Purchasing Equipment: Prior Approval and Notification
To help assure a safe environment and conformance to various health, safety and environmental regulations, UW Purchasing requests approval from EH&S or gives notice to EH&S when a purchase for certain equipments, hazardous materials or services is received. If you are planning to purchase one of the following items and have questions about the requirements, please contact the EH&S staff person listed. Revised July 2009.
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Item Category * Contact Person Phone E-mail
Biological safety cabinets and laminar flow equipment

P

 Horace Lee 206.616.3778 leeh2@uw.edu
Cranes and Hoists

P

 Joseph Kwok 206.543.7388 jkwok@uw.edu
Electrical equipment such as transformers and capacitors filled with an insulating oil

N

 John Wallace 206.616.5835 xwallace@uw.edu
Fume Hoods

P

 John Kelly 206.543.0465 jek@uw.edu
Gas chromatograph

N

 Stan Addison 206.543.0463 rso@uw.edu
Items generating air polllutants or employing pollution abatement equipment

P

 Terry Nyman 206.685.9036 terryn@uw.edu
Lasers

N

 Stan Addison 206.543.0463 rso@uw.edu
Man Lifts

P

 Joseph Kwok 206.543.7388 jkwok@uw.edu
Photographic equipment

I

 Sheila Lockwood 206.616.5836 lockwood@uw.edu
Pressure vessels or systems operating at 15 psi or higher including autoclaves (excludes commercial compressed gas cyclinders).

P

 Joseph Kwok 206.543.7388 jkwok@uw.edu
Radiation detection instruments

N

 Stan Addison 206.543.0463 rso@uw.edu
Refrigerators/Freezers

I

 Darren Branum 206.543.0465 dlbranum@uw.edu
Solvent Distillation Recovery Units

P

 Mark Murray 206.616.6261 mmurray@uw.edu
Spray Booths

P

 Terry Nyman 206.695.9036 terryn@uw.edu
Vending machine services contracts for food

P

 Charles Easterberg 206.543.7388 easterbg@uw.edu
X-ray machines

N

 Stan Addison 206.543.0463 rso@uw.edu
Hazardous Materials
Biological agents requireing a waiver or indemnification for liability before a vendor will ship.

P

 Eric Stefansson 206.221.7770 estefans@uw.edu
Chemicals requiring a waiver or indemnification for liability before a vendor will ship.

P

 Sheila Lockwood
Rebecca Bullock		 206.616.5863
206.543.2033		 lockwood@uw.edu
bbullock@uw.edu
Dioxins

N

 Sheila Lockwood 206.616.5863 lockwood@uw.edu
Ethanol

I

 E-Procurement
Mercury bearing materials

I

 Sheila Lockwood 206.616.5836 lockwood@uw.edu
Ozone depleating substances

N

 Terry Nyman 206.685.9036 terryn@uw.edu
Pesticides or herbicides

P

 Charles Easterberg 206.543.7388 easterbg@uw.edu
Radioactive materials

P

 Julie Sober 206.543.7804 jsober@uw.edu
Select agents

P

 Eric Stefansson 206.221.7770 estefans@uw.edu
Toxic gases

N

 Darren Branum 206.616.5519 dlbranum@uw.edu
Services
End use certificates

N

 Carol Rhodes 206.543.2139 carhodes@uw.edu
Export/import controls

N

 Carol Rhodes 206.543.2139 carhodes@uw.edu
Food services

P

 Charles Easterberg 206.543.7388 easterbg@uw.edu
Concession operations/contracts

P

 Charles Easterberg 206.543.7388 easterbg@uw.edu
Hazardous materials transportation

I

 Matt Moeller 206.685.2849 maddmatt@uw.edu
Hazardous waste transportation

P

 Sheila Lockwood 206.616.5836 lockwood@uw.edu
Hazardous waste recycling contracts

P

 Sheila Lockwood 206.616.5836 lockwood@uw.edu
Pest control services contracts

P

 Charles Easterberg 206.543.7388 easterbg@uw.edu

  * Category Legend:   N=Notify    P=Prior    I=Inquiry

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