§ 12-140. Emergency response plan.

(a)

Required. Any person or entity storing, using, mixing or producing a significant quantity of a hazardous substance or substances as referred to in section 12-134 within the corporate limits of the City of Danbury shall, prior to engaging in such activity, submit as to such person or entity an emergency response plan to the Director of Health, which shall include the following elements:

(1)

A map of the site showing the buildings thereon which shall describe hazardous substance storage areas and indicate their exact location;

(2)

A hazard identification and emergency action statement, including material safety data sheets associated with each hazardous substance storage area on the site. Such statements shall also include a concise procedure for responding to emergency situations in each storage area;

(3)

A procedure for the submitters for reporting fires, chemical spills, oil spills or other emergency situations, including procedures for notifying the police, fire, health and civil preparedness departments of the City of Danbury;

(4)

A fire response plan, as required by OSHA, identifying the level of fire response which shall be implemented by personnel, as outlined in 29 CFR 1910(L) (1981);

(5)

An evacuation plan including a list of those persons who are trained in the implementation of a response plan and in the supervision of evacuation procedures. Additionally, the plan shall include a system for accounting for all personnel in an evacuation; and

(6)

A spill prevention, control and countermeasure plan designed to prevent or minimize the release to the environment of any hazardous substance stored, used, mixed or produced on the site. This plan shall be based on types and quantities of hazardous substances which are on the site as well as the location and design of the major storage and use areas. The plan shall designate at least one (1) person, and an alternate, one of whom shall be on site during all working hours, and who shall be responsible for implementing the spill control procedures. The plan shall also specify construction features designed to control and contain spills from hazardous substance storage areas. These control features shall include one (1) or more of the following systems or their equivalents:

a.

Dikes, berms or retaining walls which are sufficiently impervious to contain spills of hazardous substances;

b.

Weirs, booms, curbing or other barriers;

c.

Culverting, guttering or other drainage systems which lead to a contained impervious area;

d.

Sorbent materials;

e.

Sumps and collection ponds; and

f.

Retention ponds.

(b)

Implementation control plans. Each spill prevention, control and countermeasure plan required hereunder shall be implemented within ninety (90) days of submission to the Director of Health.

(c)

Rejection of plans. The Director of Health or his designee may reject any plan or plans found to be inappropriate when considering the types, quantities or locations of hazardous substances on the site. Each plan so rejected shall be revised and resubmitted to the Director of Health within thirty (30) days of rejection.

(Code 1961, § 9-67; Ord. No. 289, 12-7-1982)