[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 25]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR264.52]

[Page 271-272]
 
                   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 Sec. Sec. 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. The owner or operator may 
develop one contingency plan which meets all regulatory requirements. 
EPA recommends that the plan be based on the National Response Team's 
Integrated Contingency Plan Guidance (``One Plan''). When modifications 
are made to non-RCRA provisions in an integrated contingency plan, the 
changes

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do not trigger the need for a RCRA permit modification.
    (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 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; 71 FR 16903, Apr. 4, 2006]