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Requirements:
Roles and Responsibilities (5.1.7)

WM/P2 Program Manager

The WM/P2 program manager will

• Assist department and program managers and university technical representatives (UTRs) in identifying and evaluating technically and economically practicable WM/P2 alternatives
• Evaluate toxic chemical usage and hazardous waste generation for pollution prevention opportunities
• Propose goals for and coordinates the WM/P2 program based on regulations, good operating practices, technology transfer, and available funding
• Provide overall tracking and reporting of WM/P2 performance using existing systems and periodic requests for data
• Work with the air quality program manager to prepare the toxic chemical release inventory (TRI) report and use it and CMS data to report on and identify waste reduction and pollution prevention opportunities annually
• Act as point of contact for DOE hazardous material exchange and work to identify on-site and off-site reuse options of hazardous materials
• Assist in nominating individuals for recognition of efforts to implement WM/P2 measures
• Provide periodic updates on the program to increase employee awareness of pollution prevention measures, activities, accomplishments, and performance

Environmental Safety Committee

The Environmental Safety Committee (EnvSC) will review new projects and ongoing operations that may significantly impact the environment and make recommendations to conduct pollution prevention opportunity assessments and to implement cost-effective WM/P2 strategies and measures

Conventional and Experimental Facilities Department

The Conventional and Experimental Facilities (CEF) Department will

• Administer the subcontracts for recycling (for example, corrugated cardboard, various office paper, beverage cans/bottles), the disposal of common non-hazardous wastes, and the recycling and disposal associated with non-hazardous construction or subcontractor activities (composting or green waste, non-treated scrap wood and tree cuttings, uncontaminated asphalt, concrete and soils, and other construction materials identified as practicable to recyclable)
• Ensure that the non-hazardous recycling and disposal subcontractors provide data to the WM/P2 program manager on the quantities of recyclable material collected and waste generated from SLAC projects and operations
  
  Note: This data is used to help evaluate WM/P2 measures for SLAC and to meet DOE reporting requirements.
   
• Designate a program manager to coordinate and report on SLAC energy and water conservation measures
• Manage project designs and operations with consideration to recycling non-hazardous construction wastes, reusing water, efficiently using existing or alternative energy sources, and implementing sustainable designs in the construction of buildings and experimental facilities

Property Control Department

The Property Control Department will

• Provide site-wide collection of the various types of equipment and articles classified as government property and managed as non-hazardous (includes office trailers, office furniture, electronic/electrical equipment, appliances, scrap metals and wire, and other articles)
• Promote reuse or recycling of these items with potential SLAC, DOE or external organizations

Purchasing Department

The Purchasing Department will

• Designate a program manager to help implement environmentally preferred purchasing of products and services
• Encourage site-wide purchasing WM/P2 strategies and measures
• Purchase environmentally-preferable products and services that promote WM/P2
• Ensure that subcontracts include WM/P2 practices where practical
• Track and record purchases of US EPA-designated products as required by DOE
• Consider the cost of waste disposal in evaluation and selection of products

Radiation Physics Group

The Radiation Physics Group will

• Provide training and guidance to departments on the minimization of low-level radioactive and mixed wastes
• Assist in developing measures for reduction of radioactive and mixed wastes

Program Managers, Project Managers, and University Technical Representatives

Program managers, project managers, and university technical representatives (UTRs) - and any personnel who oversee aspects of hazardous waste generation and accumulation - will

• Work with ES&H, CEF, and Purchasing program managers to conduct pollution prevention opportunity assessments for new projects if required by the ESC
• Ensure that hazardous materials and wastes are stored, handled, used, and transferred in a manner that reduces waste generation and prevents pollution
• Implement WM/P2 strategies and measures that are deemed technically and economically practical
• Ensure that personnel who store, handle, use, or transfer hazardous or radioactive material or waste have completed required training
• Ensure that waste minimization, pollution prevention, and sustainable design measures are incorporated into new projects, when technically and economically practical
• Inform ES&H program managers of plans for new projects that will generate waste and develop procedures that ensure WM/P2 in the project and ongoing operations
• Communicate with the WM/P2 program manager to identify proposed and implemented measures that reduce waste and prevent pollution to assist in reporting of SLAC accomplishments to DOE and the public
• Project managers and UTRs will ensure that subcontractors comply with the WM/P2 program

Managers and Supervisors

Managers and supervisors will

• Recommend personnel who have made significant contributions to WM/P2 at SLAC as nominees of WM/P2 awards
• Work with the WM/P2 program manager an to assess pollution prevention opportunities for operations that are deemed to have a significant environmental impact

Supervisors, Building Managers, and Administrative Assistants

Supervisors, building managers, and administrative assistants will encourage non-hazardous recycling in their work areas and buildings.

Subcontractors

Subcontractors involved in a project that generates non-hazardous or hazardous waste must perform their work in a manner that minimizes waste and prevents pollution.

Personnel

All personnel will

• Reduce, reuse, and recycle
• Communicate WM/P2 ideas and suggestions to managers and supervisors
• Purchase products that are recycled or recyclable, less hazardous, or have reduced or recyclable packaging
• Become familiar with the WM/P2 measures through available information sources

continue to Procedures and Specific Requirements (5.2)