General. All hazardous and regulated materials including toxic, reactive, corrosive, or ignitable materials, will be properly controlled from acquisition through final disposition.  All discharges of water, air, liquid or solid matter will comply with all applicable environmental regulations.  Each division chief shall designate an employee at each MES project or facility to be responsible for implementing these procedures.  Division Chiefs will ensure that the designated employees are trained in these procedures and have authority to implement them.

 Acquisition of Materials.  Each facility will maintain an active material safety data sheet of all hazardous or regulated material furnished by a vendor.  If the vendor does not furnish a complete material safety data sheet, the facility shall so advise the Chief of Environmental Compliance and shall not acquire any hazardous or regulated material from the vendor without proper authorization from the Chief.   A copy of each material safety data sheet shall be furnished to, maintained and distributed by the Chief in accordance with MES Documents and Records procedures.

 Receiving, Handling and Disbursement of Materials.

 Each facility shall develop appropriate procedures for ensuring that all hazardous or regulated material will be properly received, stored and handled.

 No person shall remove hazardous or regulated materials from receiving or storage areas without the authorization of the Chief/facility manager/supervisor.

 Appropriate managerial personnel shall be present whenever hazardous or regulated materials are received by the facility.

 Disposal of Materials.

Each facility will develop appropriate procedures for ensuring that all hazardous or regulated materials which are subject to disposal are properly labeled, stored, handled and documented prior to disposal.

Each facility will establish appropriate procedures for verifying, prior to disposal, whether used materials are non-hazardous and/or non-regulated.  The Chief or facility manager/supervisor will complete the applicable manifest forms and schedule shipment with authorized haulers in accordance with environmental laws.  All completed manifest forms shall be kept at the facility where the waste was generated.   The Chief or facility manager/supervisor shall monitor receipt of copies signed by the transporter and disposer and shall report missing manifests to the OAG and environmental authorities as required.  The manifests shall be kept on file at the facility for three years.

 All hazardous or regulated materials used by the facility shall be shipped by authorized haulers in accordance with applicable facility procedures.