SECTION 334.506. Contingency Plan

(a) Each facility owner or operator shall have a contingency plan for each facility. The contingency plan shall be designed to minimize hazards to human health or the environment from fires, explosions, or any release of petroleum-substance waste or petroleum-substance waste constituents to air, soil, groundwater, or surface water.

(b) The provisions of the plan shall be carried out immediately whenever there is a fire, explosion, or release of petroleum-substance waste or petroleum-substance waste constituents which could threaten human health or the environment.

(c) The contingency plan shall describe the actions facility personnel shall take in order to respond to fires, explosions, or any release of petroleum-substance waste or petroleum-substance waste constituents to air, soil, groundwater, or surface water at the facility.

(d) The plan shall list names, addresses, and phone numbers (office and home) of all persons qualified to act as facility emergency coordinators and this list shall be kept up to date. Where more than one person is listed, one shall be named as primary emergency coordinator and others shall be listed in the order in which they will assume responsibility as alternates.

(e) The plan shall 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). This list shall be kept up to date. In addition, the plan shall include the location and a physical description of each item on the list, and a brief outline of its capabilities.

(f) The plan shall include an evacuation plan for facility personnel where there is a possibility that evacuation could be necessary. This plan shall 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 release of petroleum-substance waste or fires).

(g) A legible copy of the contingency plan and all revisions to the plan shall be:

(1) submitted to the agency with the application for registration;

(2) maintained at the facility; and

(3) submitted to all local fire departments or emergency response officials who may be called upon to provide emergency services.

(h) The contingency plan shall be reviewed, and immediately amended, if necessary, whenever:

(1) the facility registration is revised;

(2) the plan fails in an emergency;

(3) the facility changes its design, construction, operations, maintenance, or other circumstances in a way that materially increases the potential for fires, explosions, or release of petroleum-substance waste or petroleum-substance waste constituents, or changes the response necessary in an emergency;

(4) the list of emergency coordinators changes; or

(5) the list of emergency equipment changes.

Source Note: The provisions of this §334.506 adopted to be effective December 27, 1996, 21 TexReg 12177; amended to be effective November 23, 2000, 25 TexReg 11442