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LLNL Emergency Plan Rev-23 October 2017 68 EALs in use at LLNL also allow for discretionary implementation by the responsible EMDO. Additionally, the EMDO will use the North America Emergency Response Guidebook (or “Orange Book” – latest edition) for categorization and classification of transportation-related HazMat events. The EMDO Handbooks are updated when EALs change due to revisions to EPHAs. Locations of controlled copies of the EAL books may be found in Emergency Programs Organization files. Additional detail regarding EAL development and use may be found in Emergency Programs Organization plans/procedures. 5.2.2 Protective Action Sheets Description Protective Action Sheets (PASs) provide worst-case evacuation and shelter-in-place protective actions for analyzed events in EPHA facilities that have the potential of generating a hazardous material plume. PASs are derived directly from the pre-determined protective action and protective action recommendation information found in the corresponding facility EAL matrix. ACFD ICs use the PASs and their professional fire service training to determine initial protective actions for incidents/events involving hazardous materials and scenarios identified in facility- specific EPHAs. 5.2.3 Use of Emergency Action Levels and Protective Action Sheets All ACFD ICs (Captains and Battalion Chiefs) resident at LLNL are trained on PAS information, including event description, conservative protective actions, and when to contact the EMDO to inform him/her that an Operational Emergency might be in progress. PASs are included with Fire Department run cards brought to the event scene. Upon arrival at an incident scene, the ACFD IC gathers information about the incident and contacts the EMDO, who consults with the IC to determine whether or not the incident is an Operational Emergency based on the applicable EALs. The ACFD IC should issue conservative protective actions as prescribed in PASs for onsite populations, and should consider implementing protective actions for offsite populations if prescribed in PASs for General Emergency events. In the unexpected event that an IC issues protective actions that are not as conservative as prescribed by the PAS, it is the duty of the EMDO to advise the IC on the default EAL protective action distances for both onsite and offsite populations. Unless the IC believes the default guidance would cause more harm than good, the most conservative protective actions should always be implemented onsite. For offsite populations, Laboratory authorities can only make recommendations on what protective actions to implement, based on default guidance provided in EALs and consequence assessment information. It is the responsibility of the ACFD IC or local law enforcement to ensure offsite personnel are properly protected.