(a) No later than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of enactment of this chapter, the Fire Chief of the City of Cleveland, in consultation with the Hazardous Chemicals Committee created under Section 393.16 of this chapter, shall compile a Master List of Toxic and/or Hazardous Chemicals, using as reference the sources in Subsections 393.04(a)(1)-(8). The Fire Chief may indicate a threshold quantity and/or concentration hazard level, using appropriate references, including the Cleveland Fire Prevention Code and the Ohio Fire Code. Substances whose aggregate presence in the workplace falls below the stated threshold levels shall be excluded from regulation under this chapter. The Master List shall indicate which chemicals were listed as carcinogens, sensitizers, reproductive toxins or mutagens on the source list.
(1) The occupational Safety and Health Administrator’s list of Toxic and Hazardous Substances, 29 C.F.R. 1910, Subpart Z.
(2) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Hazardous Materials Table, 49 C.F.R. 172.101.
(3) The American Conference of Governmental and Industrial Hygienist’s list entitled “Threshold Limit Value for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents in the Workplace.”
(4) The International Agency for Research on Cancer’s sublist entitled “Substances found to have at least sufficient evidence of carcinogenity in animals.”
(5) The National Toxicology Program’s list of chemicals published in the annual report on carcinogens.
(6) The “Chemical Hazards to Human Reproduction” list, by Ian Nisbet and Nathan J. Karch; Clement Associates, Inc. Arlington, Virginia; 1983.
(7) The sensitizer list in “Index of signs and symptoms of Industrial Diseases”, the Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health; 1980 or such other list of sensitizers which the Fire Chief determines is appropriate.
(8) Such other substances as the Fire Chief deems hazardous.
(b) In consultation with the Hazardous Chemicals Committee created under Section 393.16 of this chapter, the Fire Chief shall review such lists at least annually. He or she shall make revisions of the Master List as often as is necessary, arrange for publishing them in the City Record, and place them on file in the Public Administration Library and in every City fire station.
(c) The Fire Chief shall append to the Master List and annually revise a description of all mixtures determined not to be hazardous and/or toxic chemicals under Section 393.03(i).
(Ord. No. 2704-B-83. Passed 3-4-85, eff. 4-13-85)