Licenses, contractor

Availability of approved, licensed contractors to handle the type of effluents being considered. 

Reliability of licensed contractors during emergency, weekends and holiday periods. 

Accessibility, safety and security associated with the holding vessels by the vehicles of the licensed contractors. 

Suitable pumps may be required to pump from holding tanks into licensed contractor vehicles. 

It is required by the law that a licensed contractor be hired for abatement work, and strongly recommended for any work where a lead-painted surface is disrupted, including interim controls and remodeling. You must be able to show that you used a certified lead abatement contractor in order to qualify for some state financial assistance programs, tax credits, or utility company rebates. 

Once the lead-paint-bearing component is removed in a safe manner by a licensed contractor, you can complete the task of installing the replacement component yourself, or have someone else do it—a licensed lead abater is not required. 

If demolition or refurbishment is to be undertaken, then hazards associated with structural collapse, fire, working at height, lifting and carrying and electricity must be considered together with health hazards from lead, asbestos, vermin and insects. As mentioned in Chapter 10, a structural survey before work commenced should reduce the risk of unintentional structural collapse. The issue of hot work permits, provision of fire-fighting equipment and suitable storage facilities for flammable substances should control the fire risk. Health risks can be controlled, for example, by the use of licensed contractors for the removal of asbestos, specialist contractors to eradicate vermin and the provision of suitable personal protective equipment. 

Asbestos containing material requires special care and will only be dismantled by a licensed contractor. Indeed, if asbestos is disturbed in any way, a specialist contractor must be consulted. If possible, such work should be done before any other work is started. 

Where there is extensive damage to ACMs which causes contamination of the premises, or part of the premises, then the area should be immediately evacuated. Work should not restart until a new plan of work is drawn up or until the existing plan is amended. Some measures, for example, should only be carried out by licensed contractors. 

If the employer decides monitoring is not necessary then he or she should use other sources of information about the likely concentrations of asbestos in air, for instance the guidance issued by HSE in the Licensed Contractor s Guide or exposure data from previous similar work. 

Any friabie waste shouid be piaced in UN approved packaging (avaiiabie in up to 2 tonnes capacity). The Licensed Contractors Guide provides further advice. 

The Licensed Contractors Guide contains more detailed advice on waste handling. 

Select an appropriate disposal system and licensed contractor. Obtain a copy of the waste contractors licence. 

Use of experienced/licensed removal contractors Conformity with Hazardous Waste Regulations ... 

The design criteria of the sprinkler system should be established by a fire protection engineer, whereas the design of sprinkler systems is generally performed by licensed sprinkler contractors. Design calculations and plan drawings should be reviewed by a competent individual. Some important highlights and exceptions to NFPA 13 are ... 

Third, as the anthrax vaccine experience reveals, both DoD acquisition personnel and the contractors hired by DoD have not always possessed the technical and managerial expertise for working with FDA. Interactions with FDA, especially in licensing-related efforts, involve a complicated three-way relationship among DoD, the private contractor, and FDA. This relationship is quite unlike either the two-way relationship between DoD and defense contractors involved in the procurement of weapon systems or the two-way interaction between FDA and a private drug firm. The policy and operational issues about how to manage these three-way relationships have yet to be worked out. 

At this point in the project, we are ready to begin the construction phase. At which point, the project management function becomes paramount in importance. All tasks must be identified and tracked properly. Coordination of this phase can be kept in-house or be turned over to contractors. It is important that if the bulk of this phase is conn-acted out, strict goals are identified so that the progress of the project can be tracked closely. It is also at this point that we will need to obtain building pennits, emission permits, drug licenses, as well as controlled drug licenses. 

In 1983, an Executive Order extended the coverage of the Bayh-Dole Act to all government contractors. The Act also granted federal agencies the right to offer exclusive or coexclusive licenses to patents on inventions made by laboratory employees considered necessary for the commercialization of the invention. 

A contractor of the US Government has authored the submitted manuscripts. Accordingly the US Government retains a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to publish or reproduce the published forms of this contribution, or allow others to do so for US Government purposes. 

Warehonses are one area within the supply chain where contractor staff are sometimes used on a regnlar basis. Contractor staff are often used at short notice to cover for sickness or other nnplanned absences, or to provide additional resources at peak busy periods to supplement the existing operators. Another area that may involve the use of contractor staff is the logistics and transportation process that delivers the goods to the licensed wholesaler. In this instance, often the entire operation is snbcontracted to a third party. 

Regardless if the product is a traditional pharmaceutical or is a product of biotechnology, one common regulatory theme is always present. That is, the company employing a contractor retains responsibility for the product being manufactured and for ensuring that the contractor remains in compliance with the terms of the license and with cGMPs. 

The technical know-how for the process could come from the operating company or could be licensed from the contractor or a technology vendor. The operating company, technology provider, and contractor will work closely together throughout all stages of the project. 

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