[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR264.52]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 264--STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, 
STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart D--Contingency Plan and Emergency Procedures
 
Sec. 264.52  Content of contingency plan.

    (a) The contingency plan must describe the actions facility 
personnel must take to comply with Secs. 264.51 and 264.56 in response 
to fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of 
hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil, or surface 
water at the facility.
    (b) If the owner or operator has already prepared a Spill 
Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plan in accordance with 
part 112 of this chapter, or part 1510 of chapter V, or some other 
emergency or contingency plan, he need only amend that plan to 
incorporate hazardous waste management provisions that are sufficient to 
comply with the requirements of this part.
    (c) The plan must describe arrangements agreed to by local police 
departments, fire departments, hospitals, contractors, and State and 
local emergency response teams to coordinate emergency services, 
pursuant to Sec. 264.37.
    (d) The plan must list names, addresses, and phone numbers (office 
and home) of all persons qualified to act as emergency coordinator (see 
Sec. 264.55), and this list must be kept up to date. Where more than one 
person is listed, one must be named as primary emergency coordinator and 
others must be listed in the order in which they will assume 
responsibility as alternates. For new facilities, this information

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must be supplied to the Regional Administrator at the time of 
certification, rather than at the time of permit application.
    (e) The plan must include a list of all emergency equipment at the 
facility (such as fire extinguishing systems, spill control equipment, 
communications and alarm systems (internal and external), and 
decontamination equipment), where this equipment is required. This list 
must be kept up to date. In addition, the plan must include the location 
and a physical description of each item on the list, and a brief outline 
of its capabilities.
    (f) The plan must include an evacuation plan for facility personnel 
where there is a possibility that evacuation could be necessary. This 
plan must describe signal(s) to be used to begin evacuation, evacuation 
routes, and alternate evacuation routes (in cases where the primary 
routes could be blocked by releases of hazardous waste or fires).

[45 FR 33221, May 19, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 27480, May 20, 1981; 50 
FR 4514, Jan. 31, 1985]