Requirements for Chemical Emergency Management cont'd

DOE-HDBK-1139/3-2003

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Consolidated Requirements

4.3.9 When activities are judged by the safety officer to be an

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IDLH (immediate danger in life or health) and/or to involve

an imminent danger condition, the safety officer shall have

the authority to alter, suspend, or terminate those activities.

The safety official shall immediately inform the IC of any

actions needed to be taken to correct these hazards at the

emergency scene.

4.3.10 When deemed necessary by the safety officer for meeting

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the tasks at hand, approved self-contained compressed air

breathing apparatus may be used with approved cylinders

from other approved self-contained compressed air

breathing apparatus provided that such cylinders are of the

same capacity and pressure rating. All compressed air

cylinders used with self-contained breathing apparatus shall

meet U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

(NIOSH) criteria.

4.3.11 In addition, if extremely hazardous chemicals are released,

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the owner or operator of a facility subject to this section

sec. 3.c(5);

shall immediately notify the community emergency

coordinator for the LEPC of any area likely to be affected

40CFR355.40(b)(1);

by the release and the State emergency response

40CFR355.40(b)(4)(ii)

commission of any State likely to be affected by the

release. If there is no LEPC, notification shall be provided

under this section to relevant local emergency response

personnel (LERP).

[EXCEPTION: An owner or operator of a facility from

which there is a transportation-related release may meet

the requirements of this section by providing the

information indicated below in paragraph 4.3.11.1 to the

911 operators, or in the absence of a 911 emergency

telephone number, to the telephone operator. A

transportation-related release means a release during

transportation or storage incident to transportation if the

stored substance is moving under active shipping papers

and has not reached the ultimate consignee.]

4.3.11.1 The notice required under this section shall

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include the following to the extent known at the

time of notification and so long as no delay in

notification of emergency response results:

a) The chemical name or identity of any

substance involved in the release.

b) An indication of whether the substance is an

extremely hazardous substance.