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Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs AWARD CONTINUATION Bureau of Justice SHEET PACE J of s 1 - Assistance Grant PROJECT NUMBER 2007-DJ-BX-0275 AWARD DATE 08/31/2007 SPECIAL CONDITIONS - i 6. This special condition facilitates compliance with the provisions of the National £nvironmental Policy Act (NEPA) a j relating to clandestine methamphetamine laboratory operations, including the identification, seizure, or closure of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories [hereinafter, "meth lab operations"]. No monies from this award may be obligated to support meth lab operations unless the grantee implements this special condition. The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), in consultation with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Office for Community Oriented Policing Smices, prepared a Program-level Environmental i Assessment (Assessment) governing meth lab operations. The Assessment describes the adverse environmental, health, and safety impacts likely to be encountered by law enforcement agencies as they implement specific actions under their methamphetamine laboratory operations. Consistent with the Assessment, the following terms and conditions shall apply to the grantee for any OR funded methlab operations: A. The grantee shall ensure compliance by OR funded sub-grantees with federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety laws and regulations applicable to meth lab operations, to include the disposal of the chemicals, equipment, and wastes resulting from those operations. B. The grantee shall have a Mitigation Plan in place that identifies and documents the processes and points of accountability within its state. This plan will be used to ensure that the adverse envirompental, health, and safety impacts delineated in the Assessment are mitigated in a manner consistent with the requirements of this condition. C. The grantee shall monitor OR funded meth lab operations to ensure that they comply with the following nine mitigation measures identified in the Assessment and whose implementation is addressed in the grantee's Mitigation Plan. These mitigation measures must be included as special conditions in all subgmnts: (See Part II of this special condition) 7. 1. Provide medical screening of personnel assigned or to be assigned by the grantee to the seizure or closure of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories; 2. Provide Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) required initial and refresher training for law enforcement officials and all other personnel assigned to either the seizure or closure of clandestine mahamphch mine laboratories; 3. As determined by their specified duties, equip the personnel with OSHA required protective wear and other required safety equipment 4. Assign properly trained personnel to prepare a comprehensive contamination report on each seized/closed laboratory; 5. Utilize qualified disposal personnel to remove all chemicals and associated glassware, equipment and contaminated materials and wastes from the site(s) of each seized laboratory; 6. Dispose of the chemicals, equipment, and contaminated materials and wastes at properly licensed disposal facilities or, when allowable, at properly licensed recycling facilities; 7. Monitor the transport, disposal, and recycling components of subpamgmphs numbered 5. and 6. immediately above in order to ensure proper compliance; 8. Have in place and implement a written agreement with the responsible state environmental agency. This agreement most provide that the responsible state environmental agency agrees to (i) timely evaluate the environmental condition at and around the site of a closed clandestine laboratory and (ii) coordinate with the responsible party, property owner, or others to ensure that any residual contamination is remediated, if determined necessary by the state environmental agency and in accordance with existing state and federal requirements; and 9. Have in place and implement a written agreement with the responsible state or local service agencies to properly respond to any minor, as defined by state law, at the site. This agreement must ensure immediate response by qualified personnel who can (i) respond to the potential health needs of any minor at the site; (ii) take that minor into protecfive custody unless the minor is criminally involved in the meth lab activities or is subject to smear for other criminal violations; (iii) ensure immediate medical testing for methamphetamine toxicity; and (iv) arrange for any follow-up medical tests, examinations, or health care trade necessary as a result of methamphetamine toxicity. i I OIP FORM 4000/2 (REV. 4-88)