EPA Region 8
Preparedness Unit

Vol. / No. 4

Planning, Prevention, and Preparedness Newsletter

October 2011

Chemical Suicide - Should
you be concerned?

Over 500 suicides have occurred
using this method, and it is on the
increase in the United States.
Called chemical suicide or—
depending on the chemicals used
- detergent suicide; this trend is
on the rise in the United States.

Certain chemical mixes produce
heat and a flammable, noxious
gas that causes the subject to pass
out and the heart stop within
minutes.

Case in point: A young Califor-
nia man was found dead in his
car behind a Pasadena shopping
center. The young man's car win-
dows to the car were rolled up
and apparently locked. The

temperature was about 100
degrees when officials arrived.
There was allegedly a sign on
the vehicle warning people of
the potential danger.

The Pasadena Independent
reported: A newer model white
VW Beetle was sealed off from
the public Monday as it was
believed to contain hazardous
chemicals as well as a body of a
young man in his 20's.
Pasadena police (PPD) and fire
officials staged at Halstead (just
behind the Best Buy shopping
Center). HAZMAT teams from
Glendale were quickly called in.

Engine 37 from Pasadena
established a staging area for
incoming units and contacted
PPD to gather more
information. Battalion 3 arrived
on scene and established
Halstead command. Upon
further investigation and infor-
mation gathered from PPD, it
was determined that the Los
Angeles County specialized
HAZMAT would be needed.

In December 2008, Barlow
County Georgia HAZMAT

workers, in addition to other city and
county emergency crews, responded
to a call where a man had apparently
committed suicide using hazardous
chemicals. Bartow County fire
fighters, deputies and emergency
medical workers responded to a call
that a man was found by a park
ranger sitting in a car and did not
appear to be breathing. In that car
were two buckets containing a
yellow substance and a note on the
window that said, 'Caution,' and it
had the chemical name on it," Bt.
Chief David Levey said, adding that
the substance was a mixture of
chemicals including sulfuric acid.

A story in the Denver Post on 16
July 2011:

Residents of one Chelsea Park
Village Apartment building will not
be able to return to their homes until
they can be decontaminated by a
hazardous material team.

Aurora fire received a call aroimd 4
p.m. Friday about the use of
hazardous material at
12079 E. Archer Place,
Fire Capt. Allen Robnett said.
Aurora police are investigating the
scene as a possible chemical suicide,
Det. Bob Friel said.

Jb

Inside this issue:

Homeland Security
Pg. 2: Tanker
Rollover

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Outreach Pg. S.-
Cheyenne River
and Lower Brule, Propane
Tank Explosion

EPCRA Pg.4:

Tier I, and Tier II
Forms Revision
Proposal

When officials
responded to the scene
there was a note taped
to a bathroom door
saying hazardous
materials had been
used and to call 911.
The building was
evacuated and when
the hazmat team
entered the apartment,
they found the body of
a woman in the sealed
bathroom; Robnett
said. (Cant. Pg. 2)

TRAINING & EXERCISES Luke Chavez—Coordinator 303-3/2-65/2 /chavez.iuke@epa.gov

.et our advance worrying become advanced thinking and planning. Winston Churchill

Operation
Mountain
Guardian
(OMG) - Denver
Metropolitan
Area Full Scale
Exercise September 23, 2011
"OMG!" is what most people
would have said, texted or even
tweeted if this terrorist event
were real. Luckily, it was only
an exercise. Planners, partici-
pants and others involved re-

ferred to the full scale exer-
cise (FSE) as OMG, and
appropriately so. The Den-
ver Post article for the FSE
read "Don't panic Friday if
your surroundings erupt
with sounds and images
more familiar in Kandahar
than Denver. More than
100 emergency agencies
will take part in a terrorism
response exercise that prom-
ises to attract attention
throughout the metro area."

On Friday September 23, 2011, the
FSE with its simulated explosions,
smoke, gunshots, and a host of
emergency vehicles took place
within four main venues throughout
the Denver metropolitan area). The
FSE was sponsored by the Denver
Police Department, Colorado North
Central All-Hazards Emergency
Management Region, Denver Urban
Area Security Initiative and the
Denver Metropolitan Medical Re-
sponse System. Over (Cont. Pg. 5)

Partner Corner

•	More localized info?
Check out these
sites.

