Environmental Protection Committee

Purpose

The Committee is established by the Vice President of Finance and Administration to establish an Environmental Protection Program. The Committee is responsible for the education and operations of the Environmental Protection Program and has the authority to implement and enforce.

Membership

The Environmental Protection Committee shall consist of the following permanent members:

1. Director of Operations, Facilities Management
2. Environmental Services Manager, Facilities Management
3. Trades Services Manager, Facilities Management
4. Mechanical Planning Engineer, Facilities Management
5. Director, Office of Sustainability
6. Building Services Manager, Faculty of Medicine
7. Director, Environmental Health and Safety
8. Radiation Safety Officer and Biosafety Coordinator, Environmental Health and Safety
9. Chemical Safety Officer, Environmental Health and Safety

Committee members, by way of voting, may invite any expert (or authority) to participate in committee meetings to provide advice on specific issues.

Operations

1. Promote and advocate health, safety, and environmental protection.
2. Review policies and procedures for the management of hazardous, non-hazardous, and University waste.
3. Establish and review training programs.
4. Advise senior management of the need for additional resources to improve the Environmental Protection Program.
5. Assist with the preparation and submission of reports to regulatory agencies.
6. Review significant or unresolved instances of unusual occurrences and non-compliance with regulatory requirements.

Meetings

The Environmental Protection Committee shall meet monthly. Special meetings may be called at any time by the Chairperson. The schedule for the year will be established at the August meeting.

Any member may place items on the agenda for discussion. Items for inclusion on the agenda should be received by the Office of Environmental Health and Safety at least one week prior to the scheduled meeting to allow time for distribution of relevant documents to committee members.

Meetings will be conducted by the Chairperson. In the absence of the Chairperson, voting members in attendance will select a member as acting Chairperson.

At all meetings, a quorum will be one half of the Committee voting membership. The Committee will normally seek to operate by consensus without the need for formal votes. When a member requests a formal vote, a motion will be carried when supported by a majority of the voting members.

Reporting

The Committee is accountable to the Vice President of Finance and Administration by way of the University's Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee.