eLearning Tool for FEMA Grant Applicants
Section H: Hazardous Materials
- H.1: Determining if there are hazardous or toxic materials present in your project area
- H.2: How to find out if there has been any studies, investigations, or enforcement actions related to your site
- H.3: How do I determine if my project will involve the use of any hazardous or toxic materials?
- H.4: Determining past land uses of properties in your project area
- H.5: How to Address Adverse Effects
- H.6: How to provide relevant and helpful support documentation
H.5: How to Address Adverse Effects
Adverse effects are impacts to your project resulting from the presence or use of Hazardous and Toxic materials. If you anticipate that your project will have an adverse effects resulting from the presence or use of Hazardous and Toxic materials, then you should first consider ways to avoid or minimize those effects. If adverse effects cannot be avoided, develop appropriate treatment measures into the scope of work so adverse effects are reduced and minimized. Lastly, if adverse effects cannot be avoided, compensate for the adverse effects through documentation or development of other treatment measures. Listed below are some of the possible adverse effects from Hazardous and Toxic materials that your project may have, together with possible treatment measures that you may include in your project to avoid, reduce or minimize, or compensate for adverse effects. The list is illustrative, and does not include all adverse effects that a project may have or all of the ways to potentially treat those effects.
Adverse Effects- Exposure of construction personnel to hazardous materials
- Develop a Health and Safety plan for field personnel
- Train field crews in procedures for handling potentially hazardous materials
- Use Personal Protection Equipment to limit exposure of personnel to hazardous materials
- Discharge of hazardous materials into the air
- Lead
- Asbestos
- Acquire permits for handling hazardous materials from State regulatory agencies
- Construct temporary barriers to limit release of hazardous materials
- Store materials in appropriate containers that confine the hazard.
- Dispose of materials at a certified site
- Discharge of hazardous materials into the soil or water
- Acquire permits from State regulatory agencies; report any accidental discharge of hazardous material immediately to the regulatory agency
- Develop and implement a spill response, containment, and cleanup plan
- Designate locations for servicing, washing, and refueling of equipment away from temporary channels or swales that would quickly convey runoff to the drainage system
- Confine contaminated materials in temporary barriers and containers while on-site.
- Keep equipment properly maintained.
- Dispose of hazardous material at a certified site
- Acquisition of contaminated property
- Perform a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment to determine the extent of contamination
- Perform a Phase III Environmental Site Assessment to remove hazardous materials from the property and remediate the site
Last Modified: Tuesday, 15-Aug-2006 17:22:29 EDT