Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 279 - HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF USED OIL › Subchapter F - STANDARDS FOR USED OIL PROCESSORS AND RE-REFINERS › Section 11-279-52 - General facility standards

Current through June, 2024
(a) Preparedness
				  and prevention. Owners and operators of used oil processing and re-refining
				  facilities must comply with the following requirements:
(1) Maintenance and operation of facility.
				  Facilities must be maintained and operated to minimize the possibility of a
				  fire, explosion, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of used oil to
				  air, soil, or surface water which could threaten human health or the
				  environment.
(2) Required
				  equipment. All facilities must be equipped with the following, unless none of
				  the hazards posed by used oil handled at the facility could require a
				  particular kind of equipment specified in subparagraphs (a)(2)(i) through (iv):
(i) An internal communications or alarm
				  system capable of providing immediate emergency instruction (voice or signal)
				  to facility personnel;
(ii) A
				  device, such as a telephone (immediately available at the scene of operations)
				  or a handheld two-way radio, capable of summoning emergency assistance from
				  local police departments, fire departments, or State or local emergency
				  response teams;
(iii) Portable fire
				  extinguishers, fire control equipment (including special extinguishing
				  equipment, such as that using foam, inert gas, or dry chemicals), spill control
				  equipment and decontamination equipment; and
(iv) Water at adequate volume and pressure to
				  supply water hose streams, or foam producing equipment, or automatic
				  sprinklers, or water spray systems.
(3) Testing and maintenance of equipment. All
				  facility communications or alarm systems, fire protection equipment, spill
				  control equipment, and decontamination equipment, where required, must be
				  tested and maintained as necessary to assure its proper operation in time of
				  emergency.
(4) Access to
				  communications or alarm system.
(i) Whenever
				  used oil is being poured, mixed, spread, or otherwise handled, all personnel
				  involved in the operation must have immediate access to an internal alarm or
				  emergency communication device, either directly or through visual or voice
				  contact with another employee, unless such a device is not required in
				  paragraph (a) (2).
(ii) If there is
				  ever just one employee on the premises while the facility is operating, the
				  employee must have immediate access to a device, such as a telephone
				  (immediately available at the scene of operation) or a hand-held two-way radio,
				  capable of summoning external emergency assistance, unless such a device is not
				  required in paragraph (a)(2).
(5) Required aisle space. The owner or
				  operator must maintain aisle space to allow the unobstructed movement of
				  personnel, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, and
				  decontamination equipment to any area of facility operation in an emergency,
				  unless aisle space is not needed for any of these purposes.
(6) Arrangements with local authorities.
(i) The owner or operator must attempt to
				  make the following arrangements, as appropriate for the type of used oil
				  handled at the facility and the potential need for the services of these
				  organizations:
(A) Arrangements to
				  familiarize police, fire departments, and emergency response teams with the
				  layout of the facility, properties of used oil handled at the facility and
				  associated hazards, places where facility personnel would normally be working,
				  entrances to roads inside the facility, and possible evacuation
				  routes;
(B) Where more than one
				  police and fire department might respond to an emergency, agreements
				  designating primary emergency authority to a specific police and a specific
				  fire department, and agreements with any others to provide support to the
				  primary emergency authority;
(C)
				  Agreements with State emergency response teams, emergency response contractors,
				  and equipment suppliers; and
(D)
				  Arrangements to familiarize local hospitals with the properties of used oil
				  handled at the facility and the types of injuries or illnesses which could
				  result from fires, explosions, or releases at the facility.
(ii) Where State or local
				  authorities decline to enter into such arrangements, the owner or operator must
				  document the refusal in the operating record.