Hazardous Waste - WAC 296-843-140 Site Control

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Chapter 296-843, WAC

Effective Date: 05/01/04

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WAC 296-843-140

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Your responsibility:

To establish a plan to control access to the site

You must

Establish a site control plan

WAC 296-843-14005

WAC 296-843-14005
Establish site control

You must

Maintain site work zones and site control as required by Table 1, Site Work Zone Requirements.
Control access to the exclusion and contamination reduction zones.
Make sure people wear personal protective equipment (PPE) appropriate to their work zone.

Table 1
Site Work Zone Requirements

For this type of work zone	You must
Exclusion zone	Establish entry and exit checkpoints on the zone's boundary Regulate the flow of people and equipment into and out of the zone Make sure exits go through a contamination reduction corridor
Contamination reduction zone with a contamination reduction corridor	Enter through a control point from the clean zone Provide a transition or buffer between the exclusion zone and the clean zone Perform all decontamination procedures Establish separate decontamination routes for people and equipment, if practical Remove all PPE worn in the contamination reduction or exclusion zones before entering the clean zone.
Clean zone or support zone	Have no employee exposure to hazardous substances or health hazards

Note:

See Illustration 2 for an example of site work zones.

Illustration 2 - Site Work Zones