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o Implementing the appropriate personnel and equipment decontamination procedures B FIELD OPERATIONS WORK AREA Work areas (zones) will be established based on anticipated contamination Within these zones prescribed operations will occur utilizing appropriate personal protective equipment The planned zones are I Exclusion Area (contaminated) The actual areas where work is being performed are considered to be the exclusion areas Access to these areas will be strictly limited to the personnel needed to conduct the work being performed 2 Contamination Reduction Area An area near to each active work zone will be designated as the contamination reduction area Disposable protective gear will be removed and placed in garbage bags prior to leaving the reduction zone Heavy equipment and non-disposable gear will be cleaned at a decontamination area within this zone 3 Support Area (non-contaminated) Areas located away from active work areas and out of the zone of potential impact of hazards will be used for staging and support of the work being performed on site Any materials, equipment, or clothing of personnel must be fully decontaminated prior to entering these areas 8.0 DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURES As part of the system to prevent or reduce the physical transfer of contaminants by people and/or equipment from on-site, procedures will be instituted for decontaminating anything leaving the Exclusion Area and Contamination Reduction Area These procedures include the decontamination of personnel, protective equipment, monitoring equipment, clean-up equipment, etc In cases where the Contamination Reduction Zone is not directly adjacent to the Exclusion Area, gross decontamination will occur in the Exclusion Area, followed by more detailed cleaning in the Reduction Area This gross decontamination will be performed to the extent 3201591A/SSP DOC 8 November 9, 1995