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UNIVAR USA INC. unIVAR <br />CONTINGENCY PLAN <br />06/14/11 Replaces 03/10/10 <br />SECTION <br /> <br />SUBJECT PAGE 4 <br />FIVE <br /> <br />PRE-EMERGENCY PLANNING OF 15 <br />CHEMICAL SPILLS <br />Univar USA Inc. is committed to conducting its operations so as to minimize the risk to the <br />health and safety of the employees, contractors, customers, the public and environment. All <br />spills must be reported internally. There may be Federal, state and local reporting <br />requirements that must also be followed. <br />All contractors onsite that become aware of a spill shall immediately report the spill to the <br />branch operations manager or supervisor and leave the area. Appropriately trained Univar <br />branch personnel are the only persons authorized to clean-up spills. <br />This facility is equipped, at a minimum, to contain and clean-up incidental releases <br />for many types of hazardous materials. <br />Of greatest concern is a spill of a large amount of liquid hazardous material. Such spills <br />are most likely to occur at a tank farm where bulk tanks and tank trucks are located. <br />Large spills are less likely to occur in container storage areas or the repack areas. <br />However, the spill of even one container in a place, such as an open stormwater drain, can <br />be as disastrous as a large spill. <br />Regardless of the size of the spill, the first goal during an emergency response to <br />the spill is to confine the spill on-site. No spilled material or residue of a spilled <br />material should be allowed to migrate beyond our property boundaries. <br />DO NOT WASH DOWN ANY SPILL. <br />CONTACT THE REGIONAL OR CORPORATE <br />OPERATIONS STAFF FOR INSTRUCTIONS. <br />ALL SPILL RESIDUES MUST BE HANDLED AS IF THEY HAVE THE <br />POTENTIAL TO BECOME A HAZARDOUS WASTE. <br />Employees discovering a spill should alert the Emergency Coordinator first, then try to <br />control/contain the spill, if it is safe to do so. A "Buddy" system should be followed for any <br />emergency response. <br />The common types of liquid hazardous materials which may be handled at this branch can <br />be classified into six basic categories: chlorinated organics, corrosives, flammables, <br />oxidizers, poisons, and hazardous wastes. The following provides generalized instructions <br />for spill response; refer to the appropriate Material Safety Data Sheet for chemical specific <br />information.