Emergency ResponseChapter 296-824, WAC |
Effective Date: 10/01/02 |
Post-Emergency Response |
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Your responsibility:
To protect employees during post-emergency response activities by following appropriate work practices, training, and other requirements
You must
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Follow the Appropriate Post-Emergency Response Requirements
Important:
- Post-emergency response is the stage of the emergency response where the immediate threat from the release has been stabilized or eliminated, and cleanup of the site has started.
- When clean-up is done by the employees who were part of the initial emergency response, the employees aren't covered by this section (however, training, PPE and other requirements in WAC 296-824-20005 through 296-824-60015 apply to these employees).
You must
(1) Follow Table 10 to determine which requirements apply to your post-emergency response activities.
(2) Maintain clean-up equipment as specified in Table 10.
Table 10
Rules that Apply to Post-emergency Response Activities
| When post-emergency response clean-up is performed by employees who weren't part of the initial emergency response and... |
The following rules or requirements apply... |
| It is necessary to remove hazardous substances, health hazards, and contaminated materials (example: soil) from the site |
Chapter 296-843 WAC, Hazardous waste operations |
| Clean-up is done on plant property using plant or workplace employees and It is not necessary to remove hazardous substances, health hazards, and contaminated materials from the site |
For training:
For equipment:
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