THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH

TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

CHARGE OF THE CHEMICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY COMMITTEE

Excerpted from the UCSF Chemical Safety Manual. Approved 04/98, Revised 05/01

2. CHEMICAL and ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY COMMITTEE

Duties and Responsibilities of the Chemical and Environmental Safety Committee are as follows:

1. provide expert advice to the Chancellor on issues related to chemical and environmental safety, and implementation of the UCSF Integrated Safety and Environmental Management System (ISEMS);

2. review technical, environmental and safety-related aspects of laboratory research and the use of hazardous and toxic substances;

3. continuously review and update UCSF's ISEMS and the laboratory safety manual;

4. certify that facilities, procedures and practices have been reviewed and approved;

5. promulgate a chemical and environmental safety program in conjunction with OEH&S that encourages best laboratory practices and satisfies federal, state and local laws and regulations;

6. arbitrate campus disagreements regarding laboratory practices and limit or revoke, as authorized by the Chancellor, an investigator's authority to use hazardous or toxic materials if such use presents a hazard to individuals or violates health and safety codes.