Off-Site Transfer to Other Federal Agencies -- Federal Excess Screening

DOE-HDBK-1139/3-2005

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Consolidated Requirements12

4.3 Off-Site Transfer to Other Federal Agencies -- Federal Excess

Screening

4.3.1 Transfer of Hazardous Materials and Certain Categories of

29CFR1910.1200;

Property - Excess hazardous materials may be transferred

41CFR101-42.207(a);

between DOE and other Federal agencies except that the

Standard Form (SF) 122 (Transfer Order Excess Personal

SF 122

Property), prepared by the transferee (i.e., receiving agency)

shall contain a full description of the actual or potential hazard

associated with the handling, storage, or use of each item. The

description shall consist of an MSDS or HMIS data record, if

available, or a written MSDS-equivalent narrative meeting the

OSHA Hazard Communication Standard requirements.

4.3.2 A certification by an authorized DOE official that the

41CFR101-42.207(a)

hazardous item has been properly labeled and its packaging

meets OSHA and DOT requirements (see Section 4.2.2.5,

above), shall be included in the description of the hazard.

4.3.3 The transferee agency (i.e., receiving agency) shall document

41CFR101-42.207(b);

the inventory or control record of the transferred hazardous

item to indicate the hazard associated with the handling,

SF 122

storage, or use of the item. If available, an MSDS or HMIS (or

equivalent) data record must be filed with the SF 122.

4.3.4

Custody of Extremely hazardous materials - Custody of

41CFR101-42.208

excess extremely hazardous materials shall be the

responsibility of the owning or holding DOE site. Custody of

other hazardous materials may be fully or partially transferred

to another Federal agency with that agency's consent.

41CFR102-36.35(c)

4.4 Donation or Sale of Surplus Chemicals to the Public

[NOTE: Surplus chemicals not selected for donation are offered for

sale to the public by competitive offerings such as sealed bid sales,

spot bid sales or auctions. DOE or DOE contractor may conduct the

sale if the GSA is made aware of DOE's intent at the time the excess is

reported or the GSA will conduct the sale, by default.]

4.4.1 General Requirements

4.4.1.1 To comply with the Property Act (see definition),

41CFR102-36.35(b)

surplus chemicals (i.e., excess chemicals that have not

been transferred to Federal agencies) shall be

distributed to eligible recipients by an agency

established by each State for this purpose, the State

Agency for Surplus Property (SASP).

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