&EPA
Untied States
Environ
Agency
Office of
3oi'd Waste and
Response
DIRECTIVE NUMBER: 9235.3-02
TITLE: Employee Occupational Health and Safety
APPROVAL DATE. July 7, 1987
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 1997
ORIGINATING OFFICE: CERK
O FINAL
D DRAFT
STATUS:
REFERENCE (other documents):
EPA Order 1440.3
EPA Order 1440.2
29 CFR Part 1910
29 CFR Part 1926
51 FR 45654 Decemcer 19, 198
E.O. 12196 (February 1980)
OSWER OS WE ft OSWER
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United Slates cnvimnmeniivPntection Agency
Washington. DC 20460
OSWER Directive initiation Request
1 • Directive Number
9285.3-02
2. Originator Information
Name of Contact Person
JiacL
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Office
ERD/ERT
Teiepnore Coae
340-6745
3. Title
Employee Occupational Health & Safety
4. Summary of Directive (induce one) statement of purpose)
Provides instructions reminding EPA employees that they must comply with OSHA.
5. Keywords Superfurti, CEFCLA, SARA
5a. Ooes i fin directive Supersede Previous Oirecuvetsi?
b. Ooes it Supplement Previous Oirecttve(j)?
[ j No - I j Yet What dirtctivt (number. We)
o Y«* W«t tfrectrve (number. We)
"^"•J ^ .^ _
draft Level
A - Signed by AA/OAA 8 - Signed by Office Oirtctor
C - For Review 4 Comment
8. Document to b« distributed to States by Headquarters? I IYM
No
This Request Me«tt OSWCR Directive* System Format Standard*.
9. Signature of Lead Office Directives Coordinator
Richard Hyde
10. Name and Title at Approving Official
Win Porter, Assistant Administrator
Oat*
7/7/87
Data
7/7/87
EPA Form 1315-17 (Rev. s-47) Previous editions are obsolete.
OSWER OSWER OSWER O
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
JUL 71987
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OSWER Directive 9285.3-02
OP
3OUO WASTE AND KMEMQKNCV RESPONSE
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
FROM:
mployee.Occupational Health and Safety
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.. Winston Porier, Assistant Administrator
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fflce of Solf/d Waste and Emergency Response
TO: Addressees
As we Initiate our field activities under the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthor1zat1on Act of 1986 (SARA), I wish to remind everyone that all
EPA employees are required to comply with the Federal Occupational Health
and Safety Act (OSHA). In addition to complying with such federal standards
as 29 CFR 1910/1926, EPA employees must also adhere to the appropriate EPA
orders, policies, and guidelines pertaining to employee occupational health
and safety. For example, EPA Order 1440.3 requires all EPA employees
using respiratory protection devices to participate 1n a medical monitoring
program. I want to encourage all Regions and OSWER offices to continue to
Implement effective medical monitoring programs for Its employees. EPA
Order 1440.2 requires all EPA employees engaged 1n routine field activities
to be trained and to receive training certification levels commensurate
with the degree of anticipated hazards. EPA Order 1440 specifies the
responsibilities of all Agency employees 1n this area.
More recently, section 126(a) of SARA requires the Secretary of
Labor, within one year of the date of enactment, to promulgate standards
(29 CFR 1910.120) for health and safety protection of employees engaged
in hazardous waste operations. The Secretary 1s also required 1n Subsec-
tion 126(e) to Issue Interim final regulations within 60 days after
enactment of SARA. The Interim final rule was published 1n the Federal
Register (Vol. 51, No. 244, pages 45654 - 45675) on December 19, 1986.
This Interim final rule took effect upon the date of Issuance (December
19, 1986), and 1t was OSHA's judgment that all provisions could be fully
Implemented not later than 90 days after Issuance (March 17, 1987). As
with other OSHA Section 6 Standards, EPA 1s required to comply with 29
CFR 1910.120 per Executive Order 12196 (February 1980).
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(OSWER Directive 9285.3-02)
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In addition, section 126(f) of SARA requires the Administrator
of EPA, within 90 days after the promulgation of final regulations under
section 126(a), (January 17, 1988), to promulgate standards identical
to 29 CFR 1910.120 (those promulgated by the Secretary of Labor under
section 126(a)). EPA's Workgroup No. 2427 (Hazardous Waste Operations
and Emergency Response Worker Protection Standards), chaired by Rod Turpin,
Safety and Occupational Health Manager, Environmental Response Team
(ERT), Edison, NJ, has been established and includes representatives of
five (5) EPA Regions, two (2) States, and OSHA. In addition, the following
EPA Headquarters offices are represented: Office of Policy, Planning and
Evaluation, Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Office of General
Counsel, Office of Research and Development, Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response, and the Occupational Health and Safety Staff. The
objective of this Workgroup is to:
1. Promulgate EPA Worker Health and Safety Standards
* Identical to OSHA's standards (29 CFR 1910.120)for those 27
States which do not have in effect an approved State Plan under
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
2. Develop an implementation/enforcement strategy for these EPA
standards.
In order to better implement both EPA and OSHA Occupational Health
and Safety requirements, OSWER has established an Integrated Health and
Safety Program for the sole purpose of assisting OSWER in providing a
safe and healthy work environment for its field activities. This program
Is managed by Rod Turpin, ERT, Edison, NJ. Please feel free to call him
at 201-321-6745 (FTS 340-6745) for any additional information.
Thank you in advance for your assistance and dedication in making
our work environment a safe and healthy one.
Addressees:
Regional Administrators, Regions I - X
Henry L. Longest II (HH-548)
Marcia E. Williams (UH-562)
Ronald Brand (WH-562A)
Gene A. Lucero (WH-527)
cc: David Weltzman (PM-273F)
Waste Management Division Directors, EPA Regions I-X
Environmental Services Division Directors, EPA Regions I-X
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