New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter IV - QUALITY SERVICES › Subchapter C - RADIATION › Part 383 - Regulations For Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities Financial Assurance Requirements › Subpart 383-12 - Emergency Response and Action Level Response Plans › Section 383-12.2 - Site safety and emergency response plan

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Site safety and emergency response plan
					 required. The permittee must establish and implement a site safety and emergency
					 response plan for responding to on-site emergencies that could either adversely
					 affect the environment or public health and safety or result in the failure of
					 the land disposal facility to meet the performance objectives. The site safety
					 and emergency response plan must be approved by the department in the
					 permit.
(b) Contents of site safety
					 and emergency response plan. The site safety and emergency response plan must
					 include the following:
(1) An identification of
					 each type of emergency for which a response might be needed, including fires and
					 explosions, vehicular accidents, major natural phenomena, and medical
					 emergencies. For underground mined repositories, the types of emergencies must
					 also include mining accidents, cave-ins, and methane gas explosions.
(2) A classification system for classifying, as
					 alerts or site area emergencies, those emergencies that could involve or affect
					 the waste at the disposal site.
(3)
					 Identification of the means of detecting, in a timely manner considering the type
					 and possible locations of an emergency, each type of emergency that was
					 identified as required by subdivision (a) of this section. The means of detecting
					 emergencies must include fire and smoke detectors, visual observation, and the
					 monitoring programs required by Subpart 383-10 of this Part.
(4) A description of the actions to be taken
					 and the equipment to be used for responding to each type of emergency and for
					 mitigating the consequences of the emergency; actions to be taken to extinguish
					 fires must minimize the spread of radioactive contamination by the material used
					 to extinguish the fire; the description must include a list and description of
					 the safety and emergency response equipment available on site, maps showing the
					 location of the equipment, a program for maintaining, inspecting, and operating
					 the equipment, and an identification of the individuals responsible for carrying
					 out that program.
(5) A list of all
					 on-site personnel who will be involved in the emergency responses and their
					 assigned responsibilities. The list must include the names, titles, telephone
					 numbers, and responsibilities of:
(i) the
					 Emergency Coordinator and assigned alternate(s) designated in accordance with
					 section
					 383-12.3  of
					 this Subpart; and
(ii) the
					 individuals who have the authority to stop work at the land disposal
					 facility.
(6) A
					 description of the methods and equipment to be used to determine the amount of
					 radioactive material released during each type of emergency.
(7) For each type of emergency, an estimate of
					 the range of the amount of radioactivity that could be released and the
					 recommendations for protection of off-site individuals that would be given to
					 off-site emergency responders.
(8)
					 Provisions for notifying off-site emergency responders and for coordinating the
					 actions of the permittee's personnel with the actions of the off-site emergency
					 responders. These provisions must include the establishment of a control point
					 and must be planned so that unavailability of some personnel, some parts of the
					 land disposal facility, and some equipment will not prevent the notification and
					 coordination. The permittee must notify the department, local government
					 officials and the State warning point immediately after notifying the off-site
					 emergency responders and not later than one hour after the permittee has declared
					 an alert or a site area emergency.
(9) For each type of emergency, a description
					 of the types of information that are to be given to the department, the State
					 warning point, and off-site emergency responders; this must include information
					 on the status of the land disposal facility, the estimated amount of radioactive
					 material released, and recommended protective actions, if they are
					 necessary.
(10) Identification of the
					 nearest hospital that is equipped and prepared to treat
					 radioactivity-contaminated individuals. The site safety and emergency response
					 plan must include, as an appendix, documentation of the hospital's capability and
					 agreement to treat such individuals.
(11) A site safety and emergency response
					 training program for the permittee's on-site personnel.
(12) A training program for off-site emergency
					 responders, to be conducted at the permittee's expense.
(13) Provisions and schedules for the exercises
					 and communication checks required by section
					 383-12.5 
					 of this Subpart.
(14) For each type
					 of emergency, a description of the actions to be taken and the equipment to be
					 used restore the land disposal facility to a safe condition after an emergency
					 has occurred and the extent to which the permittee will rely on off-site
					 emergency responders.