Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 700-799 - Environmental Protection - Investigation and Remediation of Environmental Contamination
Chapter NR 702 - Contingency planning for hazardous substance discharge response by state agencies
Section NR 702.09 - Contingency plan criteria
Current through August 26, 2024
The department shall consider all of the following criteria when developing the contingency plan:
(1) At the scene of a hazardous substance discharge, there may be response personnel from several different agencies, with each agency having its own specific responsibilities, authorities and capabilities. In these cases, primary decision-making authority shall rest with the agency having specific authority to deal with the concern of highest priority as ranked in this subsection. All other agencies' roles and activities shall be subordinated until the concern of highest priority is addressed. Subsequent activity then progresses to the agency having authority and the capability to deal with the next most immediate concern. When it is possible to cooperatively address more than one concern at the same time, actions shall be taken simultaneously. In every stage of decision making, the consequence of each decision on the subsequent response activities shall be weighed, and detrimental consequences minimized. Concerns shall be prioritized according to the following ranking:
(2) When deemed appropriate to effectively coordinate all actions at the scene of a hazardous substance discharge, an incident command system shall be implemented.
