Optical Telecommunications, Inc.

Version: 2Q05 Standard ICA
07/06/05
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY
PRINCIPLES
Attachment 4 – Remote Site
Exhibit A
Page 33
The following principles provide basic guidance on environmental and safety issues when
applying for and establishing physical collocation arrangements.
1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
1.1 Compliance with Applicable Law. BellSouth and OTI agree to comply with
applicable federal, state, and local environmental and safety laws and regulations
including USEPA regulations issued under the CAA, CWA, RCRA, CERCLA,
SARA, the TSCA, OSHA regulations, NFPA, NEC and NESC (Applicable Laws)
requirements. Each Party shall notify the other if compliance inspections are
conducted by regulatory agencies and/or citations are issued that relate to any
aspect of this Attachment.
1.2 Notice. BellSouth and OTI shall provide notice to the other, including any
MSDSs, of known and recognized physical hazards or Hazardous Chemicals
existing on site or brought on site. A Hazardous Chemical inventory list is posted
on an OSHA Poster and updated annually at each Central Office. This Poster is
normally located near the front entrance of the building or in the lounge area.
Each Party is required to provide specific notice for known potential Imminent
Danger conditions. OTI should contact 1-800-743-6737 for any BellSouth MSDS
required.
1.3 Practices/Procedures. BellSouth may make available additional environmental
control procedures for OTI to follow when working at a BellSouth Remote Site
Location (see Section 2, below). These practices/procedures will represent the
regular work practices required to be followed by the employees and suppliers of
BellSouth for environmental protection. OTI will require its suppliers, agents,
Guests and others accessing the BellSouth Remote Site Location to comply with
these practices. Section 2 below lists the Environmental categories where BST
practices should be followed by OTI when operating in the BellSouth Remote Site
Location.
1.4 Environmental and Safety Inspections. BellSouth reserves the right to inspect
OTI’s Remote Collocation Space with proper notification. BellSouth reserves the
right to stop any OTI work operation that imposes Imminent Danger to the
environment, employees or other persons in or around a Remote Site Location.
1.5 Hazardous Materials Brought On Site. Any hazardous materials brought into,
used, stored or abandoned a BellSouth Remote Site Location by OTI are owned
by and considered the property of OTI. OTI will indemnify BellSouth for claims,
lawsuits or damages to persons or property caused by these materials. Without
prior written BellSouth approval, no substantial new safety or environmental
hazards can be created by OTI or different hazardous materials used by OTI at the
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