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1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 GENERAL This Health and Safety Plan (HASP) is intended to address safety and health hazards/procedures to be observed during the performance of site boring and exploration, sampling in accordance with the Preliminary Endangerment Assessment(PEA) Work Plan and possible limited excavation of soil to accommodate the sampling protocol. This HASP will govern contractor operations involving the following activities: Site boring utilizing a Geoprobe • Temporary excavation to accommodate soil sampling • Handling and management of excavated soils Activities involving placement and compaction of imported fill(select fill and aggregate base) on prepared subgrade, trench shoring, trench backfilling, are excluded from this HASP. These activities will be governed by the individual contractor(s) and subcontractors injury and illness protection plans (IIPP), hazard communication programs or health and safety plans, including standard operating procedures. 1.2 POLICY STATEMENT It is the policy of Advanced GeoEnvironmental, Inc. (AGE) to provide a safe and healthful work environment for all its employees. AGE considers no phase of operations or administration to be of greater importance than injury and illness prevention. Safety takes precedence over expediency or shortcuts. At AGE, we believe every accident and every injury is avoidable.We will take every reasonable step to reduce the possibility of injury,illness, or accident. This HASP is a project-specific document, and is intended to augment and not replace existing health and safety programs, injury and illness protection plans, hazard communication programs, respiratory protection programs, hearing conservation programs, trench safety programs, training programs, standard operating procedures and other safety related programs, methods or procedures developed by AGE, contractors and subcontractors for their own employees. These include both voluntary and regulatory required programs. 1.3 HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS AND OBJECTIVES The provisions of this Health and Safety Plan are mandatory for all AGE, contractor and subcontractor onsite personnel while engaged in any operations at the Project Site. AGE requires that visitors to the work locations performed as part of the drilling at the Former RV Circuits Facility,also abide by these procedures(see Section 10.4). Excavation,drilling and sampling operations covered under this HASP include,but are not limited to: Initial work location reconnaissance, including utility clearance, • Site preparation and layout, • Site excavation of limited areas for drilling, Continuous and discreet core drilling utilizing Geoprobe On-site hazard controls and monitoring include,but are not limited to: • Dust abatement, • Air monitoring, • Stockpiling of excavated materials, and • Handling and storage of suspect excavated soils Potential physical and chemical hazards associated with the above tasks are described in Section 5. Page 6