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4. Coordination with Federal, state, tribal, and local organizations to locate and track hazardous

materials released to the environment.

Protective Actions

Where applicable, provisions should be in place for predetermined actions to be taken in response to

emergency conditions to protect onsite personnel and the public and include:

1. Protective Action Guides (PAGs) and Emergency Response Planning Guidelines (ERPGs).

2. Control, monitoring, and maintenance of records of onsite personnel exposures to hazardous

materials;

3. Accountability for facility personnel of emergency determination, and timely sheltering and/or

evacuation of workers, in the affected area.

4. Radiological and/or hazardous material decontamination of workers and equipment evacuated

from the site;

5. Determination of the area surrounding the specific facility actually affected by an Operational

Emergency; and

6. Timely recommendation to appropriate offsite organizations of protective actions, such as

sheltering and/or evacuation, for the general public, where applicable.

Medical Support

Provisions should be in place for medical support for workers, including those with radiological

and/or hazardous material contamination, and include:

1. Immediate, onsite first aid and emergency medical treatment capability;

2. Transportation of injured onsite personnel to onsite or offsite medical facilities, as appropriate;

and

3. Documented arrangements with onsite and offsite medical facilities to accept and treat

contaminated, injured personnel.

Recovery and Reentry

Provisions should be made for recovery and reentry from an operational emergency and reentry into

the affected facility. The approach and general procedures for recovery include: decision making and

communications associated with termination of an emergency; dissemination of information to offsite

organizations regarding the emergency and relaxation of public protective actions; establishment of

a recovery organization; and establishment of general criteria for resumption of normal operations.

The means must exist for estimating dosage and for protecting workers and the general public from

hazardous exposure during recovery and reentry activities.

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