Growth

1. Continue to provide technical expertise for all environmental, biological and ecological facets of the Carolina North project, the campus-wide master planning project, and the campus-wide storm water master planning project.
2. Establish radiation safety policies and licensing strategies, as applicable, for off-site UNC radiological facilities in the Research Triangle Park.
3. Determine and establish EHS – licensing and permitting for the Kannapolis Campus.
4. Develop licensing strategy for future cyclotron facility at both the MRI and the IRB Buildings as well as develop additional magnetic field safety policies for NMR and MRI units in these buildings.
5. The University Employee Occupational Health Clinic will explore options for new space meeting the criteria of being easily accessible for UNC employees. Upon identification of this space implement the actions required to move.

Compliance

1. A campus-wide environmental compliance audit will be conducted as required by the auditing agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency-Region 4. This audit will cover the major federal and state environmental regulatory programs, such as air, water, storm water, hazardous waste, spill prevention and pesticides. Final audit disclosure reports are due to EPA and DENR on or before January 1, 2009.
2. Implement, manage and oversee all provisions of the Storm water Plan to reduce pollutant discharges from the campus as required by the University’s Storm water permit of June, 2007. The first annual report to DENR is due August, 2008.
3. Implement the remediation of the Airport Road Disposal Area during 2008 in a timely, cost effective and environmentally safe manner.

Productivity

1. Complete the online upgrade to the Lab Safety Plan including chemical inventory process, radiation, and biological safety.
2. Continue to modify the existing e-510 electronic hazardous waste/materials management system to establish a continuous flow of electronic information from campus (generator) through HMF and to the eventual disposal site. These additional features will allow EHS to develop various drum, packing slip and facility inventory reports.
3. Implement the enhanced security requirements which require all users of radioactive materials in quantities of concern are trustworthy and reliable. This includes fingerprinting and detail requirements to be incorporated into employee position descriptions.
4. Develop an IAQ Database to track investigation progress of complaints and provide historical data to identify trends and common issues.
5. Develop a strategy in collaboration with Facilities Services to expand air handling unit cleaning to improve energy savings as well as enhanced indoor air quality.
6. Implement modifications to update HASMIS in regards to tracking Medical Case Management, NCIC forms status, RTW information, and phone logs for the Workers’ Compensation Program.
7. Finish the development of the Ergonomic database in support of the Ergonomics program. Conduct a survey of other Universities regarding DLAM work processes and ergonomic issues that result in increase Workers’ Compensation incidents.
8. Investigate and design a systematic method to collect, categorize, and prioritize all EHS complaints, assess the response during and after the complaint, with a database configured to analyze these complaints in order to identify trends, performance, and communication issues.

Training

1. Obtain and train additional biosafety staff in order to serve the increasing biosafety needs on campus, based on the increased number of biosafety level 2 and 3 laboratories, select agents and recombinant DNA protocols.
2. Develop or enhance biosafety training programs in the following areas:
   • Continue to work with Facilities Services to provide biosafety training to all HVAC staff and develop procedures for working on biosafety level 3 exhaust fans/motors/controls.
   • Develop online training for biohazard us waste management. Inventory and post information about waste management on or near each autoclave.
   • Finalize Recombinant DNA Decision Matrix and on line training for principal investigators.
   • Improve bloodborne pathogens training for Facilities Services employees.
   • Implement online training module for biosafety level 2 (BSL2) compliance. Require completion of BSL2 checklist for all new BSL2 laboratories. Provide more online guidance to principal investigators.
3. Continue to develop, implement and upgrade job specific on-line training programs such as Ladder Safety, Respiratory Protection for Energy Service, CoGen, Facility Maintenance Mechanics, EHS Emergency Responders and General Respiratory Protection.
4. Conduct a comprehensive review of the EHS website to identify required updates for compliance, increase ease of navigation and provide a customer feedback mechanism.