SLAC Policy on Purchase of Hazardous Items

To be used with SLAC Purchase Requisition forms. 

Requisitions with items requiring Hazard Controls or involving Hazardous Materials or Hazardous Activities require special processing. If you select 'Yes' in the Purchase Requisition System for one of the following categories, notification will automatically be sent to the contact person.  Please read the information listed below for other details about that category.

• Radiation Generating Devices and Radioactive Material:
  - Field Operations Group Leader, Jim Allan
  On purchase requisitions involving radiation, Jim Allan will be notified and the Purchase Requisition System will automatically add him as an approver.
   
• Hazardous Materials/ HaastcmIS:
  - Chemical Management Services (CMS) Coordinator, Judy Fulton
  All chemicals, fuels, gasses and standard sizes of lead sheets and bricks must be purchased using HaastcmIS. Any purchase requisitions for these items will be voided; only ones submitted through HaastcmIS will be considered. Contact Judy Fulton for more information on purchasing through Haastcm.
   
• Items containing Hazardous Materials:
  - CMS Coordinator, Judy Fulton
  For purchases of equipment containing hazardous materials (e.g. mercury, oil, etc.), and lead-acid batteries, email notification will be sent to Judy Fulton.
   
• Hazardous Metals:
  - Industrial Hygiene (IH) Program Manager, John Shepardson
  The IH Program Manager will be notified of purchases of fabricated lead sheets and all hazardous metals and alloys with a NFPA health rating of 3 or more (e.g. Cu-Be). Contact John Shepardson for more information about NFPA health ratings.
   
• Hoisting and Rigging Equipment:
  - Hoisting and Rigging Program Manager, Jim Healy
  Jim Healy will be notified of any Hoisting and Rigging equipment purchase requisitions.
   
• Lasers:
  - Laser Safety Officer, Mike Woods
  The Laser Safety Officer, Mike Woods, will be notified of any Class 3b and Class 4 laser purchases or services, and for laser protection eyewear.
   
• Pressure Vessels:
  - Pressure System Program Manager, Greg Holtmeier
  Notification of any Pressure Vessel-related purchases will be sent to the following POCs based on your directorate org code:
     SSRL - Domenico Dell'Orco
     PPA - Wesley Craddock
     ETS - Andrew Haase
     LCLS - Richard F. Boyce
     OPS - Burl Skaggs
     PSD - Greg Holtmeier

  
  The Hazardous Experimental Equipment Committee (HEEC) Chair, Keith Jobe, has requested a courtesy notification for any pressure vessel-related purchases that involve Experimental Systems. Please send this independent of the automatic notification system.