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generation of wastes and prevent pollution and releases for any operation. It is

therefore important to ensure good coordination with the site's chemical

management staff and the pollution prevention/waste minimization staff.

2.1 Hazard Analysis

All chemicals have the potential to pose a hazard to human or environmental health

and safety. Even essential chemicals, such as oxygen and water, may cause injury,

fatality, or property damage given a specific set of conditions. It is the purpose of

the hazard analysis to identify the conditions that can lead to these problems. In

addition, the hazard analysis should address the severity of hazards, options for

eliminating or substituting less toxic chemicals, assessing the feasibility of

controlling the associated hazards, and assessing costs involved in the safe disposal

of the chemicals. Ultimately the hazard analysis should lead to the identification of

controls by which chemical substances can be used in a safe, non-polluting manner.

Hazard identification and analysis is a continuous process performed prior to the

time a chemical is requested for purchase through final disposal. Early integration

of exposure and hazard assessment with work planning activities will help ensure

that potential exposures and other hazards associated with the work are addressed in

the work plan.

As part of a site's overall ISMS, hazard analyses are conducted at the site, facility,

activity, and task levels utilizing a variety of resources. The need for an integrated

approach is illustrated by reviewing DOE directives, and OSHA and EPA standards

and regulations, many of which call for some type of hazard analysis. At the

nuclear facility level, DOE-STD-3009-94, the preparation guide for SARs, requires

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(CH3)

hazard analysis in Chapter 3, "Hazard and Accident Analyses," and Chapter 8,

Section 11, "Occupational Chemical Exposures." At the activity or worker level,

10 CFR 851 and its related guides requires the identification of workplace hazards

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and evaluation of risk, and calls out OSHA standards (i.e., 29 CFR 1910 and 29

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CFR 1926).