Management emergency response

Perhaps the most essential element of an ERP is the establishment of the organization that will manage emergency response once the event has developed beyond a Level One Emergency. The EMO must be capable of rapid assembly, and must be able to carry out all of its assigned responsibilities. 

Risk Management Program Rule (RMP)—Emergency Response Program EPA 40 CFR part 68.95... 

Strong, C.B., and Irvin, T.R. (1995) Emergency Response and Hazardous Chemical Management Principles and Practices (Advances m Environmental Management Senes), St Lucie Press. 

E. John Williford, Chief of Operations Alabama Emergency Response Commission Alabama Department of Environmental Management 1751 Congressman W.L. Dickinson Drive Montgomery, AL 36109 (205) 271-7700... 

North Carolina Emergency Response Commission North Carolina Division of Emergency Management 116 West Jones Street Raleigh. NC 27603-1335 (919) 733-3867... 

Mr. Wayne Halbleib, Director Virginia Emergency Response Council Department of Waste Management James Monroe Building 14th Floor... 

U.S. EPA. Leachate Plume Management. EPA/540/2-85/004. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Washington, D.C., 1985. 

Procedural—Using operating procedures, administrative checks, emergency response, and other management approaches to prevent incidents, or to minimize the effects of an incident e.g., hot-work procedures and permits. These approaches are commonly referred to as administrative controls. 

Non-RCRA-permitted TSDs and waste treatment activities not covered by RCRA (e.g., wastewater treatment facilities permitted under the Clean Water Act) are not covered by HAZWOPER, except for emergency response and some limited waste management operations. Specific HAZWOPER elements are assimilated into the existing health and safety program based on hazard analyses. Worker protection requirements are met through existing health and safety plans [1]. 

The organizational chart further identifies key positions in the project team, including the project director, project manager, site safety and health officer (SSHO), site supervisor, emergency response coordinator, site security, and other specialized positions. 

Residual risk management (in-plant emergency response and mitigation)... 

The cliapter concludes witli a short section tliat e. ainines tlie state initiatives on both enviromnental management and emergency response planning. 

Although RCRA creates the framework for the proper management of hazardous and nonhaz-ardous solid waste, it does not address the problems of hazardous waste found at inactive or abandoned sites or those resulting from spills that require emergency response. These problems are addressed by a different act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly called Superfund, which was enacted in 1980. 

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