South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-79 - Hazardous Waste Management Regulations › Part 61-79.262 - STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE › Subpart M - PREPAREDNESS, PREVENTION, AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR LARGE QUANTITY GENERATORS › Section 61-79.262.M.261 - Content of contingency plan

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
(a) The contingency plan must describe the
				  actions facility personnel must take to comply with R.61-79.262.260 and 262.265
				  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
				  generator has already prepared a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures
				  (SPCC) Plan in accordance with 40 CFR part 112, or some other emergency or
				  contingency plan, it need only amend that plan to incorporate hazardous waste
				  management provisions that are sufficient to comply with the standards of this
				  part. The generator may develop one contingency plan that meets all regulatory
				  standards. The Department recommends that the plan be based on the National
				  Response Team's Integrated Contingency Plan Guidance ("One Plan").
(c) The plan must 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 R.61-79.262.256.
(d) The plan
				  must list names and emergency telephone numbers of all persons qualified to act
				  as emergency coordinator (see R.61-79.262.264), and this list must be kept up
				  to date. Where more than one person is listed, one must be named as primary
				  emergency coordinator and others must 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
				  twenty-four (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 must 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 must be kept up to date. In addition, the plan
				  must include the location and a physical description of each item on the list,
				  and a brief outline of its capabilities.
(f) The plan must include an evacuation plan
				  for generator personnel where there is a possibility that evacuation could be
				  necessary. This plan must 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).