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WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
CHAPTER NR 630. STORAGE, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FACILITY GENERAL STANDARDS
Date:
08/31/2009
Document:
NR 630.21 Preparedness and prevention.
(1) Facilities shall be designed, constructed, maintained and operated to minimize the possibility of a fire, explosion or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden discharge of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to the air, land or surface water which could be harmful to human health or the environment.
(2) All facilities shall be equipped with the following unless it can be demonstrated to the department by the owner or operator that none of the waste handled at the facility could require a particular kind of equipment specified below:
(a) An alarm, a telephone immediately available at the scene of operations, a 2-way radio or similar device capable of summoning emergency assistance from local police departments, fire departments or state or local emergency response teams;
(b) An internal communications system capable of providing immediate emergency instructions, voice or signal, to facility personnel;
(c) 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 that is applicable to the type of hazardous waste handled at the facility; and
(d) Extinguishing agents with adequate volume and adequate delivery systems.
(3) At any time that hazardous waste is being poured, mixed, spread or otherwise handled, all employees involved in the operation shall have immediate access to an internal or external alarm or emergency communication device, either directly or through visual or voice contact with another employe unless the department has determined that a device is not required under sub. (2). If at any time during operation of the facility there is a sole employe on the premises, that person shall have immediate access to an alarm, a telephone which is immediately available at the scene of operation, a hand-held 2-way radio or a similar device capable of summoning external emergency assistance unless the department has determined that a device is not required under sub. (2).
(4) All facility communication or alarm systems, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment and decontamination equipment where required, shall be tested and maintained to ensure its proper operation in time of emergency.
(5) The owner or operator shall 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 department that aisle space is not needed for any of these purposes.
(6) The owner or operator shall attempt to make service arrangements, as appropriate, for the type of waste handled at the facility and the potential need for the services. Where state or local authorities decline to participate in these arrangements, the owner or operator shall document their refusal in the operating record. These arrangements are:
(a) Familiarize police, fire departments and emergency response teams with the layout of the facility, properties of the 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 may 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) 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 discharges at the facility.
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