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Hazardous Materials & Waste Contingency Pian Kaiser Permanente Stockton Medical Offices 1/01/17-i2/31/17 SEP 19 2017 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTh (e) Describe your hazardous waste emergency action plan, including; USMYrt•' A for handling spills, exposures, equipment failures, etc. The Contingency Plan shall be carried out immediately whenever there is a fire.. explosion, spill or release of hazardous rnaterial/waste or hazardous material/ waste constituents to the air, soil or Surface water which could threaten human health or the environnient. This plan minimizes the hazards to human health and the environment that may occur as a result of emergencies involving hazardous materials/wastes. The regulations that specify the contingency plan requirements are found in the Cali lornia Code or Regulations (CCR), Title 22, Chapter 15, Article 4. beginning with §66265.50. As a generator that stores hazardous waste on-site. we are required to complete the contingency plan. We are to keep one copy of*the plan and submit a copy of the plan to each agency that may provide emergency response to our facilities. The plan must be revised whenever the plan !:ails during an emergency, the facility changes, the contents of the plan change or the regulations change. The Emergency Coordinator (Safety Officer) has authority to implement the contingency plan. In the event of ail emergency, the 161lowing personnel shall take responsibility as Emergency Coordinator (Appendix A and B). In the absence of the Emergency Coordinator, the Administrator-On-C:all is responsible. The cell phone number of those assigned as Emergency Coordinators will be maintained on file in the Operator's Directory. Whenever there is an imminent or actual emergency situation, the emergency coordinator (or designee) shall immediately: e Activate internal facility alarms or CornmUniCatrnn systems, where applicable, to notify all facility personnel: and • Notify appropriate State and local agencies with designated response roles if their help is needed. Whenever there is a release through spill, lire, or explosion, the emergency coordinator shall immediately identify the character, exact source, amount, and extent of any released materials. The emergency coordinator may do this by observation or review of the facility records or manifests and. ifnecessary, by chemical analysis. Concurrently, the emergency coordinator shall assess possible hazards to human health or the environment that may result from the release, fire. or explosion. This assessment shall consider both direct and indirect effects of release. fic, or explosion (e.g., the effects of any toxic. irritation, or asphyxiating gases that are generated, or the effects of any hazardOLIS surface water run-offs from water or chemical agents used to control fire and heat-induced explosions). If the emergency coordinator determines that the facility, has had a release, fire or explosion which could threaten human health, or the environment, outside the facility, the emergency coordinator Shall report the findings as follows: