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LLNL Emergency Plan Rev-22 January 2017 15 Emergency Planning Hazards Assessments. Of the approximately 749 facilities at LLNL, there are just six facilities or grouping of facilities at the Livermore Site 200 that, by the nature of the hazardous materials present, could experience events causing an Operational Emergency to be declared as described in detail in their respective EPHA documents. Additionally, there is one EPHA at Site 300. There are offsite (non-DOE) facilities identified in the EPHAs that might negatively impact the Livermore Site 200 by the release of hazardous chemicals such as chlorine gas and ammonia gas. There are no such facilities identified in the Site 300 vicinity. The Sandia National Laboratories/California site (located directly south of Livermore Site 200) is covered by its own emergency management program. Commercial and other vehicles unrelated to LLNL operations can transport hazardous materials on roads adjacent to the Livermore site and on Corral Hollow road south of Site 300. However, the main thoroughfare is Interstate 580, which is approximately one mile north of both the Livermore site and the northern boundary of Site 300. A railroad runs approximately one-quarter mile north of the Livermore site and one-and-a-half miles north of the northern boundary of Site 300. The manager of train operations reports that train engineers for Union Pacific Railroad always carry a manifest as well as emergency action plans dealing with the particular contents of a given train. Release of toxic materials from vehicles or trains could negatively impact either site. Grass fires originating offsite could impact Site 300 outer boundaries. The combination of gravel, asphalt, and concrete as roadway, work area, and building construction materials, along with onsite controlled burns, would limit combustible materials available to burn and reduce exposure of onsite personnel and hazardous materials to such fires. 1.4.1.3 Leased Facilities Emergency management planning and response for leased facilities at LLNL falls under the site’s Operational Emergency Base Program. A number of leased facilities are located within the eastern edge of the LLNL site bordering Greenville Road in an open, unclassified research and development space called the Livermore Valley Open Campus (LVOC). The LVOC houses conference space and collaboration facilities that connect industry with LLNL and Sandia National Laboratories/California partners. The LVOC is modeled after research and development campuses found at major industrial research parks and other DOE national laboratories with campus-like security, including a set of business and operating rules devised to enhance and accelerate international scientific collaboration and partnerships with U.S. government agencies, industry and academia.