Section 722.352  Required Equipment

The LQG must equip all areas to which Section 722.350 deems this Subpart M applicable with the items in subsections (a) through (d) (unless none of the hazards posed by waste handled at the facility could require a particular kind of equipment specified in this Section or the actual hazardous waste generation or accumulation area does not lend itself for safety reasons to have a particular kind of equipment specified in this Section).  An LQG may determine the most appropriate locations within its facility to locate equipment necessary to prepare for and respond to emergencies.  The LQG must have the appropriate of the following equipment:

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:  Added at 42 Ill. Reg. 22047, effective November 19, 2018)