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AECOM 4.5.6 Level A Ensemble The Level A ensemble provides the highest level of both respiratory and skin protection, up to and including protection against skin contact with vapor-phase contaminants. The use of Level A PPE requires prior approval by the Americas SH&E Director. Specific Level A ensemble components will be determined on a case-by-case basis by the SH&E Department. 4.6 Emergency Response Plans 4.6.1 A Location Specific Emergency Response Plan shall be developed and implemented to handle anticipated emergencies prior to performing emergency response operations.The plan shall be in writing and available for inspection and copying by employees, their representatives, and OSHA personnel. The plan shall be reviewed and approved by the SH&E Manager prior to issue. 4.6.2 AECOM'S S3AM-010-PR1 Emergency Response Planning shall apply and employees shall evacuate from the danger area whenever an emergency occurs, provided the associated contract does not require AECOM to provide emergency response services 4.6.3 AECOM Employees are not expected to take action or to participate in rescues or responses to chemical releases beyond the initial discovery of the release and immediate mitigation actions such as closing a valve, placing absorbents, and notifying the client and or public emergency response system (911). • If AECOM Employees are to participate in the response to a chemical release beyond the initial reaction,there shall be a contractual provision for this response and the Employees shall be specifically trained for this response; • This document is designed to provide guidelines on how to prepare a written plan that will confirm prompt and proper response to an emergency situation that arises during field investigations and to outline the duties of AECOM Employees during a field emergency and the associated training requirements. 4.6.4 Site specific SH&E plans that are prepared to comply with the HAZWOPER standard (29 CFR 1910.120)shall address emergency response.This standard specifically outlines the elements that shall be contained in an emergency response plan. However, the definition of emergency response, as written in 29 CFR 1910.120,focuses on emergencies involving the uncontrolled release of hazardous substances. Under 29 CFR 1910.120, an employer can opt to evacuate employees from the danger area when such an emergency occurs.AECOM does not expect its Employees to actively assist in the handling of uncontrollable chemical releases that may occur during the implementation of field programs.As such, and as provided by the HAZWOPER standard,AECOM is exempt from the emergency response plan requirements of the standard as long as it provides an emergency action plan within the SH&E PLAN that complies with 29 CFR 1910.38 (a). Therefore, all emergency response plans required under 29 CFR 1910.120 will be written to comply with 29 CFR 1910.38(a). • There are two types of emergency situations that AECOM personnel shall be prepared for and that shall be addressed in the emergency response plan. These include: o Emergencies related to the operations of our clients at the facility where AECOM is working; o Emergencies related to our own on-site activities/investigations. • Employees are not to accept the role of Incident Commander without specific authority from the SH&E Manager and the Manager responsible for the project.Assuming the role of the Incident Commander requires training beyond the scope of this Procedure. Hazardous Waste Operations(S3AM-117-PR1) Revision 3 July31,2019 PRINTED COPIES ARE UNCONTROLLED. CONTROLLED COPY IS AVAILABLE ON COMPANY INTRANET. 12 of 21