•	Montana

•	Wyoming

•	North Dakota

•	South Dakota

•	Utah

•	Colorado

•	Denver

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Chem Suicide (Cont. From.
Pg. 1) The woman has not
been identified and police
will not remove her body
until a decontamination crew
clears the area. Police are
investigating the toxic chemi-
cals used at the scene. Resi-
dents of the building cannot
return until the building is
cleared. Thirty-six of 600
units in the complex were
evacuated. The Red Cross is
helping two families find a
place to stay, said Chip Frye,
a Red Cross Colorado public
affairs volunteer. Officials do
not have an estimated time of
completion for the decon-
tamination. c g ib -
bons@denverpost.com or 303
-954-1638.

And again. On 2/20/2010,
firefighters from the Clarks-
ville, Indiana Fire Depart-
ment responded on a reported
unconscious/unresponsive
victim at a local motel. This
turned out to be a suicide by
Hydrogen Sulfide. The hy-
drogen sulfide was created by
the combination of common
household cleaning products.
What was learned after the
run was that this method of
suicide has increased nation-
wide in the past several
months. The victim had sent

ance Date Ex-

tension for Farms

On October 13, 2011, the U.S.
EPA amended the date by
which farms must prepare or
amend and implement their
Spill Prevention, Control, and
Countermeasure Plans, to
May 10, 2013. If EPA re-
ceives no adverse comment,
we will not take further action
on this rule and the rule will
become effective 20 days
from the date of publication in
the Federal Register.

More information about the

letters to family members in
advance of the suicide and had
posted a hazmat warning sign
on the motel room door. While
no emergency responders were
injured on this run, it's impor-
tant to understand that several
could have be very easily
killed or seriously injured had
they not seen the warning
signs.

There is an increasing aware-
ness of these types of hazard-
ous responses. The Firefight-
ers Support Foundation lias a
new training program titled
"Chemical Suicides." which is
now available free to
download. This program can
be obtained in two formats: a
36-slide PowerPoint program,
and a 23-minute video pro-
gram.

First responders can view the
video material with the Power-
Point file acting as their hard
copy notes. Alternatively, they
can use either resource inde-
pendently. The program in-
tends to accomplish the fol-
lowing;	

How many Hazardous Ma-
terials shipments are there
in the U.S.?

There are some 800,000
daily shipments of hazard-
ous materials in the U.S

rule is available at:
http ://www.epa. gov/emergenc
ies/content/spcc/spcc ag.htm

Tanker Truck Roll-over

On Thursday evening
9/15/2011 a tanker truck car-
rying black wax crude oil
overturned into Willow Creek
on Utah Highway 191 and
burned for several hours be-
fore local fire crews were able
to extinguish the fire and re-
move the driver, who did not
survive. The tanker was trav-
eling on Highway 191 be-
tween Helper and Duchesne
Utah before the crash. The

•	Explain the process of
chemical suicide by mixing
cheap and easily available
chemicals in an enclosed
space.

•	Describe why it is a popu-
lar way of committing suicide
and a growing threat to re-
sponders.

•	Define the reasons why
responders may be exposed to
the lethal gases produced by
the process.

•	Educate responders about
the warning signs that they
may be approaching a chemi-
cal suicide.

•	Suggest response tactics
and guidelines.

The Colorado State Fire
Chiefs association (CSFCA)
has a very good site available
on this topic which includes
articles and safety bulletins
available on this site: http://
www.colofirechiefs.org/
chemical suicides.htm

Does this sound like a routine
call that most would respond
to and take similar action?

It's Sunday morning 0730
hours, you respond to a person
down in auto. You locate a car
in the empty parking lot of a
business. The engine and med
unit pull up near the vehicle

accident is located approxi-
mately 8 miles above the Car-
bon Power Plant and four miles
upstream of the confluence of
the Price River and Willow
Creek.

The entire contents of the
12,000 gallon capacity tanker
were released, though the ma-
jority of the material was con-
sumed in the fire. An estimated

10	barrels of black wax crude

011	was released into Willow
Creek, where it solidified into
floating wax-like pellets and is
being caught up on the banks,
weeds and in pools.

and personnel see a person
inside that appears to be
asleep or unconscious. Wear-
ing safety glasses and medi-
cal gloves, you walk up to the
car and knock on the win-
dow.

