Although much of Fermilab's site is currently open to the public, this is not true of Property Protection Areas* (see map). Fermilab ID badges are required to be worn by all persons in PPAs; these badges are obtained from the Users' Office during normal working hours, and from the Communications Center in off-hours. For non-US citizens, the Department of Energy requires that certain information be collected on the visitor, which includes copying the visitor's passport and US visa in order to verify legal status in the US.

There are two situations in which obtaining an ID badge is not possible or not practical:

1. A short term critical visitor to a PPA who does not at the time have the required documentation needed to obtain an ID badge (such as, if a non-us citizen does not have with them a passport and visa). This could, for example, be the case when an outside repair person is called in to work on equipment in a PPA.
2. An outside group is given a Fermilab tour which includes a PPA.

In case #1, the PPA staff will normally provide the escort. The escort will complete a form to provide information on the escort and the visitor; the visitor will be given a temporary escortee badge at the Communications Center. In case #2, temporary escortee badges for members of the tour group will be available at the Communications Center. The escort must also complete the form to provide information on the escort and the visitors. For tour groups of 10 or more, reduced information is needed on each member of the tour, and only the escort will wear an ID badge.

Forms are available at the Users' Office, the Communications Center, and online at the Users' Office Web site. Completed forms should be sent to the Users' Office.

*Feynman Computing Center Computer Rooms and Utility Corridor; Central Utility Building; Accelerator Division controls computer room; Main Control Room; DZero; CDF; Central Helium Liquefier; Master Substation; Kautz Road Substation.

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