Disposition of Excess (or Surplus) Chemicals

DOE-HDBK-1139/3-2005

Sources11

Consolidated Requirements12

transfer to another federal agency, donation to a non-profit

organization via a state agency, or sale to a public entity. Available

disposition options are limited by the hazard, risk or value

characteristics of the chemical. See Appendix A of this chapter for

typical screening process steps.]

4.1.1

Identification and Disposition of Excess Chemicals - DOE

41CFR102-36.30;

offices and designated contractors shall promptly identify

41CFR102-36.35(a);

chemicals under their control that are excess to their needs and

41CFR102-36.45(e);

make them available for use elsewhere. They must ensure that

41CFR109-43.101

final disposition complies with applicable environmental,

health, safety, and national security regulations.

4.1.2

Disposition of Four Categories of High Risk (Personal

DOE-PPL 970-3;

Property) Chemicals - Excess chemicals that fall under any of

the four specific categories of high risk personal property,

41CFR109-1.53

namely, Especially designed or prepared property, Export

controlled property, Proliferation-sensitive property, and

Nuclear weapon components or weapon-like components, shall

be subject to the identification, accounting, control, and

disposition policy guidance available from DOE-PPL 970-3 and

41CFR109-1.53.

4.1.2.1 The DOE or designated contractor shall process high

41CFR109-1.5303(b)(2)

risk (personal property) chemicals into a

reutilization/disposition program only after completing

the reviews prescribed by the local high risk property

management system.

4.1.2.2 The disposition and handling of high risk property

41CFR109-1.5303(b)(3);

chemicals shall be subject to applicable provisions of

41CFR101 (Subchapter H);

Subchapter H of the FPMR (41CFR101), Subchapter

41CFR109 (Subchapter H);

H of DOE-PMR (41CFR109), and DOE's "Guidelines

on Export Control and Nonproliferation."

DOE Guidelines on Export

Control and

Nonproliferation

4.1.2.3 All applicable documentation, including records

41CFR109-1.5303(b)(4)

related to the chemical's categorization as high risk,

shall be included with all property transfers, internal or

external to DOE.

4.1.2.4 Unless an alternative disposition path is available,

41CFR109-1.5303(b)(5)

surplus Trigger List (see definition) chemicals (e.g.,

those identified under Especially designed/ prepared

property, Proliferation-sensitive property, or Export

controlled property, as defined in Section 3.0, above)

shall either be sold for scrap (see definition) after

being rendered useless for their originally intended

function or destroyed, with the destruction verified and

documented.