The patient does not respond
to your knock on the window,
and the doors are locked.

What action will you take?
Will you hurry to make pa-
tient access? Will you use a
lockout tool, center punch, or
halligan to make entry?

You make access, a rush of
warm air comes out of the
vehicle and you smell a sharp
odor. You have just become a
victim and have been ex-
posed to a noxious and possi-
bly fatal gas. What could you
have done differently? You
are the first-in unit. How
should you respond to this
type of incident?

There are many calls that
start out as a routine person
down call. This type of inci-
dent can easily expand into a
full blown Hazardous Materi-
als Incident with a multijuris-
dictional response. Be aware
of this new way to commit
suicide and don't become a
victim. Use common sense
and stay safe. (cont. Pg. 3)

Local responders initially
placed absorbent booms
throughout a two mile stretch
downstream. Carbon County
Emergency Services acti-
vated their contract with En-
virocare, who arrived from
Salt Lake City (123 miles
away) and deployed skirted
contaimnent boom at ap-
proximately 11:00 PM Thurs-
day night.

OSC Craig Myers deployed
from Denver and arrived on
site Friday morning. Sept 16th
2011. Craig (Cont. Pg. 4)

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Chem Suicide (cont.
From. Pg. 2) On October
3rd this year, this article
appeared in the Seattle
Times by Sanjay Bhatt de-
scribing a chemical suicide
that weekend:

A hazardous materials
team, bomb squad and
other first-responders de-
scended on the parking lot
of a Bremerton church
Sunday morning, where a
man's body was found in a
pickup along with a sign on
the driver's window warn-
ing of an explosive, dan-
gerous gas.

Kitsap County Sheriffs
Deputy Scott Wilson said
the case appears to be a
suicide similar to others
across the nation from
chemicals that release hy-
drogen sulfide -- a color-
less gas that is toxic not
only to suicide victims but
to police officers, medics

and anyone who gets close.

Chemical suicides are on the
rise across the United States
and have injured unsuspect-
ing bystanders and police
officers, according to the
federal Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.

From 2006 to 2010, six
states, including Washington,
reported a total of 10 cases
that killed nine people, in-
jured four police officers, and
required the decontamination
of 32 people, according to the
CDC.

While such cases are a tiny
fraction of all suicides,
chemical suicides ~ also
called detergent suicides ~
have the potential to kill first-
responders if they don't wear
protective gear, says the
CDC.

Propane Tank Explosion:
On August 2, an explosion
rocked a propane filling sta-

tion in Butler County, Kan-
sas. The blast led to a fire that
caused an additional 200 small
propane tanks to explode over a
period of an hour and killed one
worker while two others were
injured. The fire started a grass
fire and burned out a nearby
gasoline filling station along
with three homes in the
neighborhood.

The Wichita Easle reported on
August 3:

Fire Chief Jim Woydziak said
the fire at Global Propane sent
several of the 3 3-pound cylin-
ders flying up to 400 feet
through the air. It damaged or
destroyed 11 vehicles parked at
the business and destroyed
three nearby homes. Jeffrey S.
Burnham, 40, of Wichita, died
after being taken to a Wichita
hospital, and two other workers
were injured.

Shortly before the explosion,
Burnham was working around a
truck carrying 200 cylinders

that are typically used to power
forklifts, Woydziak said. The
truck was backed into an enclo-
sure that had three walls and a
canopy. The enclosure was used
to fill the cylinders from a
nearby 18,000-gallontank.

As Burnham was filling one of
the cylinders, Woydziak said,
something caused the coupling
to come loose from the cylin-
der. The hose immediately be-
gan flailing around as propane
spewed from the end.

The blast sent flames up to 60
feet in the air and damaged
pipes under the large tank, and
those pipes also began leaking
propane. The large tank burned
well into the night before fi-
nally burning itself out around
11 p.m.

Woydziak said a nearby deliv-
ery truck that uses a 3,000-
gallon tank to deliver propane
to homes also caught fire. That
tank burned (Cont. Pg. 4)

JL OUTREACH Luke Chavez 303-312-6512 /Bernadette Rose 303-312-6072

TiilChey-

-* ^ e n n e
River Sioux Tribe and
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

On September 13th and 14th
Brent Rohlfs and Ray Figue-
roa visited the Lower Brule
Sioux Tribe, and the Chey-
enne River Sioux Tribe re-
spectively. This visit was
the last of this fiscal year of
EPA's on-going outreach to
the Tribes.

