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Policy Area

ESH-Environment Safety & Health

Procedure Number

ESH100.2.ENV.9

Procedure Title

Implement Requirements for Reporting Potential Past Waste Release Sites

Procedure Manager

COOPER, TERRY W.

Status

Active

Subject Matter Expert

  • Michael Nagy
  • Robert C. Holland—CA Contact

Applicability, Exceptions, and Consequences

This corporate procedure applies to all Members of the Workforce who conduct outdoor activities on Sandia-controlled premises at or below ground level that may disturb or uncover hazardous, radioactive, or mixed waste contaminants from past Sandia operations. This procedure applies to historic sites, not current waste disposal locations.

Exceptions to, or deviations from this procedure must be approved through the Executive Policy Sponsor or Policy Area Manager, if delegated. Click here to view Contacts for Corporate Policies, Processes, and Procedures. See CG100.1.7, Request an Exception to a Policy, Process, or Procedure, for directions on how to obtain an exception to this procedure.

Granting or permitting exceptions or violations of policy, process, or procedure without authority, regardless of position or title, may be cause for disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. Violating a policy, process, or procedure may be cause for disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: A printed copy of this document may not be the document currently in effect. The official version is located on the Sandia National Laboratories Sandia Restricted Network (SRN).

Procedure Overview

This procedure addresses how to respond to discovering areas on Sandia-controlled premises at or below ground level that may contain hazardous, radioactive, or mixed waste contaminants from past Sandia operations.

Procedure Requirements

Reporting Past Waste Release Sites on Sandia-Controlled Premises

Activity Responsible Individual Required Action
Handle Reports of Discoveries of a Potential Past Waste Release Site Managers
  • Ensure that all Members of the Workforce who have knowledge about potential past waste release sites come forward with that information.
  • Review any reports of potential past waste release sites with respect for the reporting person's wishes concerning anonymity.
Report the Discovery of a Potential Past Waste Release Site Members of the Workforce
  • Report the discovery of any potential past waste release site to management.

 

Implementing Tools

Guidance

  • Ways to Report a Potential Past Waste Release Site.

Forms

  • SF 2001-PWR, Report of a Potential Past Waste Release Site (Word file/Acrobat file).
  • SF 2001-QC, Reporting SNL ES&H Concerns and Suggestions for Improvement Form (Word file /Acrobat file).

Additional Drivers

  • DOE O 440.1B, Worker Protection Program for DOE (Including the National Nuclear Security Administration) Federal Employees Info.
  • DOE G 440.1-1A, Worker Protection Program for DOE (including the National Nuclear Security Administration) Federal Employees Guide for Use with DOE O 440.1B.
  • DOE O 5483.1A, Occupational Safety and Health Program for DOE Contractor Employees at Government-Owned Contractor-Operated Facilities.
  • Compliance Order on Consent between State of New Mexico, Environment Department, and the U.S. Department of Energy and Sandia Corporation.

 

Related Processes and Procedures

Process

  • ESH100.2, Analyze and Control Hazards.

Procedures

Required Reviews

Review Completion Dates
In Process

Change Summary

Date Summary
12/16/2010

Administrative

Modified

  • Updated SAPLE links to subject matter experts for system consistency.
  • Replaced Hue-Su Hwang with Terry Cooper as procedure manager.
  • Updated links to dictionary terms to term identification numbers for system consistency.
  • Removed extra blank line in Applicability field.
  • Replaced DOE O 440.1A with links to DOE O 440.1B, DOE G 440.1-1A and DOE O 5483.1A in Additional Drivers.