NR 665.0056(4)(4) If the emergency coordinator determines that the facility has had a release, fire or explosion which could threaten human health, or the environment, outside the facility, that person shall report the findings according to all of the following:

NR 665.0056(4)(a)(a) If the emergency coordinator’s assessment indicates that evacuation of local areas may be advisable, the emergency coordinator shall immediately notify appropriate local authorities. The emergency coordinator shall be available to help appropriate officials decide whether local areas should be evacuated.

NR 665.0056(4)(b)(b) The emergency coordinator shall immediately notify either the government official designated as the on-scene coordinator for that geographical area (in the applicable regional contingency plan under 40 CFR part 300), or the national response center (using its 24-hour toll free number 800/424-8802) and the division of emergency government (using its 24-hour toll free number 800/943-0003). The report shall include all of the following:

NR 665.0056(4)(b)6.6. The possible hazards to human health or the environment, outside the facility.

NR 665.0056(5)(5) During an emergency, the emergency coordinator shall take all reasonable measures necessary to ensure that fires, explosions and releases do not occur, recur or spread to other hazardous waste at the facility. These measures shall include, where applicable, stopping processes and operations, collecting and containing released waste and removing or isolating containers.

NR 665.0056(6)(6) If the facility stops operations in response to a fire, explosion or release, the emergency coordinator shall monitor for leaks, pressure buildup, gas generation or ruptures in valves, pipes or other equipment, wherever this is appropriate.

NR 665.0056(7)(7) Immediately after an emergency, the emergency coordinator shall provide for treating, storing or disposing of recovered waste, contaminated soil or surface water or any other material that results from a release, fire or explosion at the facility.

NR 665.0056 NoteNote: Unless the owner or operator can demonstrate, according to s. NR 661.0003 (3) or (4), that the recovered material is not a hazardous waste, the owner or operator becomes a generator of hazardous waste and shall manage it according to all applicable requirements of chs. NR 662 and 663 and this chapter.

NR 665.0056(8)(8) The emergency coordinator shall ensure all of the following, in the affected areas of the facility:

NR 665.0056(8)(a)(a) No waste that may be incompatible with the released material is treated, stored or disposed of until cleanup procedures are completed.

NR 665.0056(8)(b)(b) All emergency equipment listed in the contingency plan is cleaned and fit for its intended use before operations are resumed.

NR 665.0056(9)(9) The owner or operator shall note in the operating record the time, date and details of any incident that requires implementing the contingency plan. Within 15 days after the incident, the owner or operator shall submit a written report on the incident to the department. The report shall include all of the following:

NR 665.0056(9)(f)(f) An assessment of actual or potential hazards to human health or the environment, where this is applicable.

NR 665.0056(9)(g)(g) Estimated quantity and disposition of recovered material that resulted from the incident.

NR 665.0056 HistoryHistory: CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06; CR 16-007: r. (9), renum. (10) to (9) Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17.

NR 665.0070NR 665.0070 Applicability. This subchapter applies to owners and operators of both on-site and off-site facilities, except as s. NR 665.0001 provides otherwise. Sections NR 665.0071, 665.0072 and 665.0076 do not apply to owners and operators of on-site facilities that do not receive any hazardous waste from off-site sources, and to owners and operators of off-site facilities with respect to waste military munitions exempted from manifest requirements under s. NR 666.203 (1).