Brent Rohlfs of the Indian
Health Service accompanied
the EPA, to these two Tribes
and assisted with the presen-
tations.

As has previously been re-
ported, the purpose of these
trips is to present just what it
is that the EPA can bring to
the table for the Tribes
emergency preparedness
efforts.

Both of these meetings pro-
vided insight as to the envi-

ronmental threats facing
them. These threats consist
mainly of storms and flood-
ing. However, there may be
an oil pipeline built on or
near the Reservations, and
that is some cause for con-
cern from an emergency
management standpoint.

Larry Jandreau, the Facili-
ties Manager of the Lower
Brule Sioux Tribe, led much
of the discussion from the
Tribe. Larry wears many
hats in the Tribe, one of
which is Emergency Man-
ager.

Larry explained about the
four HAZMAT teams avail-
able in South Dakota, and
how any one of them could
be assigned to assist the
Tribe in time of need.

We found that the radio is
the only effective means to
distribute information to the
Tribal members. Larry is

very interested in assistance
and guidance with developing
a workgroup of stakeholders
to update the Tribe's Emer-
gency Operations Plan.

The Tribe is also interested in
obtaining some Meth Lab
Training. They already have
plans to conduct a 40 hour
HAZWOPER training in De-
cember.

Our visit to the Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe also went
well. Here, Jerry Big Eagle
led much of the discussion
from the Tribe. Jerry is the
Tribe's Homeland Security
Coordinator.

As with the Lower Brule
Sioux Tribe, the radio is the
most effective means for dis-
tributing information to the
Tribal members.

The Tribe has drafted an
Emergency Operations Plan
and does not have any sites
meeting Spill Prevention,

Control, and Countenneasures
(SPCC) criteria.

There have been two severe
weather events that have caused
emergency responses recently.
One was an ice storm, which
left much of the reservation
without electricity and water for
an extended period of time. The
other was a tornado, which
caused damage in several com-
munities. We learned that the
Tribe participates in exercises
periodically.

They requested Meth Lab train-
ing to include how to ensure
homes are safe for re-occupation
if meth was used by former oc-
cupants. They are interested in
participating in state LEPC
meetings and having their Emer-
gency Operations Plan reviewed
by EPA for comment.

As the fiscal year draws to a
close, we are looking forward to
the coming Tribal visits in the
next year.

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Emergency Planning 8c Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)
Bradley Miller — 303-312-6483 / miller.bradley@epa.gov

Tank
Explosion (Cont.
From Pg 3)
throughout the night
and finally went out at
about 8:30 the next
morning.

After responding to the
scene and seeing what
they had, the FD
pulled back and or-
dered a full evacuation
for a 1-mile radius.

The latest information
released by the fire
marshal says that the
victim who perished
was filling one of the
forklift cylinders when
the hose separated
from the cylinder for
an unknown reason
and started whipping
around, eventually
causing a spark that
triggered the first ex-
plosion and started the
chain of events. They
also released some
video showing how
close to catastrophe
the incident came as
an open flame im-
pinged on the large
tank.

Publication of
Safety Advisory No-
tice No. 11-7,
"Unauthorized
Marking of Com-
pressed Gas Cylin-
ders"

On, August 30, 2011,
the Federal Register
published a Safety
Notice (No. 11-7) ti-
tled "Transportation of
DOT Special Permit
Packages in Com-
merce," issued under
Docket No. PHMSA-
2011-0162.

In this safety notice,
PHMSA is alerting the regu-
lated community to the im-
portance of adhering to Fed-
eral requirements when of-
fering and transporting haz-
ardous materials in DOT
Special Permit (SP) pack-
ages. PHMSA is concerned
that many persons who offer
or transport SP packages fail
to recognize the additional
requirements applicable to
filling, offering, and moving
SP packages. By issuing this
safety notice, PHMSA is
attempting to raise aware-
ness within the hazardous
materials community of the
inherent characteristics of
DOT SPs and underscore
the possible consequences
of failing to recognize an SP
package and react accord-
ingly. This safety notice
covers the background of
the issue, the current regula-
tory requirements, and
PHMSA recommended ac-
tions to industry to institute
quality control measures to
identify and properly handle
DOT SP packages.

