Laboratories throughout the University of Texas at Tyler provide a myriad of real-world learning activities for students, faculty and staff. The lab spaces however, because of their nature, can involve hazardous substances or materials. The safe removal of such material after a lab has served its use or undergoing retrofit is imperative for a safe and healthy work and educational environment. The Laboratory Decommissioning Program provides the tools necessary to maintain a safe environment as laboratories undergo changes in use, retrofit, or destruction, regardless of its occupancy or use.
Purpose
The Laboratory Decommissioning Program defines the applicability of the program involve all UT Tyler laboratory spaces where hazardous substances had/are used. Applicable spaces are then subject to the processes of this program. Laboratory decommissioning requires risk assessment, sampling, and mitigation of hazards associated with laboratories so closely follows the guidance of ANSI Z9.11 2016. The successful completion of laboratory decommissioning provides a safe and healthy space from which to provide new services.