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o o o o CMAT AGGREGATES • TRUCKING Wo !n i"19?7 Cia!e!' rTJr<?,0 train emP,oy0es- contractors, and other staff on howto respondtoaspill yy® hav® f0llnd 0 simple simulated spilt to be far more effective In communicating how to properly respond to a spill than by having the participants Just listen to a classroom presentation. We call it the KIck-the-Bucket Drill. Here Is how this 20- minute anil works: ... * Fill a clean 5-gallon bucket with tap water * *dey,i’y a Plaoe lo s,a9® y°ur drill. Ideally, to make the simulation more Interesting, pick a location up-gradient of a or oUier hazards6™ fl0W leaVQS y0Ur sfte' Make 8Ura lhat the locaUon y°u seleo1 is to a safe place away from vehicle * Mtakb SfUre y°" kn°^,ha location of the spill equipment and cleanup supplies. Check to ascertain the condition and stock of supplies. Even if supplies are not adequately stocked or present, the demonstration will be meaningful if decisions 6 80 scovers toa* 1° P® toe case. It should lead to some meaningful conversations and, hopefully, * Make sure that you have permission to use some of the spill supplies for the spill response simulation. ... * Gather everyone around the bucket. Kick the bucket over while they are watching. ’ .SLplail? to0 scenario to them while they watch the water flow towards the drain. Usually, I will say something like lte.rStWe^ hurry‘nlout the9ate to go to lunch and they were in such a hurry that they forgot about the '5- spfflj ^UCke °f cu nQ 011 slttlng on tlielr tailgate. You walked out of the Job trailer and discovered this (point to the Vtl' ... . Ask the group: What should you do first? Walt for responses. When someone says that the spill response supplies should be used. Ask the group: Where are the supplies located? Walt for a response. If they don’t know, tell them where they can be found. Send a 2 or 3 people to go get them . While they are gone looking for and gathering the spill supplies. Ask the group: What did those who went to get the supplies not think of? Could vehicle or foot traffic move through this spill zone and make it worse? 9 Instruct 1 or 2 persons to stand In front of the spill and direct traffic around it. If traffic cones are available have someone grab them and set them up. drain Inlet, 3) recover the spilled material, and 4) clean up the contaminated surfaces and storm water conveyances iel? r'k (ll0m ,h^U9h th!S£; st.0ps- A3k the 0roup: How can wo k0®Ptha material from going down the drain? Let them suggest ways. Ask the group: Did any of the spilled material leave the site or go ul°J?^dra lu" .m.ay opvlous' Try to have placed the bucket so that this is unavoidable. Ask the group: Where does the drain Inlet discharge? If they don't know, ask them how they can find out. Ask the group: Is It important to know where the drain Inlet discharges? The answer is obviously “yes” * queXns°UP 11131 SPil1 h3S n°W bSen contalned and for 1110 most Part cleaned up. Ask the group the following What do we do about the spilled material that went into the drain Inlet and, presumably, off site? What do we do with the used absorbents and contaminated cleanup supplies? If the spill was on soil, what do we do with the contaminated soil? If the spill was on a paved surface, will a sheen or contaminants be present the next time storm water off by th^next^torm event? 8h0IJ,Ci b<> dOn°t0 k°GP Sh°an °r c°nfam,nants from boln9 washed * r.t0 We n00d to 10,1 or r0port t0 about this 3P|II? Ta,k torough the nofification requirements to GalOES, 9 1, the ocal hazardous materials oversight agency, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, and other agencies. In addition, talk about Internal company-specific notification, documentation, and reporting requirements