Tanker Truck Roll-over
(Cont. From Pg 2)

reported that Envirocare and
the local responders have
properly boomed the river
and are doing of good job
cleaning up the site. The
solidified oil has taken on an
appearance similar to tar
balls, and is being collected
by the booms and cleaned
up from the shore line
manually. Craig estimates
the cleanup will take a week
to complete.

EPA announces comple-
tion of mission assign-
ment in response to
Minot, ND floods

The EPA recently an-
nounced that the field mis-
sion assignment in

response to flooding in Minot,
North Dakota has been completed

EPA Emergency Response staff
first mobilized to Minot on July
11, 2011 and began mission ac-
tivities at the request of FEMA,
the City of Minot, and the State of
North Dakota on July 17, 2011.
The final shipments of removed
waste and demobilization of EPA
staff were completed on Septem-
ber 29, 2011.

"For over two months we've
worked hard to help make Minot
a safer place to live," said Paul
Peronard, EPA On-Scene Coordi-
nator. "Our collaborative relation-
ship with the US Army Corps of
Engineers, the US Coast Guard,
and other agencies really helped
us execute our mission under
FEMA's leadership."

In response to extensive flood
damage and the potential for envi-
ronmental impacts, FEMA issued
a Mission Assigmnent to EPA to
accomplish four objectives: re-
move household hazardous wastes
from the impacted area; decon-
taminate and prepare white goods
and electronic waste for recy-
cling; collect and process or-
phaned containers; and to conduct
enviromnental monitoring and
sampling in impacted and work
areas.

In total, EPA removed:

•	Nearly 6,000 units of white
goods - air conditioners, refrig-
erators, and other household ap-
pliances. Freon, mercury, and
other hazardous materials were
removed by EPA and the scrap
was turned over to the city of
Minot for recycling.

•	More than 90,000 small contain-
ers including paint, household
cleaners, and small gas cans total-
ing more than 15,000 gallons of
gas which was sent to a fuel proc-
essor.

•	Several large containers, includ-
ing propane tanks as large as

3,000 - 5,000 gallons, which were
returned to their owners or sent to
a local Minot company for reuse.

•	215 lead-acid batteries which
were turned over to the city of
Minot.

•	Over 550 cubic yards of elec-
tronic waste such as household
electronics, computers, and televi-
sion sets which were sent to a
contractor for recycling.

In addition, EPA collected asbes-
tos insulation from over 220
households, conducted air sam-
pling during cleanup activities,
and conducted soil sampling in
city parks once flooding subsided.

Looking to the future, EPA has
participated in three FEMA-
sponsored Community Recovery
Open House Planning Meetings in
Minot and Burlington. At the re-
quest of FEMA and the commu-
nity, EPA will partner with
FEMA and other agencies to con-
tinue Long Term Community
Recovery activities to assist with
restoration activities in Minot.

For more information please visit:
http://www.epaosc.org/site/site pr
ofile.aspx?site id=7093

REPORT

Need to Report a Possible
Environmental Violation?
Fill out the form at
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An After Action Conference (AAC) is scheduled for
October 27, 20 ll for the planning team and partici-
pants to discuss the FSE and how the players re-
Figure 1: OMG Venues and areas of play sponded and reacted to the incident. The AAC will

discuss and determine positive outcomes of the exer-
cises. but more importantly, how to improve the response and communications with all par-
ties involved in such an incident. A final Improvement Plan (IP) and AAC report with docu-
mented outcomes and findings of the FSE and any action items to help improve all partici-
pants' response capabilities, is scheduled for Fall 2011.

Planning and evaluating the play for
the OMG FSE was very helpful for
EPA Region S's understanding of the
priorities and sequence of events
that would take place in a response
of this magnitude. It was enlighten-
ing to understand the role of the law enforcement responders and the explo-
sives and ordnance personnel with the ha/mat emergency responders
throughout the initial incident response - See Fig. 4. The FSE planning and
involvement is always a great experience and opportunity to meet and work
with local, state and other federal agencies that EPA would be working with
during an actual response. Although. EPA didn't have a playing role during
this initial response of OMG, we would normally work with the local hazmat
and state Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) to address further hazmat
releases and cleanup and re-
covery operations. EPA will continue to work closely with Douglas County Emer-
gency Management as well as other local and state agencies involved in the exercise
event.

