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CALTRANS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL Unless the employee is not medically qualified, all Maintenance personnel are designated Emergency Response Personnel for Hazardous Material/Waste Spills based on their level of training and capabilities. MITIGATION Highway Spills Our primary role is to identify and clean up all spills on the highway. This can be accomplished by trained Caltrans personnel, our Emergency Response Contractors, or specially trained responding agencies. We will assist the CHP with traffic control. The spiller (also known as the responsible party) shall be given the opportunity to clean up the spill site regardless of size. If it is the judgment of the Caltrans representative at the spill site that the responsible party or her/his agent is not qualified to perform the cleanup or, if the actions of the responsible party or her/his agent are not appropriate or timely, the Incident Commander shall be immediately notified. Care shall be taken to ensure that the responsible party retains all liability for the mitigation of the spill. If the responsible party does not have a qualified Emergency Response Contractor available or if the Caltrans representative is asked to provide an emergency Iresponse contractor recommendation, the Caltrans representative will provide the responsible party with a copy of Caltrans Emergency Response Contractors and phone numbers Appendix B. To ensure that the responsibility for mitigation costs remains with the responsible party, District 10 representative(s) shall not recommend a particular Emergency Response Contractor or contact the Emergency Response Contractor for the responsible party. Let the responsible party make the call; do not call for them. If the responsible party is not known or if the responsible party does not have a means to mitigate the spill site, the Caltrans representative at the spill site shall contact the District 10 Hazardous Material Manager to engage the services of a pre-approved Caltrans Emergency Response Contractor. District 10 Hazardous Material Manager shall be immediately informed in all instances when the services of a cleanup contractor or prearranged services such as from the county have been requested. Personnel trained to handle hazardous materials/waste are authorized to mitigate small spills. Caltrans personnel can mitigate a small spill is when the spilled material is known to be diesel fuel, antifreeze, hydraulic oil, gear oil, motor oils, grease or when spilled material is known and where a Code of Safe Operating Practices has been authorized.