Moving/Surplus Services

Procedure for Decontamination & Disposal of Surplus Equipment

1.0 Purpose:
To insure surplus equipment is decontaminated of hazardous substances before disposal. To insure decontaminated surplus equipment is disposed of in an environmentally safe manner.

2.0 Procedure:
To surplus equipment that has been contaminated by biological, chemical, or radioactive substances.

2.1 Department will submit a Moving Request and signed Decontamination Form to Moving and Surplus Services at fax #721-2189.

2.2 Department will remove Biological, Chemical, or Radiation Precaution stickers from surplus equipment.

2.3 Department will attach the original signed decontamination form to the equipment.

2.4 Moving and Surplus services will verify decontamination form and pick-up surplus equipment.

2.5 Moving and Surplus services will contact contract vendor for refrigerant reclamation and disposal of refrigerators and freezers.

2.6 Contract vendor will re-market operational refrigerators and freezers or reclaim refrigerants if inoperable. The vendor will dispose of inoperable appliances in an environmentally safe manner.

2.7 Surplus Equipment that is not reasonably clean will not be picked up by Moving and Surplus Services.