Figure 2: Smoking Improvised Explosive Device
(IED) simulating a hydrogen cyanide release

Figure 3: Hazmat Unit sampling IED release in Level A PPE

Operation Mountain Guardian (Cont. Fm Pg. 1) 105 Federal, State and Local agencies (1900 participants) were involved in this
large scale exercise. The FSE was a planned Mumbai style attack in four different venues within the Denver metro area: Denver

Union Station (Denver), Smedley Elementary School (NW Denver), Community College of
Aurora (Aurora) and Park Meadows Mall (Lone Tree). The FSE was designed to test and
develop the following Target Capabilities: Communications; Weapons of Mass Destruction
(WMD), Hazmat Response, and Decontamination (EPA's primary involvement); Public Safety
and Security Response; Explosive Device Response Operations: On-Site Incident Manage-
ment; Triage and Pre-Hospital Treatment; and Medical Surge.

Although, the public doesn't think of EPA as dealing with a Mumbai style terrorist attack. EPA
had the privilege to help plan and evaluate the exercise at the Park Meadows Mall venue for
the WMD/Hazmat portion of the exercise - See Fig 2, Fig 3. EPA Region 8 staff Kathie Aten-
cio and Luke Chavez, have been assisting in planning the event for the Park Meadows Mall
venue since early 2010 and evaluated the hazardous materials response at (his location during
the FSE. EPA R8 radiological expert. Dr. Richard Graham, also assisted in evaluating the Park
Meadows Mall venue.

The Operation Mountain Guardian exercise was a great experience for EPA to under-
stand first responders' response priorities with competing dangers, risks and hazards.
EPA wishes to help improve these initial responses with knowledge and education of
chemical and hazmat issues. EPA Region 8 would like to thank Ms. Fran Santagata,
Director for Douglas County Office Emergency Management, for the opportunity to
participate in this exercise event. We look forward to building on the accomplish-
ments of the OMG FSE and a continued close working relationship with Douglas
County Emergency Management as well as with the Douglas County Local Emer-
gency Planning a Committee (LEPC).

Figure 4: Local bomb squad assessing suspected
explosive and radiological dispersal device (RDD)

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Hazardous Chemical Reporting: Proposal to Revise the Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms
(Tier I and Tier II)

The EPA is proposing to revise the Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms (Tier I and Tier II) under Section 312 of
the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) to add new data elements and revise some existing data ele-
ments.

Although the public comment period has already expired (October 7, 2011), we thought it would be important to list out the pro-
posed changes.

Entities that would be affected by these proposed revisions are those organizations and facilities subject to Section 312 of the Emer-
gency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and its implementing regulations found in 40 CFR part 370.

The Tier I and Tier II forms were first published in 1987 and were amended in 1990. Recently, State and local agencies requested
that EPA modify these forms to include new data elements and revise existing data elements to make it more useful for emergency
planning and response. These proposed changes are summarized below:

Facility Identification

In addition to the information currently required on the Tier I and Tier II forms under facility identification, the EPA is proposing to
add new data elements for facility phone number, latitude and longitude, and number of full-time employees.

For facilities covered under section 312, and also subject to section 112 (r) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), also known as the Risk
Management Program or the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Program under section 313 of EPCRA, the EPA is also proposing to add
data elements for facility identification numbers that are assigned under these two programs in order to provide more complete infor-
mation on the facilities to the public and to the State and local agencies responsible for emergency planning and response.

Name of the Facility's Parent Company and Owner or Operator of the Facility

Some facilities have sites in remote locations and do not have operators present at all times. Thus, if there is a need to contact some-
one in an emergency, emergency response officials and State and local agencies need the contact information of the facility's parent
company or the owner or operator of the facility. Therefore the EPA is proposing to require facilities to provide information on the
facility's parent company and the owner or operator of the facility, such as name, address and phone number, as well as the Dun and
Bradstreet number of the facility's parent company. EPA is also proposing that the facility owner or operator provide their e-mail
address.

