Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a)
Maintenance and operation of facility. Facilities generating or accumulating
hazardous secondary material must be maintained and operated to minimize the
possibility of a fire, explosion, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release
of hazardous secondary materials or hazardous secondary material constituents
to air, soil, or surface water that could threaten human health or the
environment.
b) Required equipment.
All facilities generating or accumulating hazardous secondary material must be
equipped with the following, unless none of the hazards posed by hazardous
secondary material handled at the facility could require a particular kind of
equipment specified below:
1) An internal
communications or alarm system capable of providing immediate emergency
instruction (voice or signal) to facility personnel;
2) A device, such as a telephone (immediately
available at the scene of operations) or a hand-held two-way radio, capable of
summoning emergency assistance from local police departments, fire departments,
or state or local emergency response teams;
3) Portable fire extinguishers, fire control
equipment (including special extinguishing equipment, such as that using foam,
inert gas, or dry chemicals), spill control equipment, and decontamination
equipment; and
4) Water at adequate
volume and pressure to supply water hose streams, or foam producing equipment,
or automatic sprinklers, or water spray systems.
c) Testing and maintenance of equipment. All
facility communications or alarm systems, fire protection equipment, spill
control equipment, and decontamination equipment, where required, must be
tested and maintained as necessary to assure its proper operation in time of
emergency.
d) Access to
communications or alarm system.
1) Whenever
hazardous secondary material is being poured, mixed, spread, or otherwise
handled, all personnel involved in the operation must have immediate access to
an internal alarm or emergency communication device, either directly or through
visual or voice contact with another employee, unless such a device is not
required under subsection (b).
2)
If there is ever just one employee on the premises while the facility is
operating, he or she must have immediate access to a device, such as a
telephone (immediately available at the scene of operation) or a hand-held
two-way radio, capable of summoning external emergency assistance, unless such
a device is not required under subsection (b).
e) Required aisle space. The hazardous
secondary material generator or intermediate or reclamation facility operating
under a verified facility determination under 35 Ill. Adm. Code
720.131(d)
must maintain aisle space to allow the unobstructed movement of personnel, fire
protection equipment, spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment to
any area of facility operation in an emergency, unless aisle space is not
needed for any of these purposes.
f) Arrangements with local authorities.
1) The hazardous secondary material generator
or an intermediate or reclamation facility operating under a verified facility
determination under 35 Ill. Adm. Code
720.131(d)
must attempt to make the following arrangements, as appropriate for the type of
waste handled at its facility and the potential need for the services of these
organizations:
A) Arrangements to familiarize
police, fire departments, and emergency response teams with the layout of the
facility, properties of hazardous secondary material handled at the facility
and associated hazards, places where facility personnel would normally be
working, entrances to roads inside the facility, and possible evacuation
routes;
B) Where more than one
police and fire department might respond to an emergency, agreements
designating primary emergency authority to a specific police and a specific
fire department, and agreements with any others to provide support to the
primary emergency authority;
C)
Agreements with state emergency response teams, emergency response contractors,
and equipment suppliers; and
D)
Arrangements to familiarize local hospitals with the properties of hazardous
waste handled at the facility and the types of injuries or illnesses that could
result from fires, explosions, or releases at the facility.
2) When state or local authorities
decline to enter into the arrangements required by this subsection (f), the
hazardous secondary material generator or an intermediate or reclamation
facility operating under a verified facility determination under 35 Ill. Adm.
Code
720.131(d)
must document the refusal in the operating record.
