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*REPUBLIJ <br />SERVICES <br />Immediate Use Exemption: If a product is transferred into a new container and that product is <br />planned for immediate use, then the container does not need to be labeled. <br />As an alternative to labeling every container, Republic Services may use signs, placards, <br />operating procedures, or other such written materials in lieu of affixing labels to individual <br />stationary containers and pipes, as long as the alternative method identifies the containers to <br />which it is applicable and conveys the information required on a label. These written materials <br />must be readily accessible to the personnel at the facility throughout each work shift. <br />Every person is responsible for ensuring that all containers of hazardous chemicals, or products <br />containing hazardous chemicals, are properly labeled by ensuring that: <br />a. Suppliers of chemical products must ship their products appropriately labeled as required <br />by OSHA, EPA, USDOT laws and all other applicable local, state, and federal rules and <br />regulations. At a minimum each chemical received at the facility must have a label that <br />contains the: <br />i. Chemical name, <br />ii. An appropriate hazard warning, and <br />iii. The name and address of manufacturer, importer, distributor, or other responsible <br />party. <br />b. All storage tanks must include a HMIS label, DOT label/placard, or similar label as well <br />as a sign identifying the tank contents affixed in a conspicuous manner. <br />c. Existing labels on containers of hazardous chemicals are not removed or defaced. <br />d. All containers of chemicals regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and <br />Rodenticide Act are labeled with the chemical name or common name that was on the <br />original container; and <br />e. The contents of hazardous materials in pipes must be labeled, or identified using another <br />method, i.e. color coding, etc. so personnel can identify the contents of the piping and the <br />appropriate hazard warnings for the materials, <br />All personnel at this facility are trained in: <br />a. The requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200) as well as <br />any specific state Right -To -Know laws; <br />b. Operations in their work area in which hazardous chemicals are used; <br />c. The location and availability of MSDS information (including familiarity with using the <br />computer database if applicable);and <br />d. The details of this Hazard Communication Program, <br />Page 5 of 9 <br />0 2009 Republic Services Hazard Communication program <br />