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March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus (Stage 4 closure of Michoud and Stennis)

March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine · NASA Michoud Assembly Facility (New Orleans, LA) and Stennis Space Center (Hancock County, MS) (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
NASA Michoud Assembly Facility (New Orleans, LA) and Stennis Space Center (Hancock County, MS)
Level
Federal
Authority
51 U.S.C. 20113
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-20
End
Stage 4 lifted in phases from May 2020 (Michoud and Stennis returned to Stage 3 in May 2020; not saved) (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 20, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • NASA personnel and contractors at Michoud and Stennis (including Boeing, Aerojet Rocketdyne and Lockheed Martin production workforces)
  • tenants of the two federal sites
Functions reached
  • PF production floor (Space Launch System core-stage production and testing halted)
  • CS contractor workforce (thousands of contractor employees barred from the sites)
  • WF
  • CB suppliers to the SLS and Orion programs
  • OF
Character
context
Collection
Federal lands, science agencies and courts AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS

Operative words

[T]he agency's Michoud Assembly Facility and Stennis Space Center are moving to Stage 4 of the NASA Response Framework, effective Friday, March 20.... While there are no confirmed cases at Michoud, the facility is moving to Stage 4 due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the local area... Mandatory telework is in effect for NASA personnel at both facilities until further notice. Access to Stennis and Michoud will be limited to personnel required to maintain the safety and [security of the facilities].

Enforcement

Agency directive; site access restricted to safety and security personnel

Notes

Ten NASA facilities reached Stage 4 by late March 2020; Stage 4 'halted production and testing' on the nation's largest rocket program.

Retrieval note

Rendered from a 2024 Wayback capture of the current nasa.gov page (the statement's text is unchanged from 2020).

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