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Mason, Steve 

Tuesday, June 02, 2015 10:55 PM 

Franklin, Kathy; Belke, Jim 

Gioffre, Patricia; Nelson, Madeline 

RE: New Responder capital costs 

Attachments: Emergency Response Team Cost Estimate.xlsx 

Jim, here is our est imate of the amount it would cost to initially outfit an emergency response team for a facility ... 

I talked/worked with 2 emergency response contractors, as well as talking to 1 ammonia faci lity who has their own 

response team ... 

Our EPA warehouse contractor helps in purchasing our emergency response equipment, and was able to help with the 

pricing ... we did not use GSA pricing, as obviously most of the facilities would not be able to get that pricing, so we went 

with open market prices (what would be quoted to the normal facility seeking these products) ... 

A faci lity handling ammonia or chlorine (water treatment, refrigerated warehouse), or a small chemical company with a 

limited amount of various chemicals would probably need 4-6 people for a response team to appropriately respond to 

an incident... 

The attached spreadsheet is based on a 6 man team ... 

It can be scaled up or down for more or less people ... 

Did not include monitoring equipment, as probably the facility would already have some way to monitor for ammonia or 

chlorine ... 

Obviously, if it is an ammonia facility, you can remove the ch lorine kits ... depending on the type of cylinder used at a 

chlorine facility, either the A or B kit may not be needed ... 

Keep in mind, this is to initially equip such a team ... there would be ongoing maintenance costs, replacement cost s just 

due to age and wear, and replacement costs after an event... 

Hopefully, this helps ... let me know if you need any other information ... 

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LEVEL A SUITE $1,750.00 6 $10,500.00 

TYVEK SUIT (bulk pack) $200.00 1 $200.00 

HARD HATS $30.00 6 $180.00 

CRYOGENIC GLOVES $180.00 10 $1,800.00 

CHEMICAL RESISTANCE BOOTS $150.00 6 $900.00 

VINYL BOOT COVERS $7.00 6 $42.00 

NEOPRENE BOOT COVERS $100.00 6 $600.00 

NITRILE RUBBER GLOVES $12.00 6 $72.00 

VITON RUBBER GLOVES $10.00 6 $60.00 

PVC/NITRILE GLOVES $56.95 6 $341.70 

SELF CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS $5,500.00 6 $33,000.00 

SPARE BOTILES SCBA $800.00 6 $4,800.00 

DUCT TAPE $8.00 6 $48.00 

CHLORINE KIT '"A" $2,300.00 1 $2,300.00 

CHLORINE KIT '"B" $2,500.00 1 $2,500.00 

NON SPARKING TOOL KIT $900.00 1 $900.00 

STANDAR TOOL KIT $450.00 1 $450.00 

SHOVEL $45.00 2 $90.00 

BROOMS $38.00 6 $228.00 

DUST PANS $8.00 3 $24.00 

SQUEEGEE $21.00 4 $84.00 

DOLLY $219.00 3 $657.00 

SLEDGEHAMMER $55.00 3 $165.00 

BOLT CUTIER $85.00 1 $85.00 

SORBENT PADS (100/bundle) $64.00 1 $64.00 

NEUTRALIZER (5 gallon bucket) $436.00 1 $436.00 

PLASTIC SHEETING $43.00 3 $129.00 

TRASH BAGS (box of 100) $30.00 1 $30.00 

EYE WASH STATION $129.00 1 $129.00 

TRASH CANS $39.99 3 $119.97 

SCRUB BRUSHES $8.00 6 $48.00 

PAILS $3.00 6 $18.00 

PLASTIC POOLS $10.00 3 $30.00 

TOTAL COST $61,030.67 
From: Belke, Jim 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 3:46PM 

To: Mason, Steve 

Cc: Gioffre, Patricia; Franklin, Kathy; Nelson, Madeline 

Subject: FW: New Responder capital costs 

Steve- one of the things we will need to do for the proposed ru le is estimate the capital equipment costs for becoming 

a responding facility. So we are looking for advice on what types of response equipment purchases would be required 

for different types of facilities. See Patty's email below- can you give us an idea of what types of and how much 

equipment we should be looking at for the following types of facilities to become responders?: 

Ag ammonia retailers & ammonia refrigeration 

Chemical manufacturers 

Petroleum refineries 

Water/Wastewater treatment 

Gas processing 

Others? 

Thanks, 

Jim