The Chief Facilities Management Officer.

VHA DIRECTIVE 99-011

March 25, 1999

(c) Reviewing proposed hazardous chemicals and quantities which would require additional

reporting to LEPCs.

(d) Reporting spills or releases of chemicals on the Extremely Hazardous List or other chemicals as

required.

(4) Provide upon request the nature and quantity or chemicals on the Extremely Hazardous List or

other chemicals as may be required.

(5) Review annually and updating facility inventories of hazardous chemicals and wastes.

b. The Chief Facilities Management Officer. The Chief Facilities Management Officer (18)

shall:

(1) Maintain and update the following annually:

(a) The name and position title of the ERC for each healthcare facility;

(b) A listing of facilities with EPA designated extremely hazardous substances on site at any one time

at or above the threshold planning quantity and the types and amounts of chemicals involved;

(c) A listing of facilities required to submit the EPA Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Form R for

each calendar year; and

(d) A listing of facilities experiencing emergency releases of extremely hazardous or hazardous

substances to include the location and duration of the release as well as the chemical(s) released.

(2) Provide for the review of periodic survey data of hazardous substances including follow-up with

the Chief Network Officer (10N).

(3) Determine if there are national trends requiring redress.

(4) Develop recommendations for corrective action to the Under Secretary for Health.

(5) Provide assistance to the Agency Environmental Executive for developing periodic reports to

EPA regarding SARA Title III as required.

5. REFERENCES

a. Public Law 99-499, The Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Section 302,

303, 304, 311, 312, and 313, dated October 17, 1986.

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