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Hazardous Materials & Waste Contingency Plan Kaiser Permanente Tracy Medical office 1 /01 / 19 - 12/31 / 19 (b) Storage area description with storage methods utilized , including duration and temperature, if applicable. • The facility maintains a secured area for storage of hazardous waste pending disposal preventing unauthorized entry . • The storage area is marked with .warnings that read in English and Spanish "Danger Hazardous Waste Accumulation Area—Unauthorized Personnel Keep Out" . These signs are legible from a distance of at least 25 feet. • Hazardous waste storage area is protected from exposure to sun and rain . • Secondary containment is required for hazardous waste . • Hazardous waste shall not be E tored on-site for more than 90 days prior to disposal . (c) Registered hazardous waste The alternate hazardous waste hauler is : hauler is : • Clean Harbors • Ramos Environmental Services, Reg . No . Environmental Services 0518 1030 Commercial Street, 1515 South River rd Suite 107 West Sacramento, CA 95691 San Jose, CA 95112 (916) 371 -5747 (916) 375 -2611 x2036 • Additional Waste haulers will be contacted in the event the alternate medical waste hauler is unavailable [List of additional waste hauler contacts are located inside Hazardous Waste Manifest Binder managed by Environmental Services (EVS ) department] . (d) Do you have tracking documents for all hazardous waste handled at your facility? • The Kaiser Compliance document for record keeping states Manifest documentation must be kept for life ! Uniformed hazardous waste manifest and land disposal restriction (LDR) forms will be retained permanently. (e) Describe your hazardous waste emergency action plan, including procedures 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 material/waste or hazardous material/ waste constituents to the air, soil or surface water which could threaten human health or the environment. 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 California Code of 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 fails during an emergency, the facility changes, the contents of the plan change or the regulations change .