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Immediately after any emergency, the emergency coordinator shall make arrangements for <br />treating, storing and/or disposing of rccovertd waste, contaminated soil or surface water, <br />or any other material resulting from the incident. Unless the owner/operator of the facility <br />demonstrates that the recovered material is not a hazardous waste, the owner/operator is <br />considered a hazardous waste gene:acor and must comply with all applicable generator <br />requirements. The emergency coordinator must ensure that until the released material is <br />completely cleaned up, no waste that may be incompatible with the released material may be <br />transferred., treated, stored or disposed of in the affected areas. In addition the emergency <br />coordinator must ensu that all emergency equipment listed in the contingency plan is clean <br />and fit for its intended use before facility operations resume. In order to resume operations <br />in the affcctcd areas, the owner/opc,ator of the facility must notify the Department and <br />appropriate state and local authorities that no incompatible wastes are in contact with the <br />affected areas and all emergency equipment listed in the contingency plan is ready for use. <br />Any time the contingency pian is used, the owner/operator must note in its operating record <br />the time, date and details of the incident. The owner/operator must also submit a repomm <br />the Department within 15 days after the incident including the name, address and telephone <br />number of the owner/operator, the name address and telephone number of the facility; the <br />date, time, and type of incident; the name and quantity of materials involved; the extent of <br />any injuries; an assessment of any actual or potential hazards to human health or the <br />environment and the estimated quantity and disposition of recovered material that resulted <br />from the incidcnL <br />Emergency Services — The plan shall describe arrangements made with local police <br />departments, fire departments, hospitals, contractors and local and state emergency <br />response teams to provide emergency services. This clement is intended to familiarize local <br />fire, police and emergency response teams with the facility layout, the properties of the <br />hazardous ��aste handled at the facility, locations where facility employees typically work, <br />entrances-toand roads within the facility and possible evacuation mutes. This provision <br />also famirfarikcs local hospitals with the properties of the hazardous wastes managed at the <br />facility and the types of injuries or illnesses that could result from emergencies. Finally, <br />this clement describes the agreements made with State emergency response teams, <br />emergency response contractors and equipment suppliers. This element also describes the <br />local agency with primary emergency authority and the local agencies providing supporting <br />emergency response in those instances where more than one fire or police department may <br />respond. <br />