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PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 4 COMMUNITY HEALTH

1 Community Health and Safety Requirements

2. Infrastructure and Equipment Safety

3 Hazardous
Materials Safety

4 Environmental and Natural Resource Issues

5 Community Exposure to Disease

6 Emergency Preparedness and Response

7. Security Personnel Requirements

3. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

Prevent or minimise the potential for community exposure to hazardous materials that may be released.

Exercise special care to avoid or minimize exposure to the community (including workers and their families) of hazards, particularly those that may be life-threatening.

Modify, substitute or eliminate the condition or substance causing the hazards.

Exercise special care when conducting decommissioning activities in order to prevent exposure to the community.

Exercise commercially reasonable efforts to control the safety of deliveries of raw materials and of transportation and disposal of wastes,

Implement measures to avoid or control community exposure to pesticides

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