scope:

a. The provisions of this standard apply to all NASA civil servants and NASA contractors (including subcontractors, service providers, and construction contractors) at KSC, as specified in their contracts. These provisions are also applicable at offsite facility areas where KSC has operational responsibility. The provisions of this standard only apply to other organizations (e.g., commercial partners, other federal agencies, international parties, service providers, and tenants) as specified and described in written agreements.

b. In the event of a conflict between the requirements set forth in this document and:

(1) Program or Agency requirements, the program or Agency requirements shall take precedence.

(2) Existing contract provisions, the contract provisions shall take precedence.

(3) Sub-tier documents, the provisions of this document shall take precedence

(4) Other documents at an equivalent level (e.g., other Kennedy NASA Procedural Requirements (KNPR) documents), the respective document Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) shall resolve the conflict on a case-by-case basis and provide appropriate guidance.

c. In the event of a conflict between the requirements set forth in this document and other applicable documents/contract provisions, the KSC Director of Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) shall make the final determination.

d. In this standard "shall" denotes a mandatory requirement, "may" or "can" denotes a discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice, and "will" denotes an expected outcome.