Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC
13-19-3-1; IC
13-20-13-11
Affected: IC
13-30-2; IC
36-9-30
Sec. 18.
(a) The
owner or operator of a waste tire storage site or a waste tire processing
operation that is not a mobile waste tire processing operation shall develop a
contingency plan to address:
(1) fires or
explosions;
(2) run-off resulting
from fires or explosions; and
(3)
mosquitoes and other disease vectors.
(b) The contingency plan must include the
following:
(1) A description of the specific
actions that site personnel must take:
(A) in
response to the hazards listed in subsection (a); and
(B) to properly dispose of solid waste
resulting from fires or explosions.
(2) A list of the agencies to be notified in
case of fire, explosion, or other emergency, with the telephone number of each
agency, including the following:
(A) The fire
department with jurisdiction for the site.
(B) The county and municipal law enforcement
agencies that have jurisdiction over the site.
(C) The Indiana department of environmental
management, office of land quality, emergency response section at (317)
233-7745 for out-of-state calls, or (888) 233-7745 for in-state calls
(toll-free in Indiana).
(D) The
office of the state fire marshal.
(3) A description of how the owner or
operator will operate and maintain the facility to minimize hazards to human
health and the environment.
(4) A
description of the methods to control mosquitoes and other disease
vectors.
(5) The name and title of
the emergency response coordinator.
(6) The telephone numbers used to contact the
emergency response coordinator, and any other methods, such as alternate
telephone numbers, to be used to contact the emergency response
coordinator.
(7) The duties of the
emergency response coordinator.
(c) A copy of the contingency plan and all
amendments to the plan must be:
(1) maintained
at:
(A) the waste tire storage site or waste
tire processing operation; or
(B)
an alternate location approved by the department in the certificate of
registration; and
(2)
submitted to the department and the fire department with jurisdiction over the
waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation within thirty (30)
days after the date the:
(A) certificate of
registration is issued; and
(B)
contingency plan is amended under subsection (e).
(d) The owner or operator of the waste tire
storage site or waste tire processing operation shall implement the contingency
plan immediately whenever there is:
(1) a
fire, explosion, or run-off resulting from a fire or explosion; or
(2) evidence of mosquitoes and other disease
vectors.
(e) The owner or
operator of the waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation
shall review and amend the contingency plan within thirty (30) days if any of
the following occurs:
(1) A change in the
operation of the waste tire storage site or waste tire processing operation
requires a change in the actions required to control the hazards listed in
subsection (a).
(2) The actions
described in the plan fail to control an emergency situation when
implemented.
(3) All or part of the
contingency plan must be implemented in a manner different than described in
the plan in an emergency.
(4) The
list of emergency response coordinators changes.
(5) The department identifies deficiencies in
the contingency plan and directs the owner or operator in writing to revise the
contingency plan.
(f)
After the discovery of one (1) or more of the conditions listed in subsection
(a)(1) and (a)(2), the owner or operator of the waste tire storage site or
waste tire processing operation shall immediately notify the entities listed in
subsection (b)(2).
