California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 12 - Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste › Article 9 - Preparedness, Prevention, and Emergency Procedures for Large Quantity Generators › Section 66262.261 - Content of Contingency Plan

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The
				  contingency plan shall describe the actions facility personnel shall take to
				  comply with sections 66262.260 and 66262.265 in response to fires, explosions,
				  or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous
				  waste constituents to air, soil, or surface water at the facility.
(b) If the large quantity generator has
				  already prepared a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plan
				  in accordance with 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 112, or some other
				  emergency or contingency plan, the generator need only amend that plan to
				  incorporate hazardous waste management provisions that are sufficient to comply
				  with the standards of this chapter.
(c) The plan shall describe arrangements
				  agreed to with the local police department, fire department, other emergency
				  response teams, emergency response contractors, equipment suppliers, local
				  hospitals or, if applicable, the Local Emergency Planning Committee, pursuant
				  to section 66262.256.
(d) The plan
				  shall list names, addresses, and emergency telephone numbers of all persons
				  qualified to act as emergency coordinator (see section 66262.264), and this
				  list shall be kept up to date. Where more than one person is listed, one shall
				  be named as primary emergency coordinator and others shall be listed in the
				  order in which they will assume responsibility as alternates. In situations
				  where the generator facility has an emergency coordinator continuously on duty
				  because it operates 24 hours per day, every day of the year, the plan may list
				  the staffed position (e.g., operations manager, shift coordinator, shift
				  operations supervisor) as well as an emergency telephone number that can be
				  guaranteed to be answered at all times.
(e) The plan shall include a list of all
				  emergency equipment at the facility [such as fire extinguishing systems, spill
				  control equipment, communications and alarm systems (internal and external),
				  and decontamination equipment], where this equipment is required. This list
				  shall be kept up to date. In addition, the plan shall include the location and
				  a physical description of each item on the list, and a brief outline of its
				  capabilities.
(f) The plan shall
				  include an evacuation plan for facility personnel where there is a possibility
				  that evacuation could be necessary. This plan shall describe signal(s) to be
				  used to begin evacuation, evacuation routes, and alternate evacuation routes
				  (in cases where the primary routes could be blocked by releases of hazardous
				  waste or fires).
(g) The plan shall
				  include the current telephone number of the state Office of Emergency
				  Services.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208, 25150 and 25159,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 25159 and 25159.5, Health and
						Safety Code; and 40 CFR
						Section
						262.261.