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Ch. 15, Art. 4-1 <br />Article 4. Contingency Plan and Emergency Procedures <br />§66265.50. Applicability. <br />The regulations in this article apply to owners and operators of all hazardous waste facilities, except as <br />section 66265.1 provides otherwise. <br />NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 208, 25150 and 25159, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25159 and <br />25159.5, Health and Safety Code; 40 CFR Section 265.50. <br />HISTORY <br />1. New section filed 5-24-91; operative 7-1-91 (Register 91, No. 22). <br />§66265.51. Purpose and Implementation of Contingency Plan. <br />(a) Each owner or operator shall have a contingency plan for the facility. The contingency plan shall be <br />designed to minimize hazards to human health or the environment from fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden <br />or non -sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil, or surface water. <br />(b) The provisions of the plan shall be carried out immediately whenever there is a fire, explosion, or release <br />of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents which could threaten human health or the environment. <br />NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 208, 25150 and 25159, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25159 and <br />25159.5, Health and Safety Code; 40 CFR Section 265.51. <br />HISTORY <br />1. New section filed 5-24-91; operative 7-1-91 (Register 91, No. 22). <br />§66265.52. Content of Contingency Plan. <br />(a) The contingency plan shall describe the actions facility personnel shall take to comply with sections <br />66265.51 and 66265.56 in response to fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or non -sudden release of <br />hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil, or surface water at the facility. <br />(b) If the owner or operator has already prepared a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) <br />Plan in accordance with 40 CFR Part 112, or 40 CFR Part 1510, or some other emergency or contingency plan, the <br />owner or operator need only amend that plan to incorporate hazardous waste management provisions that are <br />sufficient to comply with the requirements of this chapter. <br />(c) The plan shall describe arrangements agreed to by local police departments, fire departments, hospitals, <br />contractors, and State and local emergency response teams to coordinate emergency services, pursuant to section <br />66265.37. <br />(d) The plan shall list names, addresses, and phone numbers (office and home) of all persons qualified to <br />act as emergency coordinator (see section 66265.55), and this list shall be kept up to date. Where more than one <br />person is listed, one shall be named as primary emergency coordinator and others shall be listed in the order in which <br />they will assume responsibility as alternates. <br />(e) The plan shall include a list of all emergency equipment at the facility (such as fire extinguishing systems, <br />spill control equipment, communications and alarm systems (internal and external), and decontamination equipment), <br />where this equipment is required. This list shall be kept up to date. In addition, the plan shall include the location and <br />a physical description of each item on the list, and a brief outline of its capabilities. <br />(f) The plan shall include an evacuation plan for facility personnel where there is a possibility that evacuation <br />could be necessary. This plan shall describe signal(s) to be used to begin evacuation, evacuation routes, and <br />alternate evacuation routes (in rases where the primary routes could be blocked by releases of hazardous waste or <br />fires). <br />(g) The plan shall include the current telephone number of the State Office of Emergency Services. <br />NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 208, 25150 and 25159, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25159 and <br />25159.5, Health and Safety Code; 40 CFR Section 265.52. <br />HISTORY <br />1. New section filed 5-24-91; operative 7-1-91 (Register 91, No. 22). <br />§66265.53. Copies of Contingency Plan. <br />A copy of the contingency plan and all revisions to the plan shall be: <br />(a) maintained at the facility; and <br />(b) submitted to all local police departments, fire departments, hospitals, and State and local emergency <br />response teams that may be called upon to provide emergency services. <br />NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 208, 25150 and 25159, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25159 and <br />25159.5, Health and Safety Code; 40 CFR Section 265.53. <br />HISTORY <br />1. New section filed 5-24-91; operative 7-1-91 (Register 91, No. 22). <br />§66265.54. Amendment of Contingency Plan. <br />The contingency plan shall be reviewed, and immediately amended, if necessary, whenever. <br />Unofficial Title 22 C 2005 State of California, all rights reserved. May not be commercially reproduced or sold. 02/04/04 <br />