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® telephone number posted on a sign to be located at the site entrance to notify <br /> the SSO. This emergency telephone number will be responded to 24 hours a <br /> day. <br /> 5.4 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES <br /> General emergency response procedures for fire, explosions, earthquakes, <br /> floods, vandalism, release of waste products to air and soil, or surface drainage <br /> problems, are described below. <br /> • Remove all non-essential employees from the vicinity of the incident. <br /> • Remove non-essential equipment, if it can be done safely, from the vicinity of <br /> the incident. <br /> • Determine and identify the nearest source of available equipment and <br /> supplies for responding to the incident. <br /> • Determine the degree of risk to human health and safety for persons to be <br /> working in the vicinity of the emergency prior to sending in people to control <br /> the emergency. <br /> • Determine the immediate risk to the environment. If the risk is imminent, it <br /> should be determined whether or not the emergency can be safely isolated <br /> to minimize damage to the environment. <br /> • Determine the appropriate agencies to call given a particular type of <br /> emergency. <br /> • When practicable, the SSO may utilize on-site personnel to control the <br /> incident. <br /> • The Site Superintendent or his designee will be responsible for site personnel <br /> safety. Site personnel will communicate any damage and/or injury reports to <br /> the SSO and will coordinate all emergency actions directed by the SSO. <br /> • Site personnel will be available for inspection of the landfill after an incident <br /> occurs. All crew members will be supplied with appropriate personal <br /> protective clothing, as required by the SSO, when conducting inspections of <br /> the site for possible design failure. All findings will be reported to the SSO <br /> for action. <br /> • The SSO will immediately begin surveillance in those areas of the facility <br /> affected by the incident. In addition, monitoring will be conducted to <br /> prevent an incident from affecting other areas of the facility or adjacent <br /> properties. <br /> • Shut down any control system, such as the gas migration control or treatment <br /> systems, that have been damaged during an incident. <br /> Forward Landfill FPCPCMP 5-2 <br /> J:\Allied\Forward\2005.0051 Partial Closure\Partial Closure Plan\FL-sec 5.doc:6/9/2005 <br />