Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Plans

Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Plans

<p> Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Plans Minimum Requirements, Section 303, EPCRA/SARA Title III</p><p>Jurisdiction: Date: </p><p>1. Designate the community emergency coordinator.</p><p>2. Designate a facility emergency coordinator for each facility subject to SARA Title III planning requirements. </p><p>3. Identify facilities within the Emergency Planning District, which are subject to SARA Title III planning requirements. </p><p>4. Identify routes (highway, rail, and waterways) likely to be used for transportation of extremely hazardous substances. </p><p>5. Identify additional facilities that contribute to or are subject to additional risk due to their proximity to transportation routes or fixed facilities (i.e. hospitals, schools, nursing homes, day care centers, churches, etc.).</p><p>6. Prescribe methods and procedures to be followed by facilities and emergency response personnel to respond to any release of identified substances.</p><p>7. Prescribe procedures for the planning district and facility coordinators to provide reliable, effective, and timely notification to persons identified in the plan and to the general public that a release has occurred. EPCRA Planning Checklist Page 2</p><p>8. Prescribe methods for determining a release. </p><p>9. Prescribe procedures to identify population likely to be affected along each transportation route and around each fixed facility. </p><p>10. Identify emergency equipment within the Emergency Planning District and at Title III facilities and identify persons responsible for the equipment. </p><p>11. Describe protective action plans and procedures (e.g. evacuation, in-place sheltering) to include identification of primary and alternate evacuation routes.</p><p>12. Prescribe training programs and schedules for training emergency response and medical personnel.</p><p>13. Prescribe methods and schedules for exercising plan. </p><p>14. Make provisions for coordination with adjacent jurisdictions</p><p>15. Make provisions for annual plan review and update. </p><p>Other Comments: </p><p>Reminder: *Change references from VA Dept. of Emergency Services to Management and DES to DEM.</p><p>Note: To facilitate the review process when submitting a plan, list the page numbers under each checklist item where the requirement has been addressed in the plan.</p>

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