Facility Emergency Coordinator

A facility is required to provide the LEPC with the name and contact information of a facility representative who will participate in
the emergency planning process as a facility emergency coordinator. Facilities are required to notify LEPCs of any changes relevant
to the emergency planning within 30 days after the changes have occurred. The EPA believes that this information should be pro-
vided on the facility's annual inventory form since LEPCs and other emergency response coordinators may need this information
during an emergency. Therefore, EPA is proposing to add this data element to the Tier I and Tier II forms.

Tier I and Tier II Information Contacts

The EPA is proposing to require the name, title, phone number and e-mail address of the person knowledgeable or responsible for
completing the information on the Tier I and Tier II forms because the LEPCs may need to contact the facility regarding information
that is reported on the forms to improve emergency response plans, and for use by emergency response officials during an emer-
gency situation

Subject to Emergency Planning Under Section 302 of EPCRA

EPCRA requires each LEPC to develop an emergency response plan for their communities. It also requires LEPCs to review the
emergency response plan once a year. LEPCs use the information reported by facilities to develop or update the emergency response
plans in their community. Some of the facilities which complied with the requirements under section 302(c) may no longer be sub-
ject to emergency planning for a number of reasons. Likewise, some facilities that may become subject to the annual inventory re-
porting under EPCRA section 312 may not be aware of the requirements under EPCRA section 302.

Since the notification under section 302(c) is a one-time notification which occurred in 1987 for most facilities, and since LEPCs are
required to update the emergency plan annually, it would be useful for LEPCs to get an update from facilities clarifying whether they
are still subject to emergency planning. This will help ensure that local emergency plans are up-to-date and include all appropriate
facilities. Therefore, the EPA is proposing to add a new data element to indicate if facilities are subject to the emergency planning
notification under EPCRA section 302. (Cont. Pg 7)

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Proposed Tier I and Tier II Form Changes (Cont. From. Pg 6)

Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (40 CFRPart 68, Risk Management Program)

Facilities subject to section 112(r) of the CAA are required to implement an accident prevention program and an emergency response
program, conduct hazard assessment and summarize and submit to EPA information about these programs and hazards in a risk man-
agement plan (RMP). These implementing regulations are the Risk Management Program. LEPCs and States use the information
reported in RMPs to improve the emergency response plans in each community. In order to better serve this purpose, EPA is propos-
ing to add a new data element to both the Tier I and Tier II forms to indicate whether the facility is subject to chemical accident pre-
vention under section 112(r) of the CAA.

Range Codes and Ranges for Reporting Maximum Amount and Average Daily Amount

Tier I and Tier II forms currently list range codes for reporting the maximum amount and average daily amounts of hazardous chemi-
cals present at the site in the preceding calendar year. The range codes currently listed in the regulations are very broad. Such infor-
mation is not as useful as specific quantity information for effective emergency response planning. In order for the States, local agen-
cies and emergency response officials to have information on the maximum amount and average daily amount that are closer to the
actual amounts present at the facility, EPA is proposing to narrow the ranges that are in the existing regulations.

Chemical Information

The EPA is proposing to modify the chemical information reporting section of the Tier II inventory form to make it more user-
friendly for States and local agencies, as well as the emergency response officials. This revision will also benefit facilities by clarify-
ing how to report mixtures on the Tier II form. The current form requires facilities to report the name of the mixture, indicate
whether the mixture contains an EHS, indicate the physical and health hazards of the mixture, and report the amount present on-site,
as well as the type of storage and storage locations. The regulated community and the state and local agencies, however, are unsure if
the amount present on-site refers to the mixture or the non-EHS hazardous chemical or the EHS in the mixture. In order to clarify the
reporting of pure chemicals vs. mixtures, the proposed Tier II form has separate entries for mixtures and pure chemicals. The entry
for mixtures includes a separate line for mixture name, amount of mixture present (i.e. maximum and average daily amount), the
EHS(s) name, and the amount of EHS(s) present (/'. e. maximum and average daily amount). Facilities still have the option to report
the mixture or the hazardous chemical component as stated in § 370.14.

Storage Types and Conditions

The Tier II form currently requires facilities to report the codes for types of storage (i.e. above ground tank, steel drum) and storage
conditions (i.e. temperature, pressure). A code is currently listed for each type of storage and storage conditions in § 370.43. In order
to make the form more user friendly and also to have information readily available to emergency response officials in an emergency,
EPA proposes that facilities list the types of storage and storage conditions on the Tier II form rather than noting the reporting codes.

