NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
TO: Admin. Unit , Batt. / Via: Division: /
FROM: Peter J. Ganci, Jr. EHS
RE: Hazardous Materials Information Filing
DATE: _________________________________
Under Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (“SARA”) of 197i
New York State General Municipal Law/Section 209-U, as well as local laws, facilities \
store or handle certain hazardous substance within New York City must file relevant inforrr
concerning those substances with the Fire Department. The information filed with the
Department is made up of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), which are a manufact'
summary of a product's potential hazards; Facility Inventory Forms (FIF), which were deve
to fulfill Federal and City filing requirements; and form 209-U, which covers New York
filing requirements. Section 209-U of the General Municipal law.
The Bureau of Operation's Toxic Substance Unit is the recipient of the foregoing informatit
is that Unit's responsibility to gather all the hazardous materials information filed with th
and ensure that each administrative unit, via the Division Command, receives the data •
pertains to its district.
Enclosed is a copy of the hazardous substance filings, which pertain to your administ
district. Company Commanders should review this information and consider pre-in
planning items such as: entry into the CIDS program, target hazard program, facility drills,
Particular attention should be paid to the box marked “EHS”, i.e., ExtremelyJHggg.
Substances.
Units having any questions regarding this procedure should contact the Toxic Substance
Bureau of Operations, at (718) 999-2125,26, Fax: (718) 999-0034.
Peter J. Ganci, Jr.
Chief of Operations
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