 8719.10 are moved from NASA-STD 8719.10 to NPR 8715.3.