CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM We are planning to submit the chemical management program for consideration as an innovation credit. The program comply with Green Guidelines for Healthcare Construction Credit V.2.1 and similar to LEED-EB Credits. The Hospital has the program in place for the whole facility. INTENT Reduce the potential exposure of building occupants to PCB\'s and PCB combustion by-products in case of fire in the building. Minimize building airborne effluents, hazardous leaks and spills, and environmental, health and safety burdens to sire and neighbors To prevent occupational exposure from hazardous chemicals to patients, staff and community and to eliminate potential environmental and community health harm from pollutants carried by the building discharge water and/ or air emissions. Reduce pharmaceutical wastes in sanitary sewer discharge REQUIREMENT Implement comprehensive chemical management and use a policy that includes staff training and education, labeling, proper use, air monitoring, employee health monitoring, as appropriate with special consideration for chemicals that have been identified for increased risk of occupational exposure. Develop a comprehensive chemical management policy that includes all processes for receiving handling, storing and disposing of all hazardous chemicals. To protect municipal sewage treatment works from pollutant discharge from building operation Develop and implement a policy that complies with US EPA Spill Prevention Control Countermeasures Regulations containment and engineering controls to manage outdoor storage of fuels and chemicals in order to minimize risk form leakage and spills Meet all standards of US EPA Clean Air Act for air emissions resulting form refrigeration and air conditioning, boilers, on-site medical waste treatment facilities (if on site), asbestos, ethylene oxide sterilization unit, emergency generators, anesthesia, lab/pharmaceutical chemicals, and lab/pharmaceutical fume hoods. Obtain and utilize low sulfur diesel or bio-diesel fuels for generators and other diesel equipment DESIGN APPROACH Review the current PCB management program, and prepare a description of the program that identifies the applicable regulatory requirement and explains how the program will address PCB\'s remaining in the building on an ongoing basis. Maintain scrubbers and filters for boilers and diesel generators Test and recertify all filters annually Meet the biosafety level 3 effluent treatment requirements of the NIH-CDC Guidelines for Airborne Effluent form Laboratories that Handle Biohazards. Develop a facility wide policy governing the controlled and secure outdoor storage of hazardous chemicals and fuels, both for incoming deliveries and outgoing waste products. Minimize chemical discharges down the drain. In principle, it should always be assumed that waste materials, until properly evaluated, should not be disposed of in the wastewater system . to make that determination, document formal hazardous waste determinations, check with local sewering authority for permit to discharge and ensure proper permits are in order for discharge of all hazardous chemicals