How Does HAZWOPER Apply to Clandestine Drug Labs?
HAZWOPER applies to police and clean-up personnel who deal with clandestine drug labs.
Clandestine Lab Cleanup (Methamphetamine Lab)
- Local police must follow their agency's clandestine drug laboratory policy which also serves as a model for other police agencies and response teams.
- State police must also be certified under their agency's standards for clandestine drug operations and meet HAZWOPER training requirements for emergency response and post-emergency-response operations as part of the certification.
HAZWOPER rules apply to police tactical operations and hazardous substance removal from drug lab sites. Unless information to the contrary is available, clandestine drug labs are assumed to be chemically contaminated and HAZWOPER 1910.120(q) applies.
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