Section 725.132  Required Equipment

All facilities must be equipped with the following, unless none of the hazards posed by waste handled at the facility could require a particular kind of equipment specified below:

a)         An internal communications or alarm system capable of providing immediate emergency instruction (voice or signal) to facility personnel;

b)         A device, such as a telephone (immediately available at the scene of operations) or a hand-held two-way radio, capable of summoning emergency assistance from local police departments, fire departments, or State or local emergency response teams;

c)         Portable fire extinguishers, fire control equipment (including special extinguishing equipment, such as that using foam, inert gas, or dry chemicals), spill control equipment and decontamination equipment; and

d)         Water at adequate volume and pressure to supply water hose streams or foam producing equipment or automatic sprinklers or water spray systems.

(Source:  Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 6389, effective April 22, 2005)