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Hazardous Waste Contingency Plan The Home Depot Store #5857 3E will be notified by the Emergency Coordinator, or designee. Any immediate, verbal notifications will be made to regulatory agencies by 3E. Subsequent written reports will be prepared and submitted by The Home Depot Store Support Canter. Verbal reporting and notification requirements are described in the following subsections. 9. 3.1 Internal Reporting Requirements The person discovering the spill or incident first notifies the Emergency Coordinator, or another designated associate. The Emergency Coordinator will provide necessary guidance and/or actions to address the incident and determine if the Asset Protection Senior Managers, other Home Depot management, or 3E must be notified. 9.3.2 External Reporting Requirements If the Emergency Coordinator determines that the Site has experienced a release, fire, or explosion which could threaten human health or the environment outside the Site, the Emergency Coordinator or their designee must immediately call 911 to report the incident and notify local emergency response, and call 3E. 3E will then contact: • TCEQ Emergency Phone Number (refer to Table 3-2) • The National Response Center (NRC), if applicable Per 40 CFR 262.265 Part (d)(2), the emergency coordinator will immediately notify either the government official designated as the on -scene coordinator for that geographical area, or the National Response Center (using their 24-hour toll free number 800/424-8802). The report will include the following information: • Name and telephone number of reporter; • Name and address of facility; • Time and type of incident (e.g., release, fire); • Name and quantity of material(s) involved, to the extent known; • The extent of injuries, if any; and • The possible hazards to human health, or the environment, outside the facility. DA Evacuation If directed by the Emergency Coordinator to begin evacuation, associates will evacuate using the designated routes. In the event of an evacuation the emergency coordinator will sound the horn, followed by an announcement over the PA system. Associates will then exit the building following the evacuation routes and assemble at the designated meeting area. Customers, suppliers, vendors, and any other individuals will be alerted to evacuate the building using the nearest safe exit. 9.5 Termination and Follow -Up Actions Once the incident is fully under control, the Emergency Coordinator will follow appropriate clean-up and disposal measures provided by the HHM Program or by 3E, direct appropriate clean-up and disposal measures, or contract an emergency response crew through 3E to do so. The Emergency Coordinator, following instructions of the HHM Program or 3E, must also provide for storing, or disposing of recovered waste, contaminated soil or surface water, or any other material that results from a release, fire, or explosion at the Site. 16