Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-186 - Oil spill contingency plan-Railroad › Part III - OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR TYPE A RAILROADS › Section B - Planning Standards › Section 173-186-370 - Planning standards for wildlife rescue and rehabilitation

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Plan holders must plan to respond to and care for wildlife
					 injured or endangered by oil spills.
(1) The plan must include contact information
				  for any PRC or WRSP, available under contract or other approvable means, and
				  that maintain the required equipment, personnel, permits, materials, and
				  supplies, for conducting wildlife response operations in accordance with the
				  capabilities detailed below.
(2)
				  The plan shall describe the equipment, personnel, and resources for wildlife
				  response, including:
(a) Equipment and
				  personnel that may be used to support an initial impact assessment and wildlife
				  reconnaissance via air, land, or water in the spill area.
(b) Equipment and personnel that may be used
				  to deter the types of wildlife likely to be found within the areas where the
				  plan holder operates or transits, including the types and staging locations of
				  the deterrent equipment. This equipment must have the capability to arrive
				  on-scene within twelve hours of spill notification.
(c) Equipment and supplies for mobile field
				  stabilization activities, such as, conducting the initial health assessment and
				  treatment of impacted wildlife prior to transport to a wildlife rehabilitation
				  facility. The mobile field stabilization asset must be a minimum of one hundred
				  eighty square feet, lighted and heated, and capable of arriving on-scene within
				  twelve hours of spill notification.
(d) Wildlife rehabilitation facilities,
				  space, and equipment suitable to conduct wildlife rehabilitation activities.
				  Wildlife rehabilitation facilities shall meet the WDFW rehabilitation
				  requirements detailed in WAC
				  220-450-100.
				  For planning purposes, the capability described below is equal to one wildlife
				  rehabilitation unit. The plan holder must have access to one wildlife
				  rehabilitation unit with the capability to be strategically placed to support
				  the response within twenty-four hours of spill notification. Each wildlife
				  rehabilitation unit must contain:
(i) A
				  minimum of one thousand one hundred square feet of space to house and treat
				  wildlife. This space shall have the ability to be configured to support intake,
				  prewash stabilization, wash/rinse, and drying activities as needed. A minimum
				  of two wash and rinse stations will be located within this space.
(ii) A minimum of one thousand square feet of
				  space to support rehabilitation activities. This space shall have the ability
				  to be configured to support animal food preparation, medical lab, dry storage,
				  morgue and necropsy areas.
(iii)
				  Pools with a minimum of six hundred square feet of surface area are required.
				  Pool dimensions will be such that no point in a pool will be greater than eight
				  feet from a side. Pools will have the ability to be filled with freshwater to a
				  minimum depth of three feet.