Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Title 310 CMR 30.000 - Hazardous waste › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 30.521 - Purpose, Content, and Implementation of Contingency Plan

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) Each owner or operator shall have a
				contingency plan for each facility. The contingency plan shall be designed to
				prevent and to minimize hazards to public health, safety, or welfare or the
				environment from fires, explosions, spills or any other unplanned sudden or
				non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air,
				soil, surface water, or ground water.
(2) The provisions of the contingency plan
				shall be carried out immediately whenever there is a potential for, or there
				actually is, a fire, explosion, or other release of hazardous waste or waste
				constituents which could threaten public health, safety, or welfare, or the
				environment.
(3) The contingency
				plan shall contain a clear outline of the lines of communication among facility
				personnel and shall describe the actions facility personnel shall take to
				comply with 310 CMR 30.521(1) and (2), and the equipment to be used and the
				actions to be taken to comply with
				310 CMR
				30.524(6), in response to
				potential or actual fires, explosions, or any other unplanned sudden or
				non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air,
				soil, surface water or ground water.
(4) If the owner or operator has already
				prepared a Spill Prevention, Control, and Counter-measures (SPCC) Plan in
				compliance with 40 CFR Part 112 or Part 151, or some other emergency or
				contingency plan, the owner or operator need only add to that plan whatever is
				necessary to comply with 310 CMR 30.521.
(5) The owner or operator shall make every
				reasonable attempt to make the following arrangements, as appropriate for the
				type of hazardous waste handled at the facility and the potential need for the
				services of the organizations referred to below, and the contingency plan shall
				describe all of the said arrangements:
(a)
				Arrangements to familiarize police departments, fire departments, local boards
				of health and emergency response teams with the layout of the facility,
				properties of hazardous waste handled at the facility, hazards associated with
				such wastes, places where facility personnel would normally be working,
				entrances to and roads inside the facility, and possible evacuation
				routes.
(b) If more than one police
				department and/or fire department might respond to an emergency, agreements
				designating the specific police department and/or specific fire department
				which shall have primary emergency authority, and agreements with any other
				police department(s) and/or fire department(s) to provide support to whoever
				has primary emergency authority;
(c) Agreements with State emergency response
				teams, emergency response contractors, local boards of health, and equipment
				suppliers.
(d) Arrangements to
				familiarize local hospitals with the properties of hazardous waste handled at
				the facility and the types of injuries or illnesses which could result from
				fires, explosions, or other releases at the facility.