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APPLICABILITY

a. This NASA Policy Directive (NPD) is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers. This directive applies to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), other contractors, grant recipients, or parties to agreements only to the extent specified or referenced in the appropriate contracts, grants, or agreements. Additionally, this NPD applies to non-NASA-owned facilities built on NASA-controlled property unless waivers have been obtained from the Director, Facilities and Real Estate Division (FRED).

b. In this directive, all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall." The terms: "may" or "can" denote discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.

c. In this directive, "Agency-level directives" refers to directives with Agency-wide applicability (e.g., NPDs, NPRs, and NIDs).

d. In this directive, "NASA directives" refers to both Agency-level and Center-level directives.

e. In this directive, all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted.

f. In this directive, "NASA Center Directors" refers to the Directors of the NASA Field Centers. In the case of JPL, "NASA Center Director" in this directive refers to the NASA Management Office.

g. In this directive, "facilities" are defined as all real property assets,including non-NASA funded/operated assets, located on NASA-controlled property, including land, buildings, structures, technical facilities, and utility systems. "Technical facilities" include the other-than-traditional buildings and/or structures that are required specifically to execute the technical content of NASA's missions. Included are facilities such as wind tunnels, engine test stands, launch pads, storage tanks, etc. "NASA-controlled property" is defined as NASA-owned property, property secured by NASA and closed to the general public, or property in which NASA has general freedom and independence to enter without any approvals required.

h. In this directive, "construction of facilities" is defined as construction of new facilities, construction of replacements to existing facilities, the construction of modifications and/or repairs to existing facilities, and the demolition of existing facilities.

i. This directive is applicable to all construction of facilities projects, regardless of the funds source unless waivers have been obtained from the Director, FRED.

j. This directive is applicable to NASA directives developed or revised after the effective date of this NPD.