Meth Lab Cleaning

Meth Lab Cleaning

Drug Lab Located ? Premises secured as a ?Crime Scene? by police, Forensic & Drug Squad officers remove chemicals, drugs, laboratory apparatus etc used in manufacturing process. Police notify the Local Council Authority (Health Compliance Officer) of the drug lab locality & issue a Site Assessment Report for Council action.
Council Action ? Council notifies the property owner & orders a preliminary assessment to determine possible risk & contamination levels. Preliminary testing can be completed by a qualified restoration technician ([email protected]) or a hygienist. Samples swabs are forwarded under strict guidelines to a Laboratory for testing & analysis. These results are then used to determine the extent of contamination & formulate a Remediation Action Plan (RAP) if required.
Initial Assessment ? Where analysis results go below the Crime Commission (ACC) contamination levels of 0.5 micrograms per one hundred square centimetres (0.5μg/100cm2) no remediation will be necessary, a clearance certificate will be issued by the testing laboratory & Council will notify the owner.
Remediation Required ? Where a Risk is identified & analysis reveals contamination above 0.5 μg/100cm2 the Appropriate Authority issues a Pollution Control/Prohibition Order or other Environmental Order against the property (and owner), which varies from State to State. Remediation cleaning will then be required to remove hazardous levels of methamphetamine, whereby an independent assessment is then completed to confirm if remediation has been successful. If readings are below the guidelines then a clearance will be issued, otherwise further remediation may be necessary ...read more