Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Plan 2020 South Florida Local Emergency Planning Committee Prepared by the South Florida Regional Planning Council HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN 2020 SOUTH FLORIDA LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE May 2020 Prepared by the South Florida Regional Planning Council HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN 2020 SOUTH FLORIDA LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE DISTRIBUTION FORM PREPARED BY: SOUTH FLORIDA LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE DATE: REVISED: REVIEWED BY: DATE: COPY NO: __________________ ASSIGNED TO: ADDRESS: TELEPHONE: FAX: PROMULGATION PROCLAMATION STATEMENT OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE DISTRICT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN. WHEREAS, with the enactment of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986, Congress established and imposed upon Local Emergency Planning Committees planning and preparedness requirements for response to emergencies involving the release of hazardous materials; and WHEREAS, each District within the State of Florida is required to develop an Emergency Response Plan for Hazardous Materials; and WHEREAS, the South Florida Local Emergency Planning Committee's Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Plan has been reviewed and approved by the Florida State Emergency Response Commission for Hazardous Materials as meeting the criteria for such plans established by the Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency and the National Response Team; and WHEREAS, the District plan represents a consolidation of the hazardous materials response plans prepared for Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties and is intended to provide the framework for the development of detailed operating procedures by first response public safety agencies charged with the responsibility of protecting the public's health and safety from the discharge or release of extremely toxic chemicals; and WHEREAS, the District Plan provides policy direction for all government agencies, organizations and private facilities who will be involved in emergency response or long-term remediation in order to protect the public's health and safety from the discharge or release of extremely toxic chemicals within the District. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE SOUTH FLORIDA LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE, FLORIDA that: The Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Plan is hereby adopted this 20th day of May 2020. The foregoing Proclamation was put to a vote and passed by a majority vote of the members present: ___Junieth Arana ___Maikel Garcia ___Mary Napoli ___Natasha Strokin ___Rick Barrett (SERC TTF Rep) ___AJ Navarrete ___Alvaro Tonanez ___Niel Batista ___Jon Hines ___Martha Payan ___Jose Tovar ___Miguelangel Becerra ___Jaimie Johnson ___Jeffry Peleg ___Anthony Trim ___Tatiana Belmont ___John Johnson ___Benny Perez ___Freda Vaughn ___Ken Brown ___Troy Johnson ___Craig Radelman ___Jeremy Vincent ___Camile Campbell ___Jeasy Justiniano ___Alfred Reid ___Shannon Weiner ___Jeannie Cann ___Eduardo Koenig ___Axel Rodriguez ___Keith Westin ___Steve Collins ___Mike Laycock ___James Russo ___Gabriel Zahora ___Jose Diaz ___Craig Marston ___Peter Schecter ___Manny Cela ___Alain Donderiz ___Bret Maxwell ___William Senyshyn (Coordinator) ___Andy Garcia ___Ray McDonald ___Steve Shaw (Chair) (Vice Chair) South Florida LEPC Chair Ray McDonald __________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................................... i LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................ i RRT/NRT-1 CROSS-REFERENCE ........................................................................................................ ii RECORD OF PLAN REVISIONS / LOG OF CHANGES .................................................................. vii DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................................................... viii HAZ-MAT CLASSIFICATION DEFINITIONS .................................................................................... x ACRONYMS ..................................................................................................................................... xii 1.0 PLAN ORGANIZATION, OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE ..................................................... 1 1.1-a Responsibility for the Planning Effort ........................................................................ 1 1.1-b List of Persons Receiving Plan and Plan Amendments ............................................ 6 1.1-c Methods for Revising the Plan and Recording All Changes in the Plan................. 6 1.2 Emergency Planning Bases ......................................................................................... 6 1.3 Discussion of the Hazards Analysis Process ............................................................15 1.4 Assumptions................................................................................................................29 1.5 Supporting Plans .........................................................................................................30 1.6 Authorities and References ........................................................................................31 2.0 EMERGENCY RESPONSE ORGANIZATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES .......................34 2.1 General .........................................................................................................................34 2.2 Local Government Organizations and Responsibilities ..........................................34 2.3 State Government Organizations and Responsibilities ...........................................45 2.4 Federal Government Organizations and Responsibilities .......................................49 2.5 Facility Owners/Operators ........................................................................................50 2.6 Volunteer Organizations ............................................................................................52 3.0 DIRECTION AND CONTROL ...............................................................................................54 3.1 General .........................................................................................................................54 3.2 Local Government Role ..............................................................................................54 3.3 State Government Role ..............................................................................................63 3.4 Federal Government Role ..........................................................................................67 4.0 NOTIFICATION AND ACTIVATION ...................................................................................68 4.1 General ........................................................................................................................68 4.2 Warning Points............................................................................................................68 4.3 Notification and Activation .......................................................................................71 4.4 Notification to the Public ...........................................................................................80 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page 5.0 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ....................................................................................85 5.1 General .........................................................................................................................85 5.2 Coordination of Emergency Communications .........................................................85 5.3 Communications Systems ..........................................................................................87 6.0 PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION .....................................................................90 6.1 General .........................................................................................................................90 6.2 Public Information Officer .........................................................................................90 6.3 Emergency News Facilities ........................................................................................91 6.4 Coordination of Media Releases ................................................................................93 6.5 Rumor Control ............................................................................................................94 6.6 Public Education and Availability of Records..........................................................94 7.0 EMERGENCY FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT ................................................................. 106 7.1 General ...................................................................................................................... 106 7.2 Emergency Response Facilities and Personnel ...................................................... 106 7.3 Equipment and Resources ....................................................................................... 108 8.0 ACCIDENT ASSESSMENT .................................................................................................. 119 8.1 General ...................................................................................................................... 119 8.2 Initial