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Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG ) Program Florida Department of Law Enforcement enforcement and other governmental personnel involved ; (2 ) any residents , occupants , users , and neighbors of the site of a seized clandestine laboratory; (3 ) the seized laboratory site's immediate and surrounding environment of the site(s ) where any remaining chemicals , equipment , and waste form a seized laboratory's operations are placed or come to rest . Therefore , the subgrantee further agrees that in order to avoid or mitigate the possible adverse health , safety and environmental impacts from any of clandestine methamphetamine operations funded under this award , it will ( 1 ) include the nine , below listed protective measures or components ; (2 ) provide for their adequate funding to include funding , as necessary, beyond that provided by this award ; and (3 ) implement these protective measures directly throughout the life of the subgrant . In so doing , the subgrantee understands that it may implement these protective measures directly through the use of its own resources and staff or may secure the qualified services of other agencies , contractor or other qualified third party. 1 . Provide medical screening of personnel assigned or to be assigned by the subgrantee to the seizure or closure if of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories ; 2 . Provide Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA) required initial and refresher training for law enforcement officials and other personnel assigned by the subgrantee to either the seizure or closure of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories ; 3 . As determined by their specific duties , equip personnel assigned to the project with OSHA required protective wear and other required safety equipment; 4 . Assign properly trained personnel to prepare a comprehensive contamination report on each closed laboratory; 5 . Employ qualified disposal contractors to remove all chemicals and associated glassware, equipment , and contaminated materials and wastes from the site(s ) of each seized clandestine laboratory; 6 . Dispose of the chemicals , equipment, and contaminated materials and wastes removed from the sites of seized laboratories at properly licensed disposal facilities or, when allowable , properly licensed recycling facilities ; 7 . Monitor the transport, disposal , and recycling components of subparagraphs 5 . and 6 . immediately above in order to ensure proper compliance ; 8 . Have in place and implement an inter-agency agreement or other form of commitment with a responsible State environmental agency that provides for that agency's (i ) timely evaluation of the environmental conditions at and around the site of a closed clandestine laboratory and (ii ) coordination with the responsible party, property owner, or others to ensure that ant residual contamination is remediated , if necessary, and in accordance with existing State and Federal requirements ; and 9 . Included among the personnel involved in seizing of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories , or have immediate access to , qualified personnel who can respond to the potential health needs of any offender(s )' children or other children present or living at the seized laboratory site . Response actions should include, at a minimum and as necessary, taking children into protective custody, immediately testing them for methamphetamine toxicity, and arranging for any necessary follow- up medical tests , examinations or health care . SFY 2006 Page 12