Regulatory Affairs Manual
Ozone Depleting Substances Policy
Series 100
Policy 109.1
OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES POLICY
NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER SPECIFIC (NDC)
I. SCOPE
The National Distribution Center (NDC) at Somerville, NJ, which will inventory any
Class 1 Ozone depletors that Fisher Scientific distributes. Regulatory Affairs located in
Pittsburgh, who will maintain records of customer certifications.
II. POLICY STATEMENT
It is the policy of Fisher Scientific (the “Company”) to comply with the Environmental
Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act, in particular, Section 604 which limits the production
and consumption by issuing allowances or permits that are expended in the production
and importation of these chemicals.
III. COMPANY RESPONSIBILITIES
A. The Corporate Regulatory Affairs Department, in particular the Director of
Product Support (DPS) and the Manager, Product Stewardship (MPS), are
responsible for implementing this policy and assuring that it is understood by
employees and their supervisors.
B. The Purchasing Department for each manufacturing division is responsible for
understanding this regulation and must communicate with Regulatory Affairs any
wishes to purchase Class 1 ozone depletors for sale to our customers.
C. The Marketing Department for each manufacturing division is responsible to
provide Regulatory Affairs with information on new chemicals and their intended
use as sold, or if an intended use happens to change.
D. Inventory Control at NDC is responsible for ensuring that Class 1 ozone
depletors are held in the cage in order to ensure the customers fill out proper
paperwork before the material leaves the cage to be shipped.
III. PROCEDURES AND COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS
A. All Class One ozone depletors are to be identified as such, by the use of the control
code field on the mainframe (IMEN Screen 2). This code is to be populated with an
“O”.
B. All Class One ozone depletors are assigned a limited stock code to “SMV” only so
that receipt into another warehouse is not permitted.
C. All Class One ozone depletors are to be stored in the secure cage at NDC, which is
also used to store DEA List 1 chemicals.
D. All Class One ozone depletors are only to be sold after a customer certification (see
attachment) is filled out annually. These certifications are kept on file in both NDC
and Corporate Regulatory Affairs. Regulatory Affairs organizes the certifications in
a database, by account number. This database is sent to NDC periodically
(biweekly).
Approved By:
Effective Date: 01/04
, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs
Mandatory Discretionary 
Rev. # 1
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Regulatory Affairs Manual
Ozone Depleting Substances Policy
Series 100
Policy 109.1
E. Order procedure:
a. Customers place an order for an ozone depletor.
b. NDC receives the order.
c. NDC checks the copy of the customer certification database that Regulatory
Affairs provides.
d. If the customer’s certification and date of certification are present and active
within a year, NDC ships the product.
e. If no certification is found on file, NDC verifies that they have no recent
paperwork in the timeframe since their last update, and requests the certification
from the customer to be FAXed to them. NDC sends a copy to Regulatory
Affairs for entry into the database, with the customer’s account number written
on the document or FAX.
Approved By:
Effective Date: 01/04
, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs
Mandatory Discretionary 
Rev. # 1
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