Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A.
Applicability. The regulations in this Section apply to owners and operators of
all hazardous waste facilities.
B.
Design and Operation of a Facility. Facilities must be designed, constructed,
maintained, and operated to minimize the possibility of a fire, explosion, or
any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous
waste constituents to air, soil, or surface water which could threaten human
health or the environment.
C.
Required Equipment. All facilities must be equipped with the following, unless
it can be demonstrated to the administrative authority that none of the hazards
posed by waste 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.
D. 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.
E. Access to
Communications or Alarm System
1. Whenever
hazardous waste 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 it can be demonstrated to the
administrative authority that such a device is not required.
2. Anytime there is at least one employee on
the premises while the facility is operating, he 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 it can be demonstrated to the administrative authority that
such a device is not required.
F. Required Aisle Space. The owner or
operator 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 it can be demonstrated to the administrative authority that aisle space
is not needed for any of these purposes.
G. Arrangements with Local Authorities
1. The owner or operator must attempt to make
the following arrangements, as appropriate for the type of waste handled at his
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 waste handled at the facility and associated hazards,
places where facility personnel would normally be working, entrances to and
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 which could result from
fires, explosions, or releases at the facility.
2. Where state or local authorities decline
to enter into such arrangements, the owner or operator must document the
refusal in the operating record.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
30:2180 et
seq.
