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<br />eJD Application Kit
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<br />MITIGA TION OF IlEAL THIt SAFETY It AND
<br />ENVffiONMENTAL RISKS CERTIFICATION
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<br />General Requirement: The grantee agrees to comply with Federal, State, and local environmental, health and safety laws and regulations
<br />applicable to the investigation and closure of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories and the removal and the disposal of the chemicals,
<br />equipment, and wastes used in or resulting from the operations of these laboratories.
<br />Specific Roouirements: The grantee understands and agrees that any program or initiative involving either the identification, seizure, or closure
<br />of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, hereafter referred to as the "Program", can result in adverse health, safety, and environmental
<br />impacts to (1) the law enforcement and other govenunental personnel involved; (2) any residents, occupants, users, and neighbors of the site of a
<br />seized clandestine laboratory, (3) the seized laboratory site's immediate and surrounding environment; and (4) the immediate and surrounding
<br />environment of the site(s) where any remaining chemicals, equipment, and wastes from a seized laboratory's operations are placed or come to
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<br />Therefore, the grantee further agrees that in order to avoid or mitigate the possible adverse health, safety, and environmental impacts of its
<br />Program, it will (1) include the nine, below listed protective measures or components within it's Program; (2) provide for their adequate funding
<br />to include funding, as necessary, beyond that provided by this grant agreement; and (3) implement these protective measures throughout the life
<br />of this grant agreement In so doing, the grantee understands that it may implement these protective measures directly through the use of it's
<br />own resources and staff or may secure the qualified services of other agencies, contractor, or other qualified third parties.
<br />1. Provide medical screening of personnel assigned or to be assigned by the grantee to the seizure or closure of clandestine methamphetamine
<br />laboratories;
<br />2. Provide Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) required initial and refresher training for law enforcement officials and
<br />other personnel assigned by the grantee to either the seizure or the closure of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories;
<br />3. As detennined by their specific duties, equip personnel assigned to the Program with OSHA required protective wear and other required
<br />safety equipment;
<br />4. Assign properly trained personnel to prepare a comprehensive contamination report on each closed laboratory.
<br />5. Employ qualified disposal contractors to remove all chemicals and associated glassware, equipment, and contaminated materials and
<br />wastes removed from the site( s) of each seized clandestine laboratory;
<br />6. Dispose of the chemicals, equipment and contaminated materials and wastes removed from the sites of seized laboratories at properly
<br />licensed disposal facilities or, when allowable, properly licensed disposal facilities or, when allowable, properly licensed recycling
<br />facilities;
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<br />7. Monitor the transport, disposal, and recycling components of subparagraphs numbered 5 and 6. Inunediately above in order to insure
<br />proper compliance
<br />8. Have in place and implement an inter-agency agreement or other form of commitment with a responsible State environmental agency that
<br />provides for that agency's (i) timely evaluation of the environmental conditions at and around the site of a closed clandestine laboratory
<br />and (ii) coordination with the responsible party, property owner, or others to ensure that any residual contamination is remediated, if
<br />necessary, and in accordance with existing State and Federal requirements; and,
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<br />9. Include among the personnel involved in seizing clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, or have immediate access to, qualified
<br />personnel who can respond to the potential health needs of any of the offender(s)' children or other children present or living at the seized
<br />laboratory site. Response actions should, at a minimum and as necessary, taking children into protective custody, immediately testing them
<br />for methamphetamine toxicity, and arranging for any necessary follow-up medical tests, examination, or health care.
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<br />Grantee's Acknowledgment: The grantee acknowledges that it has received the environmental assessment, including it's appendices, that has
<br />bee prepared for this grant by the Office of Justice Programs. The grantee understands that this environmental assessment was prepared under
<br />the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., and that his assessment provides both the basis for the
<br />above listed protective measures as well as references to several statutes, regulations, and guidelines that are particularly relevant to the
<br />implementation of these measures.
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<br />City of San Marcos
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<br />ALERRT Project
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<br />Applicant's Organization
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<br />Project Title
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<br />Dan O'Leary, Interim City Manager
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