Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 279.1 - HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT: STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF USED OIL › Part 279 - STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF USED OIL › Subpart 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 rerefining
					 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:
(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 hand-held 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.
(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.
(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.
(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.