EHS Commodity Codes
Updated January 17, 2025
Below are items requiring approval from EHS prior to release of the Purchase Requisition to the vendor.
| # | Items requiring prior approval from EHS |
|---|---|
| 01 | Above-ground storage tanks for petroleum products, hazardous waste and hazardous materials |
| 02 | Asbestos-containing materials (Asbestos Management Program - Operations and Maintenance Plan) |
| 03 | Biological safety cabinets |
| 04 | Canopy hoods, stationary/portable extractor (arm and nozzle) systems |
| 05 | Carcinogenic chemicals |
| 06 | Confined space entry equipment: body harness, tripod, winch, air monitoring equipment (for example, oxygen/VOC/multigas, LEL/flammable gas detectors) (Confined Space Entry) |
| 07 | Controlled substances (such as, narcotics and other drugs) |
| 08 | Dust or gas masks, respiratory equipment (Respiratory Protection Program) |
| 09 | Equipment emitting any air pollutant (for example, charbroilers, combustion sources—boilers, furnaces, heaters, incinerators, kilns) |
| 10 | Equipment with internal combustion engines, using gasoline, diesel, propane or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), including, but not limited to: generators, fork lifts, tractors, mowers, trenchers, loaders, wood chippers, landscaping equipment (excluding automobiles) |
| 11 | Explosives and blasting materials |
| 12 | Fall protection equipment: safety belts, safety ropes or harnesses, scaffolds, platforms, window cleaning safety devices, ladders, hoist and descent control devices |
| 13 | Fume hoods /fume extraction devices; ducted/ductless fume hoods and laminar flow hoods |
| 14 | Lasers and masers |
| 15 | Motorized Carts & Low Speed Vehicles |
| 16 | Magnets-MRIs/NMRs |
| 17 | Noise monitoring equipment: sound level meters or octave band analyzers |
| 18 | Noise/hearing protection equipment or devices |
| 19 | Particle accelerators |
| 20 | Pesticides, fungicides and herbicides, including over the counter products that carry an EPA Registration Number |
| 21 | Peroxide-forming chemicals |
| 22 | Portable air purifying devices (fans) |
| 23 | Pressure vessels (except gas cylinders) |
| 24 | Pyrophorics |
| 25 | Pyrotechnics |
| 26 | Radioactive materials, or devices which contain radioactive material, including sealed sources |
| 27 | Reactor vessels |
| 28 | Regulated Carcinogens (5209 chemicals) |
| 29 | Restricted-use materials |
| 30 | Select agents (virus, bacteria, fungi, rickettsiae) |
| 31 | Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas |
| 32 | Toxic gases |
| 33 | X-Ray diffraction/fluorescence machines, X-Ray machines and UV lamp fixtures |
| 34 | Tents and Canopies: Proposals or requests for the purchase or rental of all tents or canopies for use on university property, regardless of funding source, must be directed to Procurement Services on a High-Value Requisition. Tents and canopies must meet CCR Title-19 Chapter 2 Tent, Awning and Other Fabric Enclosusers and the labeling requirements within the latest adopted California Fire Code-Chapter 31. |