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)

The Office of Pipeline Safety is the Federal safety authority for the nation's 2.3 million miles of natural gas and hazardous liquid
pipelines. At the Website located at: www.p1imsa.dot.gov/about/agencv you can find information regarding pipeline regulations,
proposed and final rulemakings, pipeline statistics. Common Ground Alliance and One Call programs, request procedures under
Freedom of Information Act guidelines, reports on major pipeline accidents/incidents and corrective action orders, pipeline mapping
systems information, training and publications, and online library of Pipeline Safety forms and public information files.

PHMSA recognizes the first element of facing a challenge is to prepare for it. Preparing involves many different activities; planning,
training, exercising, and enhancing capabilities.

Reaching out to emergency responders, hazardous materials, and pipeline industry stakeholders is one
of PHMSA's core goals to ensure these communities are fully primed to deal with any type of hazard-
ous material or pipeline incident. PHMSA provides technical expertise to industry and works closely
with the response community to ensure the transportation system remains safe. Moving into the future,
it is essential for PHMSA to continue to build partnerships with you, the stakeholder, for the improve-
ment of emergency response capabilities and continue to enhance the safety of the hazardous materials
transportation and energy pipeline supply system.

Hazardous Materials Trans-
portation and Pipeline Acci-
dents are to be reported di-
rectly to the 24-hour Na-
tional Response Center
(NRC): at 1-800-424-8802.
To reach the DOT's 24-hour
Crisis Management Center,
call 202-366-1863

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Preparedness Unit Mission Statement:

We will increase EPA Region 8 preparedness through:

•	Planning, Training, Exercising, and developing outreach relations with federal agencies,
states, tribes, local organizations and the regulated community.

•	Assisting in the development of EPA Region 8 preparedness planning and response capa-
bilities through the RSC, IMT, RRT, OP A, RMP, etc.

•	Working with facilities to reduce accidents and spills through education, inspections and
enforcement. To contact a member of our team:

(Click here for Org Charts

Acronym List
IMT Incident Management Team
OPA Oil Pollution Act
RRT Regional Response Team
RSC Response Support Corps
SPCC Spill Prevention, Control, and Countenneasures

Emergencies

Report oil or
chemical spills al

800-424-8802

More ...

1 (800) 424-8802

National
Response
Center

Risk Management Program (RMP)

Bradley Miller-Coordinator303-3/2-6483/ miller.bradley@epa. gov

Need More info on the Risk Management Program (RMP)?

http://www.epa.gov/emergencies/rmp will be updated as new information becomes available. EPA
maintains numerous listservs to keep the public, state and local officials, and industry up to date,
including several that pertain to emergency management. You can sign up for our listserve to re-
ceive periodic updates: https://lists.epa.gov/read/all forums/subscribe?name=callcenter oswer

RMP Reporting Center

The Reporting Center can answer questions about software or installation problems. The RMP Reporting Center is available from
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, for questions on the Risk Management Plan program: (703) 227-7650 (phone)
RMPRC@epacdx.net (e-mail)

Chemical Emergency Preparedness & Prevention Office (CEPPO) http://www.epa.gov/emergencies/index.htm
Compliance and Enforcement: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/index.html
Compliance Assistance: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/assistance/index.html

Call our hotline, the Superfund, TRI, EPCRA, RMP, and Oil Information Center (800) 424-9346 or (703) 412-9810 TDD (800)
553-7672 or (703) 412-3323 Mon-Thurs 10:00 am to 3:00 pmET (except Federal Holidays) or see

www.epa.gov/superfund/contacts/iiifocenter/iiidex.htm.

You can also call or write to:

U.S. EPA Region 8
1595 Wynkoop Street (8EPR-ER)

Denver, CO 80202-1129
800-227-8917
CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY
To report an oil or chemical spill, call the National Response Center at (800) 424-8802.

This newsletter provides information on the EPA Risk Management Program, EPCRA, SPCC/FRP (Facility Response Plan) and
other issues relating to Accidental Release Prevention Requirements. The information should be used as a reference tool, not as
a definitive source of compliance information. Compliance regulations are published in 40 CFR Part 68 for CAA section 112(r)
Risk Management Program, 40 CFR Part 355/370for EPCRA, and 40 CFR Part 112.2 for SPCC/FRP.

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